Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
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The Didinga Tribe, 1935 - 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/158
Scope and Contents
The caption on the album page continues: 'They live in the Didinga Mountains in the S.E. Sudan. They wear extraordinary headdresses of ancestral hair'. The page also includes a small hand-drawn illustration of the tribe's geographical position in Sudan.
Dates:
1935 - 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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The Didinga Tribe, 1935 - 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/159
Scope and Contents
The caption on the album page continues: 'They live in the Didinga Mountains in the S.E. Sudan. They wear extraordinary headdresses of ancestral hair'. The page also includes a small hand-drawn illustration of the tribe's geographical position in Sudan.
Dates:
1935 - 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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The Didinga Tribe, 1935 - 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/160
Scope and Contents
The caption on the album page reads: 'They are unable to put their heads on the ground, so always have to use headrests like this at night'.
Dates:
1935 - 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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The Didinga Tribe, 1935 - 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/161
Scope and Contents
The caption on the album page reads: 'They are unable to put their heads on the ground, so always have to use headrests like this at night. Horrible cicatrizations'.
Dates:
1935 - 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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The Didinga Tribe, 1935 - 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/162
Scope and Contents
Showing a member of the Didinga Tribe.
Dates:
1935 - 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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The dining hall, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/7
Scope and Contents
110 x 75 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 dining hall and common rooms of University Hall], 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/38
Scope and Contents
160 x 200 mm.
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 dining hall and common rooms of University Hall, 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/37
Scope and Contents
200 x 160 mm.
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 dining hall of New Hall (Men), 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/42
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. The caption may incorrectly identify this building. It is more likely to be Livingstone Hall.
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 director admires the Kenya display, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/13
Scope and Contents
110 x 75 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 'Disa' Graudiflora (red); the Table Mountain orchid, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 195/270
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A series of watercolours commissioned from the Rhodesian artist Mrs Gilbert Stephenson to be used in colouring lantern slides to illustrate the fifth handbook, A.J. Sargent, 'South Africa: seven lectures (London, 1914). Stephenson had been recommended by the British South Africa Company. The numbering used in the catalogue reflects Stephenson's own numbering. The scenes cover: Northern Rhodesia [i.e. Zambia], including Victoria Falls and the Tanganyika Plateau; Southern Rhodesia [i.e....
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 dispensary, 1900 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 24/46
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions. The slides appear to have been gathered for lecture purposes and are not necessarily on the work of the CMS. They relate to various parts of the continent.
Dates:
1900 - 1947
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 Dispensary, Bugiri, circa 1911, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/43A
Scope and Contents
156 x 111 mm. General view of the Dispensary buildings, with a group of Africans queuing at the entrance.
Dates:
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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The Dispensary, Bugiri, circa 1911, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/43B
Scope and Contents
156 x 111 mm. General view of the Dispensary buildings, with a group of Africans queuing at the entrance.
Dates:
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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The Dispensary, Bugiri, circa 1911, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/44
Scope and Contents
106 x 80 mm. View of the front of the Dispensary, with bell tower in the background
Dates:
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).
Fonds
'The dispossessed': PhD thesis
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 201
Scope and Contents
'A study of changes in African marriage and family systems under the impact of urbanization (with special reference to Eastern Native Township - and to conditions in and around the city of Johannesburg)', a Ph.D. thesis based on a study made in 1950-1953, and including photographs and maps.
Dates:
1957
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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The District Agricultural Officer, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/47
Scope and Contents
110 x 75 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 District Agricultural Officer Kiambo introduces a local farmer, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/36
Scope and Contents
110 x 75 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 District Agricultural Officer Kiambo introduces a local farmer, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/37
Scope and Contents
110 x 75 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 District Commissioner's House at Choma, Northern Rhodesia, 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30521C/26
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of black and white photographs arranged under broad headings in approximate chronological order within each heading, the majority of which were captioned by R.S. Thompson at the time of donation. The captions, used as titles and recorded in the notes, may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. The photographs...
Dates:
1962
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 District Commissioner's house at Mwinilunga, N.W. Province, Northern Rhodesia, 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30521C/25
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of black and white photographs arranged under broad headings in approximate chronological order within each heading, the majority of which were captioned by R.S. Thompson at the time of donation. The captions, used as titles and recorded in the notes, may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. The photographs...
Dates:
1953
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 District Officer's house at Solwezi built in 1949. N.W. Province, Northern Rhodesia, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30521C/24
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of black and white photographs arranged under broad headings in approximate chronological order within each heading, the majority of which were captioned by R.S. Thompson at the time of donation. The captions, used as titles and recorded in the notes, may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. The photographs...
Dates:
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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The dredger 'Quorra', 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/109
Scope and Contents
202 x 140 mm. Showing the dredger Quorra at work, with a pipeline supported on pontoons running from the boat to the riverbank. Bell travelled on the Quorra during his trip up the Benue in 1910: 'At Barijuko I found awaiting me the Quorra, which is to take us up the Benue. She is really a dredger, and was brought out last year to deepen the Niger at certain places. She cost the trifle of £40,000 and has, so far, done little or nothing in the way of dredging. I do not exactly know what...
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 dried fibre is carried in from the fields to the brushing sheds, 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/435
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). Numbers 419, 428, 434 and 439 all have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'Sisal in Tanganyika.At the outbreak of World War II the important continental market of the Tanganyika sisal growers fell away and the industry found itself a 'surplus producer'. To preserve the industry and the only source of sisal in the Empire the British government decided at the end of 1942 to purchase a stockpile of...
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 Drift, Caledon River , 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/15
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).