Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
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The Point, Durban, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal], 1875 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305A/1
Scope and Contents
192 x 135 mm. A view from a neighbouring hillside looking across the Bay of Natal, with ships at anchor in the foreground.
Dates:
1875 - 1880
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 Police Officers, 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/3
Scope and Contents
Modern copy. A group portrait of the British South Africa Company Police Officers attached to the Pioneer Column photographed against a backdrop of foliage. This picture was probably taken at the Expedition base camp at Macloutsie in June 1890, where the police had laid out a camp in anticipation of the arrival of the Pioneer Column. The officers pictured here are identified both beneath the print and by Colonel Colin Harding in ‘Frontier Patrols’ (London, 1937) where the photograph is...
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 population of Wete, island of Pemba, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/59
Scope and Contents
143 x 85 mm. A view showing crowds of people in carnival clothes lining a flight of steps at Wete on the north west coast of Pemba Island. The islanders are awaiting the visit of the British Agent Consul General.
Dates:
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 Port Elizabeth Club, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/21
Scope and Contents
192 x 125 mm. A view looking across a lawn and flowerbed towards the substantial stone built club premises.
Dates:
1888
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 Position of Women in Ghanaian Society, 1971 - 1985
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/4/3/6
Scope and Contents
This file contains a draft article (presumably by Lady Smedley) entitled ‘The Position of Women in Ghanaian Society’ or ‘Women’s Lib in Ghana’ with letter attached from George Darby (PA to editor of ‘The Sunday Times’) regretting that it cannot be included in the newspaper, 10 December 1971 and a similar note of rejection from the editor of the ‘Look’; two drafts by Lady Smedley of an obituary for Dr Susan De Graft Johnson (nee Ofori Atta), along with published versions in ‘The Times’ and...
Dates:
1971 - 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).
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The Post Office, Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305I/2
Scope and Contents
75 x 100 mm. A view looking across Adderley Street towards the Post Office.
Dates:
1902
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 postman's shelter, Southern Rhodesia, 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052F/17
Scope and Contents
Postcard (original photograph) published by the Argus Printing and Publishing Co., Salisbury.
Dates:
1914
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 postmarks and postal history of the Cameroons under British administration 1916-61 supplement (Windsor, Canada, 2007) by R.J. Maddocks and M.P. Bratzel, 2007
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 361/3
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Maddocks has written many articles on postal history, the majority reflecting his primary interest in the history of the Cameroons, particularly during the colonial period. He is the author of a monograph examining postal arrangements during the conquest of German Kamerun by the British and French during the First World War. His works also cover Nigeria, West Africa, Gambia, Zambia, German East and South West Africa, Togo, Ascension, St. Helena, Papua New Guinea, Jamaica and Barbados.
Dates:
2007
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 potters art is not forgotten. Alhassan Yakubugoa of Wa at the potters wheel, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/229
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'The Gold Coast Government believes in rooting its education in the life of the people. Key institutions in the education system of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast are at Tamale and include a senior boarding school for boys and a training college for teachers. The people of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast are first and foremost...
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 practice of kissing, 1922 - 1924
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/5/6
Scope and Contents
This file contains notes for a projected magazine article on the comparative history of kissing from ancient to modern times. Bell sent out questionnaires soliciting information on the subject, and the file contains answers from the Gold Coast Acting Secretary of Native Affairs; the Japanese Counsellor of the British Embassy; the British Legation, Nepal; the British Consulate, Iceland; the British Consulate, Seoul; a missionary to China; the British Legation, Abyssinia; the Governor,...
Dates:
1922 - 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 Premier Diamond Mine near Pretoria, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/182
Scope and Contents
152 x 202 mm. A view looking down into the big hole at the Premier Diamond Mine twenty three miles east of Pretoria. It was here that the Cullinan Diamond, later presented to Edward VII for inclusion in the Crown Jewels, was found in 1905.
Dates:
1925
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 Premises of Leslie and Anderson Ltd. in Zanzibar, 1920 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/15
Scope and Contents
73 x 51 mm. An exterior view of the Leslie and Anderson warehouse in Zanzibar. Exact location unknown, but probably situated near the northern waterfront.
Dates:
1920 - 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 Presidency, Pretoria, 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055I/3
Scope and Contents
295 x 213 mm. Showing Kruger's house in Church Street West, a long single storied building with a 'stoep' and a corrugated iron roof. President Kruger is seated on the 'stoep' while two soldiers stand on guard duty beside the man entrance. After the death of Kruger's wife in 1901 the house was used by the South African Constabulary. After a short spell as a boarding house it was reoccupied by members of the Kruger family until 1918 when it became a nursing home. In 1934 it became the...
Dates:
1932
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 Pretoria Carabineers, 1880 - 1881
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055A/21
Scope and Contents
191 x 140 mm. A group of the Pretoria Carabineers with their commanding officer Captain R.K.H. D’Arcy seated in the front row at the right. D’Arcy since 1863 had acted in various clerical capacities in the Magistrate Department in Kingwilliamstown (1863-5), Peddie (1865-7) and Aliwal North (1867-7?) and was appointed Resident Magistrate at Kimberley in 1875 (see C.O. List 1879). He was severely wounded in the left foot during the action at Six-mile Spruit on 29 December 1880. For details of...
Dates:
1880 - 1881
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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News of the Camp
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The Prince and his first Wildebeest, 1860
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305V/11
Scope and Contents
Copy A: 152 x 110 mm. The Prince is partly facing the camera, and he is looking down on a dead wildebeest, its head supported by a uniformed African, and another African stands behind looking on. Behind the Prince is a wagon, the horse drawing it partly visible, and a Malay can be seen in it. Another wagon, very blurred, is in the background. Copy B: 158 x 112 mm. The Prince is virtually in profile. The Malay and the horse are not visible, but a very blurred African figure is seen in the...
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).
Fonds
The Prince of Wales' visit to Nigeria, 15-22 April 1925
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043DD
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints, most measuring approximately 205 x 155 mm. The photographs have detailed captions and identifications on the reverse and all, except the first print, relate to the Prince of Wales' visit in April 1925. Photographs by H.S. Freeman, Hamid and Sons, and others.
Dates:
1925-04-15 - 1925-04-22
Conditions Governing Access:
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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The Prince’s Interview with the Tambookies, 1860
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305V/9
Scope and Contents
200 x 135 mm. Somewhat clumsy contemporary retouching has partially scalped the Prince’s horse’s mane.
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 Prince's Palace, 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/146
Scope and Contents
110 x 120 mm. View from the garden. There are three men stood at the top of the steps, and a woman on the pathway in the garden.
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 Prince’s travelling equipage, 1860
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305V/13
Scope and Contents
150 x 105 mm. Missing from Copy B.
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 Princesses of the Royal House of Banso dancing the N'Jang, Banso, 1937-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/12
Scope and Contents
84 x 45 mm. The N'Jang is the favourite dance of the women whilst the Samba is the men's dance. They keep excellent time to the drums and bamboo hollow trumpets as well as a notched tube of bamboo over which one of the girls rubs a brass ring. 5th from left. Kika, Wingo, Yesha, Winsonrin, Bidsemo, Shuka, Lela, Winsonlin, Diadrum, Yefon, Be, Shemka.
Dates:
1937-07
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 Principal discussing the dairy herd with the participants, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/50
Scope and Contents
110 x 75 mm.
Dates:
1933 - 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 principal explains at the work of the school, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/33
Scope and Contents
110 x 75 mm.
Dates:
1933 - 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 principal the Rev. R.W. Stopford, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/3
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 Principal, the Rev. R.W. Stopford, M.A, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/195
Scope and Contents
Portrait showing the Revd. Robert Wright Stopford (1901-1976) seated at his desk in his office. The typewritten caption continues 'formerly Principal of Trinity College, Kandy, Ceylon and before that Senior History Master at Cundle [sic]'. Stopford taught at Oundle from 1925-34, was Principal of Trinity College from 1935-41, and Principal of Achimota 1941-45. He was later Bishop of Fulham (1955-56), Peterborough (1956-61) and London (1961-73).
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 Principal with Advisory Committee of the Staff, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/6
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).