Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
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'The methods used by the Negroes of Africa in climbing the palm tree' [historic title], 1817 - 1866
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 343/10
Scope and Contents
An undated print of an engraving made for C.T. Middleton's 'A new and complete system of geography' (2 vols, London, 1778-1779).
Dates:
1817 - 1866
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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Commonwealth engravings
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The mid-day meal in the dining-hall, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/31
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 midday halt on the Lalibela trip - In the hills near Waldia [i.e. Weldiya], 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/151
Scope and Contents
130 x 110 mm. A view of a rocky valley and the hills beyond.
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 Midday sun at Garba Tulla [i.e. Garba Tula], 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/397
Scope and Contents
Showing a settlement of huts at Garba Tulla.
Dates:
1940 - 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 Mighty Fighting Tribesman, 1955 - 1985
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 405/9
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Nine unpublished manuscripts written by the Kenyan journalist Henry Muoria.
Dates:
1955 - 1985
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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Henry Muoria Collection
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The Minara. Shella [?Shela], 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/5
Scope and Contents
A view showing a single-storey stone building with a bullet-shaped tower by the shore. In the background, more land can be seen.
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 Mine - A group of miners underground, 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/2
Scope and Contents
203 x 150 mm. Showing a group of miners posed against a rockface underground, with one African worker seated at the front of the group.
Dates:
1891
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 mine and plant, 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/123
Scope and Contents
115 x 120 mm. General view.
Dates:
1933
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 mine dump from which the police sniped at the women and kids', 1950 - 1970
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 199/2/1/3/10
Scope and Contents
205 x 152 mm.
Dates:
1950 - 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 Mine - Flat Sheet on 700 level, bottom of incline shaft (underground), 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/6
Scope and Contents
208 x 151 mm. Showing two miners standing at the ‘Flat Sheet’ where blue ground is transferred from the trucks to the Incline Shaft for transportation to the surface.
Dates:
1891
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 Mine - Flat Sheet on 800 level, bottom of rock shaft (underground), 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/7
Scope and Contents
208 x 147 mm. Showing trolleys and track at the lowest flat sheet in the De Beers mine.
Dates:
1891
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 Mine - Ladder way on 600 level, showing ‘Blueground’ (underground), 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/8
Scope and Contents
207 x 149 mm. Showing a slippery series of steps in a tunnel on the 600 foot level, with a blurred figure standing in the right foreground.
Dates:
1891
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 Mine - Ladderway on 700 level. Timbered (underground), 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/9
Scope and Contents
199 x 148 mm. Showing a timbered passageway and a short ladder leading up to another level of the mine.
Dates:
1891
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 Mine - Native miners drilling underground, 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/3
Scope and Contents
209 x 153 mm. A poor photograph showing African miners working at the rockface.
Dates:
1891
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 Mine - Open works, escape shaft, 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/12
Scope and Contents
144 x 202 mm. Showing the headgear of the winch-operated escape shaft, with discarded trolleys and pit props lying around in the background. This machinery can be seen in the background of Y3059C/11.
Dates:
1891
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 Mine - Open works, overhanging main reef, 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/10
Scope and Contents
154 x 208 mm. Showing surface excavations at the De Beers Mine, with an overhanging cliff above the workings.
Dates:
1891
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 Mine - Open works, showing searching house in the distance, 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/11
Scope and Contents
152 x 208 mm. A view looking along the excavated surface reef, with mine buildings on the level land in the background.
Dates:
1891
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 Mine - Shoot for bringing ‘ground’ from a higher level (underground), 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/4
Scope and Contents
204 x 152 mm. An indistinct view showing the shoot at the end of a shaft.
Dates:
1891
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 Mine: The ‘Blueground’ after blasting (underground), 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/1
Scope and Contents
209 x 151 mm. A technically poor and out of focus view showing a miner seated beside a rockface loosened be an explosive charge.
Dates:
1891
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 Mine - Trucking ‘ground’ to Flat Sheet (underground), 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/5
Scope and Contents
208 x 153 mm. Showing two metal trolleys loaded with excavated ‘ground’ in a tunnel in the mine. A caption on the print itself reads ‘D.B.M.Co. Junction of two tunnels at No IV Level, 700 ft’.
Dates:
1891
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 Misses Moir run the Krobo Girls' School, and are members of the Scottish Mission, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/169
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'they have been in Manya Krobo for sixteen years. These two women have wielded much influence on the women of Manya Krobo and have played their part in the enlightenment of the female population. The Konor's father, the late Sir Emmanuel Matekole, gave them the land for the school and helped in erecting the first school buildings'.
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 mission church at Kanya [Kanye]. The Rev. Mr. Good, 1874', 1874
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 191/59
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.
Dates:
1874
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 Mission house Malek, 1937 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 19/3
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated 1937.
Dates:
1937 - 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).
Sub-Fonds
The Mission premises at the Kuruman Station, 1842
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/103
Scope and Contents
An illustration 'printed in oil colours by G. Baxter' and published by J. Snow. The original work was produced in 1842, and was used as the frontispiece of Robert Moffat's 'Missionary labours and scenes in Southern Africa' (London, 1846). This is probably one of a series of prints of the picture that were sold to raise funds for the mission.
Dates:
1842
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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Africa miscellanea
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The modern counterpart of the 'Duka', Kampala, 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/4
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Shops with residential flats above in the main street of Kampala.' The shops include a 'Hardware Merchants', a 'Dispensing Chemists' and 'Dealers in toilet preparations, stationery, perfumery, cutlery, hosiery, glassware, toys and fancy goods etc.'
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).