Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Sentry, Vryheid, 1901
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/75
Scope and Contents
95 x 120 mm.
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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Sentry, Vryheid Hill, 1901
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/7
Scope and Contents
90 x 120 mm.
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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Separating cloves from clove stems, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/16
Scope and Contents
240 x 187 mm. A view showing a group of Swahili pickers seated on rush mats around apile of cloves. After the cloves have been separated from the stems they are placed on mats to dry in the sun (see next plate).
Dates:
1900 - 1910
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
Sepoy Guard. Assiut, 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/165
Scope and Contents
69 x 45 mm. Members of the guard.
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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Sept. 8th 6.0 a.m. 'Three cheers for the Queen'. Grenadiers and Camerons cheering Her Majesty's gracious telegram, read out by Maj.-Gen. Gatacre C.B, 1898-09-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/197
Scope and Contents
159 x 115 mm. A rear view showing the two groups of soldiers raising their helmets to the Queen's message of congratulations on the Battle of Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Dates:
1898-09-08
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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Khartoum 1898
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Sepulchral monuments of the Kings of Guinea, 1817 - 1866
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 343/25
Scope and Contents
An undated print of an engraving by White made for C.T. Middleton's 'A new and complete system of geography' (2 vols, London, 1778-1779).
Dates:
1817 - 1866
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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Commonwealth engravings
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Sereki Kwakwi inspects new Magani Qioda (clinic), 1953
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/31
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:
1953
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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Sergeant to Glover, 1874-06-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/7/58
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.
Dates:
1874-06-17
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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Sergt Fisher R.E. on Camel, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042A/12
Scope and Contents
204 x 146 mm. A view showing Sergeant Fisher astride a camel held by an Arab, with tents in the background.
Dates:
1885
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
Sergt. Major Greenwood, Port Ugowe. Sept. 1899, 1899-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045B/64
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Two albums with two loose prints (which may not belong to this collection) inserted. The two albums were the property of Charles Edwin Collard, Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The albums have been rebound, but the labels on the covers ‘Uganda 1898-1900’ have been retained. Most of the photographs are 115 x 90 mm. Collard was presumably the photographer except for the few prints in which he appears, and all the photographs are captioned. However, it appears likely that this was...
Dates:
1899-09
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
Sergts. Ellison & Scott standing outside Sergeants Mess, Mumias March 1899, 1899
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045B/49
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Two albums with two loose prints (which may not belong to this collection) inserted. The two albums were the property of Charles Edwin Collard, Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The albums have been rebound, but the labels on the covers ‘Uganda 1898-1900’ have been retained. Most of the photographs are 115 x 90 mm. Collard was presumably the photographer except for the few prints in which he appears, and all the photographs are captioned. However, it appears likely that this was...
Dates:
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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Serowe - Bech. Protect, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/61
Scope and Contents
140 x 83 mm. A view looking over the circular thatched huts of Serowe, the chief town of the Ngwato and first occupied by them in 1902 after the abandonment of Felepye.
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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Serpent fetish, Keta district, 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/37
Scope and Contents
The negative envelope is numbered '16'.
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).
File
Service for Zambian independence, 1964
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 348/2/7/11a
Scope and Contents
The order of service of thanksgiving and dedication at Westminster Abbey on 24 October 1964 to commemorate the independence of Zambia.
Dates:
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).
File
Service for Zambian independence, 1964
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 348/2/7/11b
Scope and Contents
The order of service of thanksgiving and dedication at Westminster Abbey on 24 October 1964 to commemorate the independence of Zambia.
Dates:
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).
File
Service in an African University, 1990-01-01
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 162/8/5
Scope and Contents
Notes for a talk given by Wilson.
Dates:
1990-01-01
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).
Item
Service in camp, 1900s, 1900 - 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/185
Scope and Contents
162 x 120 mm. Showing an African congregation gathered around the tent of a travelling missionary.
Dates:
1900 - 1917
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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Service in the original Chapel in the Administration Block, 1950 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448I/83
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of loose prints with duplicates measuring, unless stated, approximately 210 x 160 mm. The collection contains a variety of photographs, some of them taken by the Information Services of the Gold Coast/Ghana, while others are amateur photographs. Nos 1-5, showing Fraser in the Principal's house are clearly pre-1935, when he left Achimota. The majority date from Mr Winlaw's Headship and include a number of views of buildings put up in that period, particularly the Assembly Hall...
Dates:
1950 - 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).
Item
Service in Union College Chapel, 1962
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/8/12
Scope and Contents
102 x 101 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.
Dates:
1962
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
Service in Union College Chapel, 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/8/13
Scope and Contents
102 x 101 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.
Dates:
1962
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
Service on the banks of the Zeraf River at Nangtel, 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/1/20
Scope and Contents
158 x 94 mm. glossy print with duplicate, 201 x 121 mm. enlargement and 108 x 63 mm. negative.
Dates:
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).
Item
Service with the Kenya Police in the north is certainly 'Active', 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/405
Scope and Contents
Showing a group of armed Kenya Police climbing a rock in search of cattle raiders. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Cattle raiders are well armed, casualties not uncommon'.
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).
Sub-Fonds
Service with the Nigeria Regiment, 1987
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/26
Scope and Contents
A memoir describing Tregear's voyage out to Africa and his time in Nigeria, 1933-1937, with a sketch map and photocopies of two photographs.
Dates:
1987
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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Africa miscellanea
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Session in progress in the main hall, 1933 - 1964
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/9
Scope and Contents
110 x 75 mm.
Dates:
1933 - 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).
File
Set of Asante small balance scale, scoop, gold-weights and boxes for storing gold dust, 1880 - 1920
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS.4.05
Scope and Contents
Gold dust functioned as a universal medium of exchange in West Africa, measured on scales according to a standardised system of weights. The brass weights and boxes for storing gold dust were decorated with geometric and figurative designs. Figurative designs featured a wide range of animate and inanimate objects such as the drummer, crocodile, bird, catfish, antelope, cutlass, cartridge belt, drum and horns featured in the RCS set. The significance of the gold weights as an art form...
Dates:
1880 - 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).