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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:

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The Club, Durban, 1916-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/28
Scope and Contents

137 x 86 mm. Monochrome post card (original print) 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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The Club, Graaff Reinet, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/32
Scope and Contents

321 x 185 mm. A view from the street showing the single storey flat roofed building, with two groups of men watching the photographer from the stoep, roofed in decorative ironwork. With Spandau Kop in the background. The Graaff Reinet club was established in 1876; the building seen here in Church Square which still serves as the clubs's premises, was built in 1881.

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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The Club, Lourenço Marques, 1899 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468S/13
Scope and Contents

204 x 155 mm. View of the substantial verandahed premises on Avenida Aguiar which opened in 1899. Within a few years it became a private hotel. Signed ‘J. Lazarus Photo’.

Dates: 1899 - 1908
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 C.M.S. Mission House at Ibwijili (Bugiri) after it was remodelled and given a corrugated iron roof, circa 1910, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/39A
Scope and Contents

162 x 118 mm. General view of the new mission house built by T.B.R. Westgate. It was used by the Germans as an internment camp in the First World War and burnt down in 1915.

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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The C.M.S. Mission House at Ibwijili (Bugiri) after it was remodelled and given a corrugated iron roof, circa 1910, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/39B
Scope and Contents

162 x 118 mm. General view of the new mission house built by T.B.R. Westgate. It was used by the Germans as an internment camp in the First World War and burnt down in 1915.

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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The C.M.S. Mission House at Ibwijili (Bugiri) after it was remodelled and given a corrugated iron roof, circa 1910, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/39C
Scope and Contents

162 x 118 mm. General view of the new mission house built by T.B.R. Westgate. It was used by the Germans as an internment camp in the First World War and burnt down in 1915.

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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The Cobbo plain near Allomata [i.e. Alamat’a], 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/216
Scope and Contents

130 x 120 mm. General view.

Dates: 1943
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 coco-de-mer palm in the grounds of Government House, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30484B/2
Scope and Contents

116 x 163 mm. View showing Sultan Abdullah of Perak standing beneath the coc-de-mer tree in Government House, Port Victoria. Abdullah was Sultan of Perak from 1872 to 1875 when he was deposed by the British for his complicity in the murder of the British Resident James Birch. He spent the years 1875-95 in exile in the Seychelles before being permitted to return to Perak. A note on the reverse of the mount gives details of the life cycle of the coco-de-mer palm.

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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The Cole family at Mpwapwa, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/110C
Scope and Contents

165 x 110 mm. Shows the Rev. and Mrs Cole, their two children and Westgate.

Dates: 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 College Library, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/68
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of photographs taken by the Ministry of Information West African Photographic Service, giving a comprehensive record of the varied aspects of the College's work. These pictures have been extensively reproduced in books and articles. As Dr. R.W. Stopford is shown as Principal, a post he held from 1941 to 1945, they must date from this period. The Library has three different groups of photographs drawn from this series, two of which form this collection:(A) 55, 260 x...
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).
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The College Printing Press, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/223
Scope and Contents

Showing a student selecting type in the college printing offices. The typewritten caption on the reverse continues 'which takes on outside orders, as well as fulfilling College requirements. It is particularly well equipped for printing in Vernacular languages'.

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).
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The Colonel and the widow, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/50
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...
Dates: 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 Colonel, etc. interviewing Matabele spies, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/71
Scope and Contents

Showing Dr Jameson and Canon Balfour seated in camp chairs with four Matabele warriors sitting on the ground in front of them. In the background are wagons loaded with equipment. A photograph probably taken on July 20th.

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 Colonel rests, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/46
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...
Dates: 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 Colonel’s tent, Lundi River, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/102
Scope and Contents

Showing Pennefather’s tent in the foreground (with washing draped over the guys) and the laagered wagons of the pioneer column beyond. Photograph taken about August 2nd.

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 colonnade, Island of Philae, 1857

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214B/15
Scope and Contents

226 x 155mm. A view looking south along the colonnade on the western side of the island which leads to the Great Temple, with the Nile beyond and the granite formations on the Island of Biggeh in the background.

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 Colours of the 94th Regt and 2.21st Royal Scots Fusiliers-trooped in the Garrison Square, Pretoria after ‘Bronkhorst Spruit’, 1880 - 1881

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055A/29
Scope and Contents

190 x 141 mm. Showing the colours of the 94th Regiment and 2nd Battalion of the 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers placed in front of a tent in the camp at Pretoria. The colours were saved after the disastrous opening hostilities of the war in the engagement at Bronkhorst Spruit (December 20 1880).

Dates: 1880 - 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 Commanding Officers of the Cape Town Volunteers, 1960 - 1980

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011Q/1
Scope and Contents

114 x 140 mm. Group portrait of Colonel Eustace, Captain Porter, Colonel Dupray and Colonel Tucker. Various handwritten annotations, in both ink and pencil, can be found on the reverse of the print. Photograph by Arthur Green.

Dates: 1960 - 1980
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 Commissioner's Camel Escort, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/1064
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Capt. H.E.G. Cordeaux, the Comissioner, inspecting.

Dates: 1908
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 Commissioner's Camel Escort, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/1065
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Capt. H.E.G. Cordeaux, the Commissioner, inspecting.

Dates: 1908
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 common bushbuck (Natal), 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/76
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Collection of monochrome postcards printed in collotype showing stuffed animals in the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg. Accompanying the postcards is a four page printed leaflet by the Director of the Natal Museum, Ernest Warren, dated April 1924 and entitled 'The need for the International protection of the African fauna.' All photographs by C Akerman except no. 73, which is by 'F. Teschner'.

Dates: 1920 - 1929
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 common waterbuck (Zululand), 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/64
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Collection of monochrome postcards printed in collotype showing stuffed animals in the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg. Accompanying the postcards is a four page printed leaflet by the Director of the Natal Museum, Ernest Warren, dated April 1924 and entitled 'The need for the International protection of the African fauna.'

Dates: 1920 - 1929
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 compensation showery, 1934-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/10
Scope and Contents

40 x 65 mm.

Dates: 1934-10
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 Congo L-of-C route to the Victoria Falls', Aug. - Sept. 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304S
Scope and Contents

The cover of the album continues ... 'Photographs and text by R.D. Simon.' Depicting road, lake steamer and rail from Gilgil, Kenya, via lakes Victoria and Tanganyika, and the Belgian Congo, to Ndola, Lusaka and Victoria Falls.

Dates: Aug. - Sept. 1943
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 construction of the Dam - Gebel Aulia, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/402
Scope and Contents

115 x 120 mm. Showing machinery, cranes and many men constructing the dam.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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).