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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:

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Simon's arrival at Lamu, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/34
Scope and Contents

A view showing Powell's dog, Simon, on a boat.

Dates: 1934
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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[?Simon's Bay], 1857 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A/70
Scope and Contents

139 x 69 mm. A view looking across a bay with a settlement on the farther side and a headland beyond. With two sailing boats moored in the bay and wooden frameworks (?for drying fishing nets) in the foreground. A note on the reverse in C.W. Busk's hand adds: 'Don't remember this: think it Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad]'. This appears to be correct and the headland is similar to those north of the town.

Dates: 1857 - 1879
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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Simon's Bay. The 'Powerful' lying in the distance, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059S/1
Scope and Contents

213 x 154 mm. A view from the shore looking down onto Simon's Bay which is crowded with craft of various sizes at anchor. HMS Powerful, a twin funnelled cruiser, lies at anchor in the centre of the shipping. The date of Powerful's visit to Simon's Town has not been established but this photograph was possibly taken during the Boer War: if so, the large ship at anchor at the right is possibly one of the vessels used for a time as a Boer prisoner of war rest camp.

Dates: 1900
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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Simon's Town Church [i.e. Simonstad], 1884-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/10
Scope and Contents

196 x 148 mm. A view looking over the pews towards the altar

Dates: 1884-05
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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Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059S/3
Scope and Contents

204 x 153 mm. A view looking along the waterfront at Simon's Town with a railway pier and wharves in the foreground.

Dates: 1900
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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Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059S/5
Scope and Contents

208 x 151 mm. A view from the Bay looking towards the waterfront, with hills rising behind the town.

Dates: 1900
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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Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad]. Arrival of the 'Powerful' troops, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059S/6
Scope and Contents

148 x 205 mm. A view looking down onto a street in Simon's Town where a crowd of spectators are marching alongside a band and a contingent of troops from HMS Powerful.

Dates: 1900
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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Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad] Bay, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059S/2
Scope and Contents

211 x 157 mm. Showing HMS Powerful steaming out of Simon's Town Bay.

Dates: 1900
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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Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad], Naval Station, Cape of Good Hope, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/13
Scope and Contents

184 x 127 mm. A view looking northwards along the waterfront at Simonstown towards the west dockyard, with a steamer in dock on the slipway and the mast house (with small square tower) beyond. On a slight rise behind the town is the Wesleyan Chapel.

Dates: 1888
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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Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad] - View No. 1. From fort on the road - near the last sandy beach - Naval Station - in False Bay, C.G. Hope, 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A/33
Scope and Contents

284 x 220 mm. A view looking across Simon's Bay towards the waterfront of Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad], with the waterfront road in the foreground. A note in C.W. Busk's hand adds: 'The railway from Cape Town passes round via Kalk Bay on the edge of the water. Kalk Bay is away to the left on this side of the sea'.

Dates: 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).
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Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad] - View No. 2. - from the fort - near last sandy beach on the road from Kalk Bay and Cape Town. Naval Station. False Bay. C.G. Hope, 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A/34
Scope and Contents

294 x 227 mm. Showing the northern section of Simon's Bay and Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad]. This photograph, taken from the same viewpoint as Y3059A/33, forms an overlapping panorama of the bay and town when placed beside it.

Dates: 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).
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Simon's Town [Simonstad], Cape. Naval Base, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/11
Scope and Contents

203 x 151 mm. A view looking down on to Simon's Bay, with part of Simon's Town [Simonstad] visible at the right and the naval base and dockyards (built between 1899 and 1910) in the background.

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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Simpson to Turton, 1872-11-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/155
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: 1872-11-07
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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Simpson to Turton, 1872-12-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/156
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: 1872-12-06
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).
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Simpson to Turton, 1872-11-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/162
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: 1872-11-09
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).
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Simpson to Turton, 1872-07-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/83
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: 1872-07-25
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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Sinai and Palestine - Frith, 1860

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214C
Scope and Contents

An album of photographs of scenes within Sinai and Palestine.

Dates: 1860
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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Sinaitic inscriptions in Wadee El-Mukattab, 1860

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214C/6
Scope and Contents

228 x 157 mm. A close up showing inscriptions carved in a rockface at Wadee El-Mukattab.

Dates: 1860
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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Sinking small prospecting shaft in the forest, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448U/14
Scope and Contents

155 x 105 mm.

Dates: 1900
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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'Sinqu Pass', 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/8
Scope and Contents

139 x 81 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). A view looking along the pass, the floor of which is partially obscured by clouds. Caption under photograph reads: ''Sinqu Pass' the Lesoto name for orange; the Basuto hold that the 'Orange River' does not rise at Mt Aux Sources but at a point about 15 miles south. Hence the name Sinqu has been given to the pass. The above photograph is taken facing Natal.'

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).
 Fonds

Sir Ahmadu Bello

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043YY
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises a full length portrait of Sir Ahmadu Bello and a family tree with Annabi Muhammadu at the head, and a head and shoulders portrait of a man in the centre (perhaps Sir Ahmadu Bello?).

Dates: 1963
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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Sir Ahmadu Bello, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043YY/1
Scope and Contents

510 mm x 630 mm. Full length portrait in colour, signed 'A.A. Bello.'

Dates: 1963
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

Sir Alan Burns Collection of Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] photographs, 1940s

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448D
Scope and Contents A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 195 x 160 mm, with brief captions supplied by Sir Alan Burns. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. The collection relates to Sir Alan's period as Governor of the Gold Coast.Sir Alan Cuthbert Burns (1887-1980) was the son of James Burns, Treasurer of St Christopher-Nevis and himself served in the Leeward Islands Colonial Civil Service from 1905-12 and in the Nigeria Civil Service 1912-24; from...
Dates: 1940 - 1980
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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Sir Alan Burns inspecting the Guard of Honour, 1946-07-23

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448Q/42
Scope and Contents

185 x 125 mm. Taken at the opening session of a new Legislative Council.

Dates: 1946-07-23
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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Sir Alan Burns with Legislative Council 1946, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448Q/43
Scope and Contents

180 x 125 mm.

Dates: 1946
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).