Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
Item
The Marquis of Tullibardine. Royal Horse Guards, 1898-07 - 1898-08
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/34
Scope and Contents
150 x 136 mm. A view showing the Marquis of Tullibardine standing outside a tent.
Dates:
1898-07 - 1898-08
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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Khartoum 1898
File
The Marra and Nuba Mountains, 1942 - 1943
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/4
Scope and Contents
The album begins with a typescript description of a visit by H.E. and Anne Hebbert to the Jebel Marra in Sudan, 31 May - 2 July 1942, followed by photographs from the trip. There is also a further typescript page inserted between photographs 37 and 38, entitled "The crater of Jebel Marra'. The second part of the album comprises photographs of a trip to the Nuba Mountains, 1943. The photographs are of native people and scenery.
Dates:
1942 - 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 Martin Melck House, Cape Town, 1970
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 342/2/9
Scope and Contents
The caption reads 'The Martin Melck House, Cape Town, was built in 1782. This photograph of it was taken at the beginning of the 20th century'.
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 Massive Black Buffalo (B. Caffer) (n.d.)
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/205
Scope and Contents
97 x 75 mm. A view showing the corpse of a large black buffalo shot near Bukama, Katanga, with a hunting rifle propped against the body.
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 Massive Black Buffalo (B. Caffer) (n.d.)
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/206
Scope and Contents
97 x 75 mm. A view showing the corpse of a large black buffalo shot near Bukama, Katanga, with a hunting rifle propped against the body.
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 Mau Plateau - near Timboroa, 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/56
Scope and Contents
139 x 50 mm.
Dates:
1928
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 Mau Plateau - near Timboroa], 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/1/24
Scope and Contents
139 x 86 mm.
Dates:
1928
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 Mau Plateau - near Timboroa (8500 feet), 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/59
Scope and Contents
139 x 83 mm.
Dates:
1928
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 Maxim Battery, Royal Irish Rifles, 1898-08-25
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/59
Scope and Contents
165 x 99 mm. A view showing the Maxim Gun Battery at action stations with other units group in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Wad Hamed Camp. Sirdar's Review, August 25th'.
Dates:
1898-08-25
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
/
Khartoum 1898
Item
The May-ya-moto hot springs, 1939 - 1941
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/215
Scope and Contents
115 x 85 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 Mayor of Ndola, in Zambia, Councillor L.H. Shamoya opening a new Self-Service Housing scheme, 1966
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30521C/14
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:
1966
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 Mazoe River Dam, 1928-07-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/4/20
Scope and Contents
This belongs to the British South Africa Co. and is used to irrigate their citrus estate. Print at RCMS 353/2/91.
Dates:
1928-07-12
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 Mazoe River Dam, 1928-07-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/90
Scope and Contents
This belongs to the British South Africa Co. and is used to irrigate their citrus estate.
Dates:
1928-07-12
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 Mazoe River Dam, 1928-07-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/91
Scope and Contents
This belongs to the British South Africa Co. and is used to irrigate their citrus estate.
Dates:
1928-07-12
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).
Item
The Médersa, Algiers, 1922
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304H/64
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Measuring 220 x 285 mm, this album contains postcards, some of which are coloured. The majority portray Algiers (including 12 of the museum), Algerian people, Biskra, and the ruins of Timgad, Constantine, Tunis and Carthage.
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 medicine house, Ntong, 1940-02-12
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/303
Scope and Contents
40 x 62 mm. The Medicine House and grove with the Medicine Man and his fetishes placed beside him. The whole country is bound up with Juju, medicine men and fetishes for everything.
Dates:
1940-02-12
Conditions Governing Access:
Missing.
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The melon feast, 26.2.20, 1920-02-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/308
Scope and Contents
50 x 70 mm. Showing an European man sat outside a hut made from fronds eating from a bowl of melons on the floor before him. Three others are sat cross-legged on the floor behind him.
Dates:
1920-02-26
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 members and Secretary of the newly elected Kasompe African Township Management Board elections for which were held in March 1951, 1951
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30521C/8
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:
1951
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 members of the Entebbe Golf Club, 1909-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/20
Scope and Contents
205 x 149 mm. A group photograph with Bell seated in the centre behind the 'Hesketh Bell Challenge Cup' presented by him in January 1909. W.H. Nicholson and Dr. H.B. Owen, joint winners of the new cup, which was played for on January 22 and 23, are seated on either side of Bell. Photograph by Alfred Lobo.
Dates:
1909-01
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 Memnonium, Thebes, 1857
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214A/35
Scope and Contents
225 x 157 mm. A view showing two of the still standing halls of the Memnonium (more properly the Ramesseum) with an Egyptian and a camel in the foreground.
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 Memorial at Bloemfontein to Women & Children who died in the Internment Camps during the Boer War, 1929-06-24
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/38
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.
Dates:
1929-06-24
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 men cleaning kits on the barges, 1898
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/210
Scope and Contents
114 x 156 mm. A view showing men of the Cameron Highlanders cleaning kit aboard a crowded double-decker transport barge on the journey back to Egypt.
Dates:
1898
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
/
Khartoum 1898
Item
The men cleaning kits on the barges, 1898
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/211
Scope and Contents
114 x 156 mm. A view showing men of the Cameron Highlanders cleaning kit aboard a crowded double-decker transport barge on the journey back to Egypt.
Dates:
1898
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
/
Khartoum 1898
Item
The men [wear] nothing at all, 1934
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/141
Scope and Contents
A full-length photograph of a Turkana man. The caption continues: 'But a spear and headrest or stool are always carried'.
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).
Item
The Merchants' plate, 1861
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059H/5
Scope and Contents
Showing the electro-plate candelabrum with a horseman at the base, presented by the merchants of Cape Town to the races of 1861.
Dates:
1861
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).