Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Set of ivory travelling cutlery, 1920 - 1925
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS.4.11
Scope and Contents
A set of ivory travelling cutlery from Tanganyika designed during the early 1920s. It belonged to Dr James Van Derwent, a Colonial Medical Officer, who served at Songea. It comprises a mustard pot, egg cup, salt cellar, fork, spoon and small knife, as well as a lady’s card case, pen-holder and comb. The case contains a printed calling card, on which is hand-written ‘Am ready when you are free’, on one side and printed ‘Dr Jas. Van Derwent, Col[onial] Medical Service, Tanganyika Territory’ on...
Dates:
1920 - 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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Setting off for the parade, 1966
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/223
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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Setting out from Mouambong to Nyasoso, 1938-02-08
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/114
Scope and Contents
62 x 40 mm. We set out from Mouambong for Nyasoso. Galadema, the cook's mate with the kerosine tin that is the oven, nurse in his uniform and Michael in white with the carriers stretching in a long line ahead.
Dates:
1938-02-08
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).
Fonds
'Setting up in Njombe'
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 373
Scope and Contents
This is an account by Norman Cuthbert, illustrated with colour photographs, of his colleagues and working life in the laboratory and factory, and of his wider experiences of the people and geography of Njombe.
Dates:
2009
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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Settlement at Oji River for those affected by leprosy, first patients, 1936
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 29/51
Scope and Contents
Colour
Dates:
1936
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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Settlement at Oji River for those affected by leprosy, opened July, 1936
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 29/50
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions.
Dates:
1936
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
?Seucei Priest of Lalibella [i.e. Lalibela], 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/193
Scope and Contents
90 x 120 mm. A man wearing a white turban and dark robes. There are stone ruins in the distance behind him. The caption beneath the print reads 'The Member or Chief Priest.'
Dates:
1943
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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Seven-year-old Funtumias, Molive, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon], 1903 - 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/93
Scope and Contents
101 x 75 mm. A view of a plantation of seven-year-old Funtumias showing the effects of close planting and late thinning. With an African youth seated in the foreground.
Dates:
1903 - 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
Seventh encampment, eight miles from last encampment, Mbaruki, 6320 ft above sea, 1900-03-06
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/40
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
66 watercolours, 150 x 200 mm in size. The captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Notes provided by H.B. Thomas have been incorporated into the description.
Dates:
1900-03-06
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
/
Mombasa to Mengo
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Sewing class, 1900 - 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 24/41
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions. The slides appear to have been gathered for lecture purposes and are not necessarily on the work of the CMS. They relate to various parts of the continent.
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).
Item
Sewing Class at Jeanes Training Centre, Hope Fountain Mission, 1938-06-10
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052L/49
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:
1938-06-10
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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Sewing class for Omdurman women on veranda of house of Rev. and Mrs. B.T. Shukai, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/2/4
Scope and Contents
120 x 80 mm. glossy print with duplicate.
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).
Series
Seychelles, 1910 - 1919
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Seychelles
Scope and Contents
Collection of ten monochrome postcards of views in the Seychelles.
Dates:
1910 - 1919
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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Postcard Collection
Item
Seychelles, Carnegie Library, Port Victoria, 1910 - 1919
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Seychelles/3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Collection of ten monochrome postcards of views in the Seychelles.
Dates:
1910 - 1919
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
Seychelles, coco-nut oil mill, Felicite Island, 1910 - 1919
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Seychelles/1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Collection of ten monochrome postcards of views in the Seychelles.
Dates:
1910 - 1919
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
Seychelles, coco-nut oil mill, Felicite Island, 1910 - 1919
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Seychelles/5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Collection of ten monochrome postcards of views in the Seychelles.
Dates:
1910 - 1919
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
Seychelles Constitutional Conference, 1970-03-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/511
Scope and Contents
188 x 241 mm. Photo shows a general view of the conference at Marlborough House, London.
Dates:
1970-03-09
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
Seychelles Constitutional Conference, 1970-03-13
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/516
Scope and Contents
202 x 256 mm. Lord Shepherd, Britain’s Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, watched by Mr. J.R. Mancham (left), Leader of the Seychelles Democratic Party, and Mr. F.A. Rene, Leader of the Seychelles Peoples’ United Party, signs the Seychelles Constitutional Report at the end of the Seychelles Constitutional Conference at Marlborough House, London.
Dates:
1970-03-13
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
Seychelles Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1970-03-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/513
Scope and Contents
151 x 206 mm. Lord Shepherd (third from left), Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, who presided recently at the opening session of the Seychelles Constitutional Conference, chats to three members of the Seychelles delegation at Marlborough House. They are (from left) Sir Bruce Greatbatch, Governor, Seychelles; Mr. J.R. Mancham, Leader of the Democratic Party; and Mr. F.A. Rene, Leader of the Peoples’ United Party.
Dates:
1970-03-09
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
Seychelles Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1970-03-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/514
Scope and Contents
151 x 208 mm. The Seychelles’ delegation includes the Governor, Sir Bruce Greatbatch; Mr. A. Sauzier, the Attorney General; Mr J.R. Mancham, Leader of the Democratic Party; and Mr. F.A. Rene, Leader of the Peoples’ United Party. The British delegation was led by Lord Shepherd, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Dates:
1970-03-09
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
Seychelles Constitutional Conference Opens in London, 1970-03-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/515
Scope and Contents
151 x 206 mm. Three members of the Seychelles’ delegation to the Seychelles Constitutional Conference at the opening at Marlborough House. They are (from right) Mr. F.A. Rene, Leader of the Peoples’ United Party; Mr. J.R. Mancham, Leader of the Democratic Party; and Mr. M. Green, Publicity Secretary of the Peoples’ United Party.
Dates:
1970-03-09
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
Seychelles, Felicite Island, 1910 - 1919
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Seychelles/7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Collection of ten monochrome postcards of views in the Seychelles.
Dates:
1910 - 1919
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
Seychelles, Inner Harbour, Port Victoria, 1910 - 1919
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Seychelles/9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Collection of ten monochrome postcards of views in the Seychelles.
Dates:
1910 - 1919
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
Seychelles, Lighthouse, Denis Island, 1910 - 1919
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Seychelles/2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Collection of ten monochrome postcards of views in the Seychelles.
Dates:
1910 - 1919
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
Seychelles, Long Pier and Coaling Station, Port Victoria, 1910 - 1919
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Seychelles/8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Collection of ten monochrome postcards of views in the Seychelles.
Dates:
1910 - 1919
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).