Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
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The dwelling of a native Christian teacher in Ugogo, 1900s., 1900 - 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/195
Scope and Contents
164 x 119 mm. General view of the exterior of a long low single storey whitewashed building with a flat lime and sand roof. The wicker balustrade prevents goats from coming onto the veranda.
Dates:
1900 - 1917
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 E & So. A. Tel. Co.’s Cable Station, 1899 - 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468S/12
Scope and Contents
206 x 155 mm. View looking across the lawn towards the two storey wooden building with veranda which housed the East and South African Telegraph Company. The exact location in the town is unknown, but it was probably on land behind the residential quarter at Reuben Point. Signed ‘J and M Lazarus, Lourenço Marques’.
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 East African Coast - The shores of Zanzibar are fringed with handsome palms which grow on the sand-dunes just above high water mark, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/12/5
Scope and Contents
165 x 205 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 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 Eastern Aboyne River near Abakaliki, 1908 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/44
Scope and Contents
A view looking along the river, with thick forest on either bank.
Dates:
1908 - 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 EDUNDU DRUM, 1935 - 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/111
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of photographs on 41 album sheets. Typed on a piece of paper stuck on one album sheet is: 'ALBUM 2. All the photographs in this album were taken by me, on a safari from Victoria (B. Cameroons) to Port Sudan. This journey lasted from April 7/35 till August 2/36. The photographs are of anthropological interest only, and deal mostly with the Mangbetu tribe in the northern Congo; the Karamojong in Northern Uganda, and various tribes in the southern Sudan. I was using only a...
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).
File
‘The Egyptian occupation of Buganda in 1876’, 1967
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/3/9
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.
Dates:
1967
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 Embarkation, 1860
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305V/17
Scope and Contents
200 x 135 mm. Photograph of the painting by T. Baines.
Dates:
1860
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 Emir of Kano, 1908 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/159
Scope and Contents
103 x 60 mm. Showing the Emir standing in the centre of a group of retainers and servants in front of a decorated mud wall.
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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The Emir of Kano, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/607
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...
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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The Emir of Kano, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/612
Scope and Contents
Holding a crowned sceptre.
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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[The Emir saluting me at Kano], 1909 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/ON9
Scope and Contents
Showing a group of Hausa Chiefs charging on horseback towards the photographer.
Dates:
1909 - 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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The Emir saluting me at Kano, 1909 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/65
Scope and Contents
97 x 74 mm. Showing a group of Hausa Chiefs charging on horseback towards the photographer.
Dates:
1909 - 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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[The Emir saluting me at Kano], 1909 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/66
Scope and Contents
97 x 74 mm. Showing a group of Hausa Chiefs charging on horseback towards the photographer.
Dates:
1909 - 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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The Emir (Staff of Office held in front of him), 1928 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/143
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Group photograph and amateur snapshots, presumably mostly taken by E.A. Rothery, mounted on 23 card sheets from a disbound album. Unless otherwise noted, the photographs are of varied up to 110 x 70 mm, black and white or sepia.The photograph relate to Rothery's career as a surveyor up to 1939, and have been captioned by him. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. A few additions,...
Dates:
1928 - 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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The Emir with his body guard, 1928 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/144
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Group photograph and amateur snapshots, presumably mostly taken by E.A. Rothery, mounted on 23 card sheets from a disbound album. Unless otherwise noted, the photographs are of varied up to 110 x 70 mm, black and white or sepia.The photograph relate to Rothery's career as a surveyor up to 1939, and have been captioned by him. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. A few additions,...
Dates:
1928 - 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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The Emir’s eldest son rides down to salute his father, 1928 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/141
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Group photograph and amateur snapshots, presumably mostly taken by E.A. Rothery, mounted on 23 card sheets from a disbound album. Unless otherwise noted, the photographs are of varied up to 110 x 70 mm, black and white or sepia.The photograph relate to Rothery's career as a surveyor up to 1939, and have been captioned by him. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. A few additions,...
Dates:
1928 - 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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The Emir’s sons aged seven (snapped after saluting their father), 1928 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/142
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Group photograph and amateur snapshots, presumably mostly taken by E.A. Rothery, mounted on 23 card sheets from a disbound album. Unless otherwise noted, the photographs are of varied up to 110 x 70 mm, black and white or sepia.The photograph relate to Rothery's career as a surveyor up to 1939, and have been captioned by him. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. A few additions,...
Dates:
1928 - 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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The ‘Emma and ‘Adalina’ nuggets, 1873 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055B/13
Scope and Contents
156 x 76 mm. Showing the two nuggets with the following inscription written beneath on the negatives:
Natural size. The ‘Emma’ 16 and a half onz. The ‘Adalina’ 22 and a half onz 17 and a half dwt.
Nuggets from ‘New Caledonia’ Lydenburg Gold Fields. These two nuggets were found by a man named Potgieter in a crack in a boulder, and it is reputed that they formed part of the gold sent to London by Burgers to mint his sovereigns. 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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The end of the ‘Clement Hill’, ‘Winifred’, and ‘Hussein’, Bukakata Causeway, Sesse Islands, Lake Victoria, after 1936, 1977
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/27
Scope and Contents
204 x 154 mm. Showing the scrapped hulls of these steamers lined along the waterfront as a breakwater. The ‘Winifred’ was launched in 1904 and the ‘Clement Hill’ two years later (the date for the ‘Hussein’ is unknown). These boats, in company with the ‘Winifreds’ sister ‘Sybil’, played a major part in cargo and passenger transport on Lake Victoria until they were scrapped in 1936.
Dates:
1977
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 engine of our train at Artesia, 1928-07-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/64
Scope and Contents
The small wheels enable it to pull long heavy trains up steep gradients. The electric generator is just behind the head lamp.
Dates:
1928-07-06
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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The English Church, Algiers, 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304I/7
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Measuring 205 x 265 mm, this album contains 48 sepia photographs, each measuring 145 x 90 mm, two to a page, together with 22 loose prints of France and North Africa. The album prints have brief captions, and since they relate to Algiers, Biskra and a few of Tunis and Carthage, they may come from the same visit as Y304H.
Dates:
1922
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 English lady in this photograph is Mrs Armstrong, 1920 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448L/42
Scope and Contents
140 x 190 mm. ‘Wife of an engineer in the Public Works Dept. Gold Coast Colony. During the lst World War (1 think, on some Committee or Work Party) she came to know Her Majesty Queen Mary. After the war, when on leave in England, Mrs Armstrong was always invited to tea with Queen Mary in Buckingham Palace. At one of these meetings the Queen entrusted Mrs Armstrong to bring to Accra, as a prize for a Baby Show, the silver bowl which the child is holding. I have no record of the names of...
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 entrance to New Hall, one of the men's halls of residence, 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/62
Scope and Contents
160 x 205 mm. A view from inside the front gate, looking out at two men talking.
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 entrance to the Mahafsa, Suakin [i.e. Sawakin], 1930 - 1937
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/420
Scope and Contents
105 x 175 mm. View of the steps leading to the front door. The Muhafisa was an eighteenth-century house and headquarters of Generals Charles Gordon and Horatio Kitchener during the Mahdist Revolt 1870 - 1899.
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).
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The entrance to the market, Douala, 1938-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/130
Scope and Contents
42 x 60 mm.
Dates:
1938-04
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).