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Africa (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:

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"The airmail" [aeroplane], 1933 - 1964

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/2/14
Scope and Contents

60 x 60 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1964
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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[The airmail - aeroplane], 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/2/15
Scope and Contents

60 x 60 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1964
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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The Akro State School - the Infants class, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/175
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The school is run by the Native State and all teachers' salaries are paid from the State Treasury. This year the grant is nine hundred and nine pounds from the State Treasury. The staff comprises one Principal and thirteen teachers'.

Dates: 1945
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

The Alexander Hepple Collection

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 199
Scope and Contents

Material related to the history of the South African trade union movement and the South African Labour Party

Dates: 1913 - 1983
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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The Algerian coast, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/61
Scope and Contents From the File:

A collection of photographs on 7 album sheets. Plate 58 is of Morocco, 11-20, 23-24, 29-51, 54-57, 59-61 are of Algeria, 25-28, 52-53 of unspecified scenes in the Sahara, and 1-10, 21-22 of Niger.

Dates: 1930 - 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).
 File

The Anglo-Boer War, 1969

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 338/8
Scope and Contents

Jackdaw No. C68 concerning the Boer War, 1899-1902.

Dates: 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).
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'The Apes Poort and the Magaliesburg Mountains beyond. Exercising the troops in the Pretoria Garrison, 15th February 1881', 15 Feb. 1881

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 191/13
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

Dates: 15 Feb. 1881
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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The approach to Philae, 1857

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214B/10
Scope and Contents 232 x 156 mm. A superb landscape showing the rounded forms of granite boulders in the foreground, the Nile beyond the buildings of Philae on the island in the background. Frith himself was well aware of the success of this viewpoint: 'This is one of the few views which a photograph can render without, perhaps, greatly distracting from its artistic frame. Everybody has sketched it - many clever artists have painted it - Murray has engraved it for his 'Guide', and now, in these later days,...
Dates: 1857
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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'The Archbishop of Canterbury in Uganda' [book], 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 18/9
Scope and Contents

Reproduction of page 13. Duplicate at CMS 12/2/37.

Dates: 1955
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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'The Archbishop of Canterbury in Uganda' [book], 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 18/10
Scope and Contents

Reproduction of page 14. Duplicate at CMS 12/2/37.

Dates: 1955
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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‘The Archbishop of Canterbury in Uganda’ (book), 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/37
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The prints listed were chiefly from the files of the Photo Bureau, the majority being mounted on sheets of paper with substantial descriptions, and in many cases the negative attached. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

Dates: 1955
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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‘The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Tour of Kenya’ (book), 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/36
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The prints listed were chiefly from the files of the Photo Bureau, the majority being mounted on sheets of paper with substantial descriptions, and in many cases the negative attached. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

Dates: 1955
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).
 Sub-sub-class

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s visit to East Africa 1955, 1955-05

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 18
Scope and Contents

Dr Geoffrey Fisher visited Uganda and Kenya in May 1955. Print copies of the glass negatives (except for CMS 18/11) as well as additional images of the visit may be found at CMS 12/2.

Dates: 1955-05
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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The Archdeacon, 1901 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305Q/21
Scope and Contents

60 x 100 mm. Full-length seated photograph of Francis Balfour (1846-1924), then Archdeacon of Bloemfontein and later Assistant Bishop of the Diocese. He was at the Mission station at Thaba 'Nchu at Easter 1902 when Amy Wilson visited it.

Dates: 1901 - 1902
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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[The 'Armadale Castle'], 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/58
Scope and Contents

242 x 190 mm. Showing the 'Armadale Castle' steaming into harbour. Location unidentified but possibly Durban.

Dates: 1900 - 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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The arrival of the Sultan and party, 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/78
Scope and Contents

102 x 59 mm. A view showing the Sultan of Zanzibar, Seyyid Khalifa Bin Harub, and other members of the official party stopping on to the jetty at Chumbe Island for the opening of the new lighthouse. Walking beside the Sultan are Ernest Costley-White, the Acting Resident, and Captain Clement Charlewood, Port Officer for Zanzibar.

Dates: 1926
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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The Artillery – C Troop, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/6
Scope and Contents

Modern copy. Showing part of ‘C’ Troop with field pieces and Maxim guns standing in front of a group of granite boulders. Jack Roach stands right of centre and H. Law at the far right of the print. Photograph probably taken at Mafeking, May 1890.

Dates: 1890
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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The Artillery – C Troop, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/7
Scope and Contents

An informal portrait showing a group of men from ‘C’ Troop with field pieces in the background. Jack Roach lies on the ground at the left of the print with Gunner Law standing right of centre in the foreground. An unidentified figure in the modern copy has two crosses marked beside his head. Photograph probably taken at Mafeking, May 1890.

Dates: 1890
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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The artists, 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/171
Scope and Contents

Puppets and puppeteers

Dates: 1965
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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The Aru [i.e. Aruwimi] river, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/244
Scope and Contents

130 x 95 mm. General view.

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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The Arya Samaj School for Girls, Kampala, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/2
Scope and Contents

215 x 160 mm. General view.

Dates: 1952 - 1964
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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The Asantehene, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448Q/8
Scope and Contents

165 x 105 mm. . Otumfuo Sir Osei Agymen Prempeh II was the Asantahene or Paramout Chief of Ashante from 1931 until his death on 27 May 1970.

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).
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The Asantehene with Bishop Parker of Pretoria, 1931 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448P/14
Scope and Contents

82 x 108 mm. The bishop is returning an item of Ashanti Regalia obtained in 1874. Wilfrid Parker (1883-1966) was Bishop of Pretoria 1933-1950. Otumfuo Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh II was the Asantahene or Paramout Chief of Ashante from 1931 until his death on 27 May 1970. He was elected to that office on the death of his uncle, Prempeh I.

Dates: 1931 - 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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The ascent to the town from the shore up the 15ft. Cliffs, 1938-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/169
Scope and Contents

40 x 62 mm. Houses protected by rock formation, Pirate Isles.

Dates: 1938-09
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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The Ashanti Confederacy Council, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448Q/37
Scope and Contents

140 x 87 mm.

Dates: 1945
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).