Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Spare wagons, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/61
Scope and Contents
115 x 95 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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Spears are never far away in this country where you can't afford to be caught unawares, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/400
Scope and Contents
Showing a group of Borans resting with their camels, with their spears stuck in the ground in the foreground.
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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Spectators at a dance, Laroku, 1940-11-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/350
Scope and Contents
62 x 40 mm.
Dates:
1940-11-13
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).
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Spectators at the Accession Proclamation of king George V, Ogoja, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/60
Scope and Contents
102 x 59 mm. Showing ranks of seated and standing African spectators gathered at the edge of the Ogoja parade ground.
Dates:
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).
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Spectators at the Accession Proclamation of King George V, Ogoja [1910], 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/59
Scope and Contents
102 x 59 mm. Showing a group of African spectators watching the Accession Proclamation, with a squad of the Southern Nigeria Regiment in the foreground.
Dates:
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).
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Spectators at Tshonque Show, Umbombo [Ubombo] District, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/69
Scope and Contents
151 x 102 mm. Showing men and women from various racial groups seated on the grass.
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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Spectators, etc. [Ogoja 1910], 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/64
Scope and Contents
102 x 59 mm. Showing a group of African spectators at the Accession Proclamation.
Dates:
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).
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Spectators, Obuasi, 1938 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/51
Scope and Contents
140x90 mm.
Dates:
1938 - 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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Spectators, probably at the Zanzibar Exhibition, August 1905, 1905-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/32
Scope and Contents
A view showing a group of Indian and Swahili spectators.
Dates:
1905-08
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).
File
Speeches by Lady Smedley, 1965 - 1967
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/4/3/1
Scope and Contents
This file contains the draft of a speech, ‘Perfection on a Material Plane’, given to the Young Women’s Christian Association of Ghana conference, 28 January 1967, with details of speakers; draft of speech to Mothers’ Union Conference, Koforidua, 6 September 1966, on Christian service; draft of speech to Girls Industrial School Handicrafts Exhibition, 4 November 1966; notes and draft of speech dealing with role of women, and details of Lady Smedley’s own life and experiences, for Inner Accra...
Dates:
1965 - 1967
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
‘Speke and missionary work in Uganda’, 1952 - 1970
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/3/19
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.
Dates:
1952 - 1970
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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‘Speke’, c. 1960s, 1977
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/33
Scope and Contents
240 x 197 mm. Showing the paddle steamer at her mooring on Lake Kyoga. The vessel saw service on the lake from 1910-1962, being taken out of service for the same reason as the ‘Grant’. See also Y3045C.
Dates:
1977
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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Sphinx, 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/2/64
Scope and Contents
125 x 80 mm.
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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[Sphinx], 1927 - 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/5/32
Scope and Contents
230 x 170 mm. Aerial view.
Dates:
1927 - 1928
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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[Sphinx], 1927 - 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/5/55
Scope and Contents
60 x 90 mm.
Dates:
1927 - 1928
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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[Sphinx at Gaza], 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/5
Scope and Contents
277 x 219 mm. A side view of the Sphinx at Giza with a pyramid in the background. Photograph probably by Georgiladakis.
Dates:
1880 - 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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Sphinx. F. and Maj. Brackley, 1920-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/206
Scope and Contents
67 x 44 mm. Frederick Tymms, Brackley and others before the Sphinx.
Dates:
1920-03
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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[Sphinz at Giza], 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022B/91
Scope and Contents
232 x 202 mm.
Dates:
1860 - 1869
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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Views of India
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Sphynx and Great Pyramid, Mar 1921, 1921-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/378
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
Dates:
1921-03
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).
Fonds
Spicer Simson photographs of the Gambia River Survey 1911-1912
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30447D
Scope and Contents
An album of photographs measuring, unless otherwise stated, 80 x 55 mm. Following the photographs are seven neatly handwritten pages containing some facts and figures about the Gambia and the note quoted below. All are captioned and short descriptive notes have been given where appropriate. A few details have been added from the Gambia Blue Books and Who's Who (1943).The Survey of the Gambia River is described in the following extract from the album:'Lieutenant G. Spicer...
Dates:
1911 - 1912
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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[Spinning class, Jeanes School, Lusaka, Zambia, 1940s], 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/480
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'And even the gentle art of spinning'.
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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Spinning cotton, Keta, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/40
Scope and Contents
The negative envelope is numbered '18'.
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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Spinning cotton, Keta, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/41
Scope and Contents
The negative envelope is numbered '18'.
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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Spion Kop, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/16-18
Scope and Contents
115 x 95 mm. Three images of a grazing horse, probably that ridden by the mounted officer in Y3058H/15.
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
/
Vryheid, South Africa
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Spion Kop, 1901
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/22
Scope and Contents
115 x 95 mm. Officer mounted on horse.
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
/
Vryheid, South Africa