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Africa (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 20097 Collections and/or Records:

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Akure Wives’ Training Centre: dressmaking, Miss Martin and a student help with the fitting, 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/3/26
Scope and Contents

120 x 83 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.

Dates: 1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Akure Wives’ Training Centre: knitting class, 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/3/17
Scope and Contents

153 x 99 mm. glossy print, with 35 mm. negative.

Dates: 1958
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Akure Wives’ Training Centre: learning to use a sewing machine, 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/3/18
Scope and Contents

153 x 110 with copy and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1958
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Akure Wives’ Training Centre: Miss Ruth Martin supervises needlework class, 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/3/24
Scope and Contents

120 x 83 mm. glossy print with 160 x 113 mm. copy.

Dates: 1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Akure Wives’ Training Centre: mother with her baby, 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/3/16
Scope and Contents

154 x 99 mm. glossy print with copy and 35 mm. negative.

Dates: 1958
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Akure Wives’ Training Centre: netball melee in leisure hours, 1959

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/3/21
Scope and Contents

83 x 120 mm. glossy print with 113 x 160 mm. copy.

Dates: 1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Akure Wives’ Training Centre: netball practice, 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/3/23
Scope and Contents

83 x 120 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Akure Wives’ Training Centre: netball practice in leisure hours, 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/3/22
Scope and Contents

83 x 120 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Akure Wives’ Training Centre: student grinding pepper on a stone, 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/3/27
Scope and Contents

120 x 83 mm. glossy print with copy.

Dates: 1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Akure Wives’ Training Centre: young wives in training, 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/3/20
Scope and Contents

120 x 83 mm. glossy print with 160 x 113 mm. copy.

Dates: 1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Akwasidae Ceremony: we drink whisky and watch, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/150
Scope and Contents

85 x 60 mm.

Dates: 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Akwasidae Ceremony: we have greeted the Chief, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/149
Scope and Contents

85 x 60 mm.

Dates: 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Al - Azhar Mosque], 1927 - 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/5/20
Scope and Contents

85 x 130 mm.

Dates: 1927 - 1928
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Al Tahrir Square, 1950 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/8/3
Scope and Contents

240 x 192 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1950 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Alan Rudwick collection

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J
Scope and Contents Loose photographs taken by Alan Rudwick unless otherwise indicated. All photographs are 215 x 165 mm unless otherwise stated. They fall into two groups; photographs of trade castles (1-28) and other views, chiefly of Achimota. Along the West Africa coast are the remains of more than 40 castles and fortified posts set up by European nations engaged in commerce, including the Transatlantic slave trade, with West Africa, the greatest concentration being in what became the Gold Coast, now...
Dates: 1950 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Albert Academy, Freetown, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/32
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone. Numbers 25-31 are tinted, 32-34 are sepia. Numbers 25-28 appear to be by the same publisher, 29-32 by another and 33-34 possibly by a third.

Dates: 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Albert National Park [i.e. Parc National Albert or Virunga National Park], 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/223
Scope and Contents

120 x 65 mm. General view

Dates: 1939 - 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Albert National Park [i.e. Parc National Albert or Virunga National Park], 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/224
Scope and Contents

120 x 55 mm. General view.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Albert National Park [i.e. Parc National Albert or Virunga National Park], 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/225
Scope and Contents

50 x 75 mm. View of two oxen largely submerged in the river.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Albert National Park [i.e. Parc National Albert or Virunga National Park], 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/226
Scope and Contents

185 x 90 mm. General view. There is a herd of elephants just visible in the distance.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Album 1, 1922

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304H
Scope and Contents

Measuring 220 x 285 mm, this album contains postcards, some of which are coloured. The majority portray Algiers (including 12 of the museum), Algerian people, Biskra, and the ruins of Timgad, Constantine, Tunis and Carthage.

Dates: 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Album 1, 1930 - 1960

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043D
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A collection of small photographs in albums. These albums cover aspects of Bristow's work between the early 1930s and 1960.

Y3043D has virtually no captions - there are some in Y3043E, but many of these relate to groups of photographs and the listing is therefore a summary, not an individual record.

Dates: 1930 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Album 1, 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042E
Scope and Contents

An album of small photographs, mostly stuck in but with 5 loose, and includes 3 enlargements. There are some captions, but without dates.

1-7 show Marseilles, 8-10 Italy, 11-186 Egypt and the Sudan especially the Hag Abdulla Pumping Station.

Dates: 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Album 2, 1922

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304I
Scope and Contents

Measuring 205 x 265 mm, this album contains 48 sepia photographs, each measuring 145 x 90 mm, two to a page, together with 22 loose prints of France and North Africa. The album prints have brief captions, and since they relate to Algiers, Biskra and a few of Tunis and Carthage, they may come from the same visit as Y304H.

Dates: 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Album 2, 1930 - 1960

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043E
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A collection of small photographs in albums. These albums cover aspects of Bristow's work between the early 1930s and 1960.

Y3043D has virtually no captions - there are some in Y3043E, but many of these relate to groups of photographs and the listing is therefore a summary, not an individual record.

Dates: 1930 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).