Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
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The Krontihene of Asokori, 1938 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/82
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
Dates:
1938 - 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 Kuthodaw Temple, Mandalay, 1903 - 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029E/26
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
An album containing photographic prints and coloured reproductions. Prints 2-62 are coloured reproductions from Kelly, R. Talbot (1905) Burma painted and described, London : Adam and Charles Black. The remainder are original photographs by Thomas Harry Goldsworthy Stevens. The prints mainly measure approximately 100 x 75 mm, although some are larger. The album is interleaved with sheets on which are typed captions, up to print 261. Photographs beyond this point are uncaptioned. The...
Dates:
1903 - 1921
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 lake at Sunni, 1942-06-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/4/18
Scope and Contents
125 x 125 mm. A view of part of the lake and the hills beyond. There is a woman (perhaps Mrs Hebbert) sat admiring the view.
Dates:
1942-06-11
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 lake at Sunni, 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/4/19
Scope and Contents
125 x 125 mm. A view of the lake and the hills beyond.
Dates:
1942
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 Lake Plateau Basin of the Nile, 1925 - 1927
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/1/5/1
Scope and Contents
Physical Department papers nos 21 and 23 by H.E. Hurst, Controller of the Physical Department, Ministry of Public Works, Egypt, published by the Government Press, Cairo.
Dates:
1925 - 1927
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 lake steamer arriving from the Tanganyika side, 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/4
Scope and Contents
55 x 50mm.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Dulcie Barron Collection
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The Lake Victoria Hotel, Entebbe, the best hotel in East Africa, 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/10
Scope and Contents
105 x 60mm.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Dulcie Barron Collection
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The Lakuta tribe, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/111
Scope and Contents
125 x 180 mm. A woman carrying a large basket and sack on her head. She is smoking a pipe.
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 Lamu Archipelago], 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/39
Scope and Contents
A view from the rear of a boat showing the front with two men looking out over the water.
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 Landing Wharf, Sierra Leone, 1890 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/30
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone. Numbers 25-31 are tinted, 32-34 are sepia. Numbers 25-28 appear to be by the same publisher, 29-32 by another and 33-34 possibly by a third.
Dates:
1890 - 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 last load, Shereik, Mar 1920, 1920-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/347
Scope and Contents
45 x 70 mm. Showing men carrying materials walking away from the camera.
Dates:
1920-03
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).
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The last trek, 1890-09-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/136
Scope and Contents
A view looking across the flat open land of the future site of Salisbury with the recently arrived ox-wagons of the column camped in front of the kopje.
Dates:
1890-09-12
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 late chief Kai Lundu, Luawa Country, Upper Mendi, 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446F/27
Scope and Contents
109 x 157 mm. A full length portrait of Chief Kai Lundu, dressed in gaily patterned robes and standing in a clearing against a background of trees. Kai Lundu (or Kai London) was born around 1845, and after winning fame as a warrior he joined forces with another chief, Ndawa in the Kpove wars of the 1880's. A subsequent quarrel with Ndawa in which he defeated him formed the basis of the Luawa kingdom which he built up in the north-eastern hinterland, constructing his capital Kailahun on...
Dates:
1890 - 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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The late Otumfuo Sir Osei Agymen Prempeh II, who died on May 27th 1970, 1970
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448R/23
Scope and Contents
138x90mm. Photo taken about three months before his death. The Asantehene is being carried on a litter.
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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The Latuka tribe, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/112
Scope and Contents
125 x 180 mm. A man carrying a small cylindrical object (a water gourd?) and two spears or tools.
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 Latuka tribe, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/120
Scope and Contents
85 x 90 mm. Two men with spears, and a woman, walking by.
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 Latuka tribe, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/121
Scope and Contents
40 x 70 mm. Showing a boy crouched on the floor with a leopard cub.
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 Latuka tribe, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/122
Scope and Contents
85 x 140 mm. A full-length informal portrait of a Latuka woman. She has scarification marks on her stomach, chest and shoulders.
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 Latuka tribe, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/123
Scope and Contents
115 x 90 mm. Showing two men, one of whom is using a long implement to till the soil.
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 Latuka tribe, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/124
Scope and Contents
115 x 85 mm. Showing a Latuka village, consisting of many huts enclosed in circular fences.
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 Law Courts, 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/27
Scope and Contents
55 x 50 mm.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Dulcie Barron Collection
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The Law Courts and Jail, Mombasa
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/14
Scope and Contents
80 x 57 mm. General view of the Law Courts, with the Jail in the background.
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 Law Courts, Zanzibar - This is the widest part of the main street, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/54
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 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 lawn-covered main quad, flanked by students' three-roomed dormitories at Njala Training College, Sierra Leone, 1950 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/117
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). Numbers 117-127 all have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'Young Sierra Leoneans train for battle against ignorance. The Njala Training College.A college where young Sierra Leoneans can learn to become agricultural instructors, primary teachers, and forest rangers is run by the Sierra Leone Government at Njala, a day's journey from Freetown, the capital. On successful completion of their...
Dates:
1950 - 1959
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 leaves being taken into the curing barn, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/297
Scope and Contents
Showing an African worker moving bundles of leaves into the curing shed.
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).