Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
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Swaziland Independence Day 6 September 1968, 1968-09-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Q/45
Scope and Contents
[View in the arena of the Stadium, showing marching, drill, dancing, etc... and participants in traditional and European cloths].
Dates:
1968-09-06
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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Swaziland Independence Day 6 September 1968, 1968-09-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Q/46
Scope and Contents
[View in the arena of the Stadium, showing marching, drill, dancing, etc... and participants in traditional and European cloths].
Dates:
1968-09-06
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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Swaziland Independence Day 6 September 1968, 1968-09-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Q/47
Scope and Contents
[View in the arena of the Stadium, showing marching, drill, dancing, etc... and participants in traditional and European cloths].
Dates:
1968-09-06
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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Swaziland Independence Day 6 September 1968, 1968-09-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Q/48
Scope and Contents
[Back view, presumably of Lady Loyd, entering a car: Sir Francis Loyd, in uniform, is at her right].
Dates:
1968-09-06
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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Swazis gathered for a dance, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/40
Scope and Contents
203 x 155 mm. Showing a large group of Swazis, many with umbrellas, gathered round a troupe of dancers. In the background are two settlements of huts. The note on the back of the print continues: 'The house and huts in the background are occupied by the Chief Regent of the Swazis when she visits Mbabane.'
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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Swazis gathered for a dance, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/49
Scope and Contents
138 x 87 mm. Showing Swazi dancers gathered in a large circle with a group of spectators to one side. A similar view to Y30546/40 and possibly taken at the same event.
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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Swazis in typical costume, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/53
Scope and Contents
89 x 138 mm. A full length portrait of two young Swazi warriors and a girl, the men armed with wooden knobkerries and spears.
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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Swellendam, 1970
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 342/2/14
Scope and Contents
The caption reads 'In 1795 Swellendam, imbued with the spirit of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity", declared itself to be a republic'.
Dates:
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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Swimming, 1950 - 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448I/125
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 - 1957
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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Swimming Bath, Ocean Beach, Durban, 1916-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/30
Scope and Contents
139 x 88 mm. Coloured postcard, dated in Bell's hand, 'May 1916'.
Dates:
1916-05
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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[Swimming pool at Bulawayo], 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/9/49
Scope and Contents
75 x 54 mm. A man diving into a pool.
Dates:
1930
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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[Swimming pool at Bulawayo], 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/9/50
Scope and Contents
75 x 53 mm.
Dates:
1930
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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[Swimming pool at Bulawayo], 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/1/53
Scope and Contents
85 x 62 mm.
Dates:
1930
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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Swimming pool on Parents Day, 1950 - 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448I/126
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 - 1957
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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Swimming the "Blighter" across a River near Mumias 1899, 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/106
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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S.W.S. 'Speke' and steam launch 'Victoria', Lake Kioga flotilla, 1st July 1910, 1910-07-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/140
Scope and Contents
104 x 79 mm. Showing the 'Speke' and the smaller launch 'Victoria' moored on the shore of Lake Kioga.
Dates:
1910-07-01
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).
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S.W.S. 'Speke' ready for launching, 28 March 1910, 1910-03-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/138
Scope and Contents
104 x 79 mm. Showing the completed steamer dressed with flags on the slipway, ready for launching on Lake Kioga (seen in background).
Dates:
1910-03-28
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
Sydney Tyers album
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K
Scope and Contents
A disbound album containing prints of various sizes, with captions beneath the prints. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. Of the prints, 61 relate to the overseas service of Lieutenant Colonel Tyers, the remainder being photographs of English and continental scenes. The photographer for the vast majority of the prints is unknown.The photographs are arranged in haphazard sequence but the movements of the Boadicea have...
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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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Synod Service in Lagos Cathedral, including Rev. John Fowler, Bishop's Chaplain to Rt. Rev. A.W. Howells, Bishop of Lagos, 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/2/22
Scope and Contents
148 x 108 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1960
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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Synod Service in Lagos Cathedral, including Rev. John Fowler, Bishop's Chaplain to Rt. Rev. A.W. Howells, Bishop of Lagos, 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/2/23
Scope and Contents
148 x 108 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1960
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
Synopsis of diaries, 1890-01-07 - 1899-12-31
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/2/1
Scope and Contents
Notes from rough diaries Bell kept during his service in the Gold Coast between 1890-94 (initially as Supervisor of Customs), in the Bahamas as Receiver General and Treasurer, and then from 1899 as Acting Governor of the Leeward Islands and Administrator of Dominica. Before destroying these old diaries Bell extracted 'all that appeared to be of interest in regard to my experiences and the development of my character.' Prominent subjects include Bell’s official duties, colleagues, ideas for...
Dates:
1890-01-07 - 1899-12-31
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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Synopsis of diaries, 1899-08-01 - 1925-01-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/2/2
Scope and Contents
These notes cover Bell’s service as Administrator of Dominica and Acting Governor of the Leeward Islands (1899-1905), Commissioner (Governor) of Uganda (1906-1909), Governor of Northern Nigeria (1909-12), Governor of the Leeward Islands (1912-1916) and Governor of Mauritius (1916-24). Prominent subjects include Bell’s official duties, colleagues, travels, social life and personal affairs (circa 180 sheets).
Dates:
1899-08-01 - 1925-01-01
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).
File
Synopsis of diaries, 1932-01-01 - 1940-12-31
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/2/17
Scope and Contents
This volume includes notes on Bell’s social life, interests, personal affairs, travel and press publications, including many on international and colonial affairs (circa 100 sheets).
Dates:
1932-01-01 - 1940-12-31
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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T. Benson to Glover, 1872-07-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/82
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:
1872-07-24
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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'Tabac bleu' at Pamplemousses at Maturity (2 acres) 23.3.17, 1917-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/82
Scope and Contents
225 x 174 mm. View looking across fields of ripening tobacco at the Pamplemousses Botanical Gardens, a few miles north of Port Louis. Experiments in the cultivation of Reunion 'tabac bleu' were started by Bell in 1916.
Dates:
1917-03
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).