Africa (continent)
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
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Sufferers from sleeping sickness, 1908 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/22
Scope and Contents
170 x 123 mm. Showing sleeping sickness victims seated in a village clearing. Sleeping sickness reached epidemic proportions in Uganda in the early years of the century, and in May 1902 Colonel (later, Sir) James Sadler reported that 20,000 people had died in Busoga alone. In 1902 a Royal Society Commission consisting of Drs. Low, Christy and Castellani arrived to investigate the problem and in 1903 Colonel (later, Sir) David Bruce discovered that the tsetse fly was the source of...
Dates:
1908 - 1912
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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Sufferers from sleeping sickness, 1908 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/23
Scope and Contents
172 x 122 mm. Showing sleeping sickness sufferers seated or lying in a village square.
Dates:
1908 - 1912
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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Sugar cane Inhambane 8 months growth 1906, 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/280
Scope and Contents
80 x 100 mm.
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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Sugar cane, Keta District, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448V/71
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Many images of woodland and logging scenes. The original numbering of the images has been followed.
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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Sugar estate, Corly Hall, on the Creole River, near Mahebourg, 1853
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/3/18
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...
Dates:
1853
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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Sugar Factory, Union (Flacq), Mauritius, 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Mauritius/6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A collection of coloured 'oilette' postcards of Mauritius, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons for the British Empire Exhibition 1924.
Dates:
1924
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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Sugar mill and plantation, Umzinto, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal], 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/66
Scope and Contents
192 x 124 mm. A view from a neighbouring hillside looking down on the sugar mill buildings, with cultivated land beyond and the manager's bungalow on the hillside in the background.
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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Sugar plantation, S.C. [? south coast] Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/96
Scope and Contents
203 x 152 mm. A view looking across fields high with sugar towards plantation buildings 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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Sugar refinery, near Durban, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/98
Scope and Contents
202 x 151 mm. A view looking across a water reservoir towards the factory buildings of the South African Sugar Refineries Limited.
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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Sugar refining. 37 ton vacuum pan, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/100
Scope and Contents
152 x 188 mm. Showing two European workers standing beside the vacuum pan machinery.
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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Suicide Gully, Pilgrim’s Rest, 1873 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055B/15
Scope and Contents
190 x 142 mm. A view looking along the gully with excavated land, water channels for gold separation and miners’ tents in the foreground. The name may have some connection with an attempted suicide at Pilgrim’s Rest described by W.C. Scully. Probably by H. Ferdinand Gros.
Dates:
1873 - 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Views in the Transvaal
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Suk, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/83
Scope and Contents
A head and shoulders profile.
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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Suk Bibis (Kapenjuria [i.e. Kapenguria]), 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/50
Scope and Contents
A head and shoulders panoramic portrait, comprising of two photos, of five Suk women.
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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Suk (market) in Omdurman, 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/187
Scope and Contents
45 x 70 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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Suk. Omdurman, 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/185
Scope and Contents
70 x 44 mm. A market scene.
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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Suk proud of his yams, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/370
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of loose prints. The prints are mainly British official photographs representing aspects of development in the colonies and are chiefly 250 x 200 mm. Captions on the reverse, 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. The prints fall into subject collections.Nigeria: 1 - 8 Udi Village; 9-20 Ogwofia...
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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Suk Toto, Kapenjuria [i.e. Kapenguria], 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/94
Scope and Contents
Full-length portrait showing a young child.
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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[Suk warrior, Turquell], 1889-12-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/48
Scope and Contents
115 x 159 mm. (original negative and modern print). Showing a naked Suk warrior, armed with two spears standing in front of a tent. This warrior is the central figure seen in Y30468K/47.
Dates:
1889-12-29
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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Ernest Gedge Collection
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Suki, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/26
Scope and Contents
115 x 115 mm. Showing a large group or line of women and girls stood or sat beneath a tree. Many have pots or baskets.
Dates:
1939 - 1941
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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Suki, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/24
Scope and Contents
115 x 85 mm. Showing people with donkeys carrying large bunches of dried vegetation.
Dates:
1939 - 1941
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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Sulima, 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446F/30
Scope and Contents
156 x 110 mm. A view from the beach looking towards the houses of Sulima, the starting point for Alldridge's journeys into the interior.
Dates:
1890 - 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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"Suliman", my Cook, Mumias 1899, 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/60
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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(Sulimani) Boy with one of my lion cubs, 1908 - 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/35
Scope and Contents
85 x 80 mm. Showing Sulimani, one of Bell's servants, holding one of the pet lion cubs up towards the camera.
Dates:
1908 - 1909
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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Sullivan 22 diamond drill; Geita, 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/60
Scope and Contents
77 x 55 mm.
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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Sullivan 22 diamond drill; Geita, 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/61
Scope and Contents
77 x 55 mm.
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).