Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
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Schoolboys getting the correct spaces between the potatoes in the row, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/378
Scope and Contents
Showing schoolboys planting potatoes in a trench marked out with string.
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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Schoolboys of Katongo School near Mongu cleaning a channel draining the neighbouring land, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304E/19
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A collection of numbered prints, unless otherwise stated measuring circa 210 x 160 mm, in a 19 page typescript volume entitled 'Barotseland', written and illustrated by Max Gluckman. His typescript is undated but the illustrations closely resemble, and in some cases are identical with, those used in Gluckman (1945) of which a photocopy is filed with this collection. It is not known how these photographs were used - perhaps projected by epidiascope. Numbers 1-54 are captioned on the back,...
Dates:
1945
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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Schoongezicht near Stellenbosch, 1968-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/25
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The early photographs in this section were taken during two visits to Kokstad in the east of the province; the first at the end of 1965 followed John Ewart Marnham's visit to Lesotho; the remainder dated August 1967. A number of purely family photographs have been removed. Following these are a number of scenes in the vicinity of Cape Town and along the southern coast - Somerset West, George, Knysa, Hermanus, the ostrich farm at Oudstchoorn, the mouth of the Storms River and nearby...
Dates:
1968-03
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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Schultz and his staff in Elobey, Corisco Bay, Spanish Equatorial Guinea, 1870 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043NN/13
Scope and Contents
200 x 138 mm. Group of twelve Europeans; Schultz is presumably the bearded central figure.
Dates:
1870 - 1889
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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Schwarz weiss rot über Deutsch-Ostafrika [Black, red and white (flag) over German East Africa i.e. Tanzania], 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/17
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of monochrome photogravure postcards of scenes in German East Africa. Published by Walther Dobbertin of Harburg.
The majority of the cards have printed on the reverse: 'Shall the heroic deeds of Lettow-Vorbeck and his soldiers in the four-and-a-half year long bloody struggle have been in vain? Join with us in promoting the publication of German East Africa. We need colonies!'.
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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Science Lecture Theatre at Achimota, 1900 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 24/43
Scope and Contents
See Y3044H/32
Dates:
1900 - 1947
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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Scientists help Lake Victoria's fishermen. Researchers plumb the depths of Africa's biggest lake, 1953-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/50
Scope and Contents
141 x 116 mm. Showing P.H. Greenwood and a colleague examining a specimen. The caption reads: (See Feature Set Intro. No. 716). (10). Mr P.H. Greenwood (right) the latest member of the team of experts, is a Fishery Research Officer. His studies centre around the vast number of fish of all species found in the Lake. The Tilapia is one of the commonest families found off shore and form the greatest proportion in the fishermen's catches. Experiments at Jinja have shown that other types...
Dates:
1953-03
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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Scotch Church, Pietermaritzburg, 1875 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305A/17
Scope and Contents
153 x 97 mm. A view showing the stone building with square tower of the Scotch Church, partially obscured by trees in the foreground.
Dates:
1875 - 1880
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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Scottish Mission Church, Blantyre, Nyasaland [Malawi], 1938-06-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052L/50
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of prints inserted in a bound copy of the Rhodesia-Nyasaland Royal Commission Report (Cmd. 5949) 1939. Written on the title page is 'Illustrated with the Chairman's snapshot photographs.' Plate 1 is inside the front cover; the remainder are in pairs on sheets of paper bound into the volume at intervals. They are prints of sharp definition and high quality, mostly 140 x 90 mm, but numbers 5, 17, 18, 44, 46 and 47 are approximately 95 x 120 mm. All have hand-written captions. ...
Dates:
1938-06-27
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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Scout looking through glasses, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/92
Scope and Contents
115 x 95 mm. African scout holding a pair of binoculars.
Dates:
1901
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Vryheid, South Africa
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Scouts, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/139
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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Scrap Book, 1889 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/1
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains cuttings of many reviews of Bell’s publications, including ‘Obeah : witchcraft in the West Indies’ (London, 1889) and ‘A witch's legacy’ (London, 1893) which appeared in British, African and West Indian periodicals, along with copies of:‘The Fetish-mountain of Krobo’, ‘Macmillan’s Magazine’, July 1893, 210-19‘His Highness Prince Kwakoo’, ‘The Idler Magazine’, Dec. 1896, 685-96‘History, trade, resources, and present condition of the Gold Coast...
Dates:
1889 - 1899
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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Scrap material which is turned into rails, etc, Vereeniging iron and steel works, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/172
Scope and Contents
203 x 152 mm. Showing piles of scrap metal lying beside the railway line to the iron and steel works.
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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Scrapbook, 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/35/3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A collection of programmes, invitations, menus, photographs and other material issued in connection with the Royal Visit to India during 1905-1906.
Dates:
1906
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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Scrapbook, 1963 - 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/4/1/1
Scope and Contents
Large scrapbook chronologically documenting Smedley’s time in Ghana, principally consisting of newspaper cuttings and photographs (colour and black and white, many annotated by Smedley). The volume includes Smedley’s formal appointment by the Queen, on 4 November 1963; various newspaper cuttings announcing his appointment; Smedley’s arrival and presentation of credentials to Dr Kwame Nkrumah; newspaper cuttings of various business and diplomatic trips; the visit of Arthur Bottomley...
Dates:
1963 - 1966
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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Scrapbook, 1966 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/4/1/2
Scope and Contents
Large scrapbook chronologically documenting Smedley’s time in Ghana from his reappointment in March 1966, containing documents, newspaper cuttings and photographs (black and white, many annotated by Smedley). Items include the formal presentation of letters of credential 14 April 1966; copy of programme and speech delivered by Smedley at a prize-giving day at Takoradi School, 2 July 1966; official functions; newspaper reports regarding the decision of the Home Secretary not to allow the...
Dates:
1966 - 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).
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Scrapbook I, 1912 - 1913
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/17/1/1
Scope and Contents
Press cuttings from Canada, UK branch activities and South Africa.
Dates:
1912 - 1913
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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Scrapbook I, 1912-13 (Canada and South Africa), 1912 - 1913
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011YY/1-8
Scope and Contents
A scrapbook containing press cuttings, correspondance, photographs, tickets, invitations, menus and programmes.
Dates:
1912 - 1913
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Boosé Scrapbooks
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Screw pine (Pandannus sp.), 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/12/8
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
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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Script of broadcast, 1957-10-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 217/3
Scope and Contents
Script of a talk (six pages) by Professor Maxwell on William Napier's journal aired on the South African Broadcasting Corporation, 1 October 1957.
Dates:
1957-10-01
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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Scroll posts, Mankon, 1937-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/31
Scope and Contents
63 x 104 mm. The two forked branches stripped of bark, the forks are painted with rings of red paint made from cam wood and Palm Oil, alternated with rings of brown stain made from diluted cow dung. The 'scroll' at the base is a closely woven piece of matting with horizontal wavy lines in red alternating with light brown and composed of the same materials. Alongside this to the left is a piece of grass matting with three bamboo supports to stiffen it. In front and at the base of the 'scroll'...
Dates:
1937-12
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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Sculpture of the Resurrection by Ben Onwonwu for the entrance porch of the Chapel of the Resurrection, Ibadan University, 1954, 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/22
Scope and Contents
150 x 195 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1954
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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Sculptured gateway, etc, Karnac, 1857
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214A/25
Scope and Contents
231 x 161 mm. A view showing one of the entrance gateways o Karnac at the end of the avenue of recumbent sphinxes, one of which (headless) can be seen in the foreground. The gateway itself is richly sculptured with hieroglyphics. Technically, a fine print, with full detail in the shadows of the gateway.
Dates:
1857
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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Sculptures from the outer wall, Dendera, 1857
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214A/10
Scope and Contents
231 x 160 mm. A view showing a wall of finely carved hieroglyphics on the exterior wall of the temple of Hat-Hor at Dendera. It was from this temple that S.L. Saulnier and J.B. Lelorrain looted the famous zodiac of Dendera.
Dates:
1857
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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Sea Cow’s head (shot in Lundi), 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/105
Scope and Contents
Showing the severed head of a hippopotamus lying on the ground. 'In spite of the order that no game was to be shot to avoid alarming any Matabele in the neighbourhood, Johnson could not resist the temptation offered by a school of four hippopotami disporting in the river. He and the brothers Burnett put an end to their game. The skin, leg bones and skull of a cow [presumably the animal seen here] were at once claimed by William Harvey Brown, an American naturalist sent to South Africa to...
Dates:
1890
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).