Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
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The North Jetty, 1897 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059N/8
Scope and Contents
A view looking down on the North Jetty with a railway locomotive and trucks in the foreground, and wharves and the bay beyond.
Dates:
1897 - 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
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Views in Port Elizabeth
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The Nuanetsie River, 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/72
Scope and Contents
Showing a boulder-strewn gorge on the Nuanéteze River. Photograph taken about July 28th 1890.
Dates:
1890
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 Nuba Four’, a CMS team that left Omdurman for the Nuba Mountains in Feb. 1935, 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 30/32
Scope and Contents
Rev. William Dermot Kerr (1907-1975), Dr Elfrida Whidbourne, Sister Kay Quinlan and Reginald Evan Hopkins.
Dates:
1935
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 Nugget ‘Perseverance’, 1873 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055B/12
Scope and Contents
138 x 190 mm. A studio photograph of the famous gold nugget, mounted on a stand and with a printed card beneath reading: The nugget ‘Perseverance’. Found 16th December 1874. Weight 119 ozs 2 dwts. Size 5-3/4 inches extreme length. 4 inches thickest part. Found at Pilgrim’s rest, New Caledonia Gold Fields, South African Republic. Being the largest Nugget then discovered in South Africa. Found by the following Diggers from the Colony of Natal: Geo Russell. S.J. Lilley. F.W. Wormald. G.W....
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 Nursing Home, Salisbury [Harare] , 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052D/7
Scope and Contents
A view from the road showing the front facade of the Salisbury Nursing Home Bungalow with a nurse standing on the verandah.
Dates:
1900
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 Nyasaland Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House, London, 1960-07-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/398
Scope and Contents
205 x 252 mm. Dr. Hastings Banda (Leader of the Nyasaland Independence movement and president of the Malawi Congress party) talks with officials before the conference opened. On the right is Mr. Orton Chirwa.
Dates:
1960-07-25
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).
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The Nyasaland Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House, London, 1960-07-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/399
Scope and Contents
205 x 252 mm. Mr. Ian Macleod (right) the Colonial Secretary talks with Sir Robert Armitage (left) Governor of Nyasaland and Mr. R.B.M King, Secretary General.
Dates:
1960-07-25
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).
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The Nyasaland Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House, London, 1960-07-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/400
Scope and Contents
205 x 253 mm. Dr. Hastings Banda (right) and Mr. Chiume (left).
Dates:
1960-07-25
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).
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The Nyasaland Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House, London, 1960-07-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/401
Scope and Contents
253 x 205 mm. Chief Chikumbu in thoughtful mood at the conference.
Dates:
1960-07-25
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).
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The Nyasaland Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House, London, 1960-07-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/402
Scope and Contents
203 x 251 mm. Sir Robert Armitage (left) Governor of Nyasaland, with the Secretary General Mr. R.B.M. King.
Dates:
1960-07-25
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).
Sub-sub-class
The Nzoia River. 1899, 1899
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/83-84
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Two albums with two loose prints (which may not belong to this collection) inserted. The two albums were the property of Charles Edwin Collard, Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The albums have been rebound, but the labels on the covers ‘Uganda 1898-1900’ have been retained. Most of the photographs are 115 x 90 mm. Collard was presumably the photographer except for the few prints in which he appears, and all the photographs are captioned. However, it appears likely that this was...
Dates:
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 Ocean Beach, Durban, 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/46
Scope and Contents
Photograph by Sapsco Real Photo.
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 Official Residence of Manya Krobo is situated in the centre of Odumasi, the capital of the State of Manya Krobo, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/141
Scope and Contents
The residence is a long, two storied house with corrugated-iron roof.
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 Old Achimotan's Association Night School, Kumasi, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/193
Scope and Contents
Group portrait of former pupils of Achimota College. Achimota was opened in 1924 as a residential college catering for pupils from kindergarten level upwards, and in 1929 the university department was sanctioned, with students sitting external degrees from London University.
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 old and the new at Mahalapye [i.e. Mahalatswe] Agricultural School, 1963-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549B/14
Scope and Contents
203 x 157 mm. Showing two horse-drawn ploughs at work beside one drawn by a tractor.
Dates:
1963-07
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 old boat harbour, Seccondee, Gold Coast [i.e. Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana], 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gold Coast/5
Scope and Contents
The caption on the reverse reads: 'Seccondee Port. One of the principal ports of the Gold Coast. 340,000 tons of exports and imports were handled in 1923 in spite of restricted wharfage'.
Dates:
1924
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 old coaching days. The Mafeking-Bulawayo coach at Mafeking [Mahikeng], 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/39
Scope and Contents
196 x 134 mm. Showing the unhitched stage-coach standing in front of the P.M. Fincham's store and the Standard Restaurant, with three young Africans posed near the shafts of the vehicle.
Dates:
1900 - 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 Old Contemptibles; Four of the Original first party of six; Dr Aggrey and Mr Phillips are gone, 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/8
Scope and Contents
Those present are A.G. Fraser, front right, "Sandy" Fraser, rear left, Dr F.R. Irvine, rear left, and W.E. Ward, front right. J.E.K. Aggrey, Assistant Vice Principal, died in 1927, and Charles Phillips, Bursar, in 1925.
Dates:
1931
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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The Old Drift, North Bridge, Potchefstroom, South Africa, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of loose monochrome gravure postcards of Potchefstroom. Originally part of the Fisher collection. Captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation.
Dates:
1900
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 old Gibby (palace), 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/126
Scope and Contents
130 x 120 mm. View from the gardens.
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 old Gibby (palace)], 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/128
Scope and Contents
115 x 90 mm. View from the road.
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 old Gibby (Palace) at Addis Ababe, 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/2/1/34
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Numbered and labelled slides from the Hebberts' trip to Ethiopia.
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 Old Mill, North Bridge, Potchefstroom, South Africa, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of loose monochrome gravure postcards of Potchefstroom. Originally part of the Fisher collection. Captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation.
Dates:
1900
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 old post office], 1895 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/47
Scope and Contents
197 x 130 mm. A closer view of the building shown on the right of Y30446L/13, but probably take at an earlier date, as it lacks some features of the upper part of the centre building.
Dates:
1895 - 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 Old Town House or Burgher Watch House, Cape Town, 1970
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 342/2/2
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A three-part series of black and white images on card designed to provide teachers with material to illustrate history lessons. The series includes a wide range of pictures, portraits and photographs. Titles and captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. The items are undated, but probably originate from between the 1960s and 1980s.
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).