Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
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School at Ibwijili (Bugiri), destroyed by the Germans, circa 1915, 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/52B
Scope and Contents
154 x 106 mm. View of the ruins of the second Bugiri Mission House after it had been destroyed by the Germans. The corner of the burnt church can be seen at the left.
Dates:
1915
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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School at Mitala Maria, 1907, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/119
Scope and Contents
100 x 71 mm. Showing a group of Ugandan children and two unidentified White Fathers outside the thatched mission schoolbuilding at Mitala Maria, about 25 miles due west of Entebbe. The White Fathers, a more popular name for the Society of Missionaries of Africa, was founded by Charles Lavigerie, Archbishop of Algiers, in 1868, and its most successful activities were in Central Africa.
Dates:
1907
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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School Band 85 x 60 mm. Empire Day, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/134
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Black album, measuring 255 x 190 mm, containing photographs; one is loose and there is an empty space by one caption. The majority are amateur photographs, presumably taken by Canham or his associates during his early days in the Gold Coast. He travelled with a number of colleagues also on their first appointment to the Colony and many like Canham served until Independence. Brief biographical details of these and other members of the Gold Coast administration who appear in these...
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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School Board, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/146
Scope and Contents
140 x 90 mm. Sepia. Empire Day.
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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[School bus with students and slogans], 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/176
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Coloured slides, 50 x 50 mm, mostly Kodak, originally stored in a carrying case. They relate to nursing in Nigeria and Ghana.
Dates:
1966
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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School children and parents, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/36
Scope and Contents
207 x 151 mm. A portrait showing a large group of parents and children posed on, and in front of a veranda (presumably the school buildings at Mbabane).
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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School completed, Yei, 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 30/8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions.
Dates:
1903
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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School compound. Once thick forest, Ghana, 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/216
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Coloured slides, 50 x 50 mm, mostly Kodak, originally stored in a carrying case. They relate to nursing in Nigeria and Ghana.
Dates:
1966
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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School compound, W.H.O. Ghana, 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/192
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Coloured slides, 50 x 50 mm, mostly Kodak, originally stored in a carrying case. They relate to nursing in Nigeria and Ghana.
Dates:
1966
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Y3043UU/134 is missing.
Fonds
School Empire Tours Record 1927-1939
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011FFF
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs, by various photographers, relating to School Empire Tours, probably compiled by Miss Margaret Best. All the prints are captioned and some also have dates and places written on the back in Miss Best's hand.It should be noted that most of the images show groups of the participants, either before setting out or in the country concerned, but there is very little to show their activities - the 1932 tour to Canada is the best in this respect. It is clear from...
Dates:
1927 - 1939
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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School farm, Igarra: pupil with cassava roots, 1949, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/3/104
Scope and Contents
113 x 159 mm. glossy print with copy.
Dates:
1949
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).
File
School feeding and teaching thro' Zulu Home-Maker Clubs, 1975 - 1976
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305S/24-48
Scope and Contents
A small album containing black and white and colour photographs. The cover of the album is annotated: 'Photos show School-Feeding and Teaching thro' Zulu 'Home-Maker Clubs' holding courses in Nutrition and Cooking at KwaNzimela Centre, KwaMagwaza Mission, Melmoth, Zululand. 1975-1976. These Zenzele Clubs have been assisted by Goodwill Convenors of Zululand Women's Institutes and money from F.F.H. Committee. Photos by Wren'.
Dates:
1975 - 1976
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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School. General C. de Wet (in centre), 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305M/1
Scope and Contents
122 x 78 mm. A group photograph showing General Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (1854-1922) seated in the centre of a large gathering of school children, with adults in the background. De Wet has signed the front of the print.
Dates:
1902
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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School in Maseno (?), 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 27/14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions from K.H. Buxton, who is probably Kathleen Hannah Buxton (1905-1999), daughter of Reverend Leonard Buxton, the Vicar of North Mimms, Hertfordshire.
Dates:
1937
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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'School in the Bush'. N. Rhodesia [i.e. Zambia], 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/495
Scope and Contents
Showing a class of young children gathered in a semi-circle around their teacher in the open air. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads '(N.B. how writing is commonly burnt - with slate and slate pencil and no desk)'.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
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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School leaders, 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 27/52
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions from K.H. Buxton, who is probably Kathleen Hannah Buxton (1905-1999), daughter of Reverend Leonard Buxton, the Vicar of North Mimms, Hertfordshire.
Dates:
1937
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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School of Agriculture, 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/14
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm.
Dates:
1952 - 1964
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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School of Agriculture, 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/16
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm.
Dates:
1952 - 1964
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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[School of Agriculture], 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/5/1
Scope and Contents
165 x 215 mm. Showing a man in university robes at a grass 'partition' in the School of Agriculture, perhaps during its opening ceremony. The photograph is stamped on the reverse with: 'Uganda Protectorate, Department of Information, Photograph Section.'
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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School of agriculture, Cedara, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/160
Scope and Contents
164 x 101 mm. Showing the driveway and main façade of the Cedara Agricultural College in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, founded by the Colonial Government in 1902.
Dates:
1925
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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School of Agriculture - part of the botany library, 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/5/54A
Scope and Contents
215 x 160 mm.
Dates:
1952 - 1964
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).
Item
School of Medicine, 1940 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/20
Scope and Contents
126 x 116 mm. Showing students studying specimens under microscopes. The caption on the reverse reads 'Part 3 At the African Hospital - Students at work in the Department of Pathology, African Hospital, Lagos'.
Dates:
1940 - 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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Schoolboys at play beside the hostel for H.H. The Aga Khan Boarding School at Kampala, 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/23
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm.
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).
Item
Schoolboys Boakye, Afare, Kyere and Dankwa, 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/170
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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Schoolboys budding Citrus, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/385
Scope and Contents
The typescript catalogue locates this photograph at 'Kapenguris [?Kapenguria] school farm, West Suk'.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
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).