Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
Item
The statues of Memnon, plain of Thebes, 1857
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214B/33
Scope and Contents
150 x 224 mm. A view showing a close up of the statues in a vertical formal. There is an European holding a rifle, and a camel, standing 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 steamship 'Maréchal-Bugeaud': passenger service between Marseilles, Algeria and Tunisia, 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304H/297
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).
File
The Story of a Village in Ghana, 1967, 1966-12 - 1967-10
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/4/2/8
Scope and Contents
Photograph album, measuring 280 x 215 mm, containing 61 black-and-white and colour photographs of various sizes, with detailed captions by Lady Smedley, documenting her visits to Abesim in 1966 and 1967, including her enstoolment as Honorary Queen Mother, 3 December 1966. There are images of the Chief, Elders and Queen Mother, teachers and school children, (including those who corresponded with students in England), welfare officers, the women’s group, local people and their homes, a palm...
Dates:
1966-12 - 1967-10
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 story of Uganda National Parks
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 170
Scope and Contents
The history is comprised of a preface followed by 282 pages of text and 25 pages of rough maps and appendices. There is a covering note by Bere to the R.C.S. Librarian, 15 July 1977.
Dates:
1974
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
File
The street singer, 1930
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 348/2/7/4
Scope and Contents
The programme for 'The street singer', a musical play in three acts performed on 8-9 September 1930 in aid of the Livingstone Nursing Association to procure the services of a district nurse.
Dates:
1930
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 students at Njala Training College, Sierra Leone, run their own mess, 1950 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/131
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'They are seen at their mid-day meal'.
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 Student's Hostel at the Higher College, Yaba, Nigeria, 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/73
Scope and Contents
General view of the two storey stone building, with pupils in the foreground.
Dates:
1947
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 student's hostel, dining and recreation rooms, 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/1/1
Scope and Contents
240 x 180 mm. General view of the building.
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).
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The student's hostel, dining and recreation rooms, 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/1/18
Scope and Contents
240 x 180 mm. General view of the building.
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).
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[The student's hostel, dining and recreation rooms], 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/1/2
Scope and Contents
200 x 155 mm. General view of the building.
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).
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[The student's hostel, dining and recreation rooms], 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/1/2A
Scope and Contents
200 x 155 mm. General view of the building.
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).
Item
[The student's hostel, dining and recreation rooms], 1952 - 1964
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/1/2B
Scope and Contents
200 x 155 mm. General view of the building.
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).
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[The student's hostel, dining and recreation rooms], 1952 - 1964
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/1/2C
Scope and Contents
200 x 155 mm. General view of the building.
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).
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The Sudd bank near Shambe, 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/31
Scope and Contents
138 x 98 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 Sudd - elephant grass, 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/29
Scope and Contents
139 x 99 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 Sudd - elephant grass], 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/1/16
Scope and Contents
86 x 58 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 Sudd - papyrus swamp, 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/24
Scope and Contents
140 x 62 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 'Sudd' White Nile below Bor, 1906 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/87
Scope and Contents
102 x 76 mm. An uninformative print looking along the Nile as it curves away in the distance Bor, on the right bank of the White Nile, is situated 230 miles south of Malakal in the Sudan.
Dates:
1906 - 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 'Suk' (Market) at Omdurman [i.e. Umm Durman], 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Egypt/64
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Packet containing loose monochrome postcards (one missing from original set of six). The postcards show scenes in Omdurman. The packet is 'Set II' of four sets issued by the Sudan Government Railways and Steamers.
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 Suk, Omdurman [i.e. Umm Durman], Mar 1920, 1920-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/350
Scope and Contents
70 x 45 mm. Showing two people walking along a shack lined street with a heavily laden mule or donkey. This may be the market of Suk el Arab.
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 Suk, Umdurman [i.e. Umm Durman], Mar 1920, 1920-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/351
Scope and Contents
70 x 45 mm. Showing a market scene. This may be the market of Suk el Arab.
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 Sultan and A.S. Rogers at the Zanzibar Exhibition, August 1905, 1905-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/41
Scope and Contents
226 x 171 mm. A view showing the Sultan and A.S. Rogers, both wearing white uniforms, outside one of the exhibition sheds.
Dates:
1905-08
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).
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The Sultan arriving at the British Residency, Wednesday June 7th 1905, 1905-06-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468C/24
Scope and Contents
228 x 174 mm. A view looking down onto the Residency drive and towards the lawn and buildings. A crowd of guests await the arrival of the Sultan who with his mounted escort is riding along the drive. The figure seated beside him is probably A.S Rogers. This ‘At Home’ took place at 5pm on the day of the Sultan’s coming of age and was attended by leading figures from the European, Arab and Indian communities, ‘Zanzibar Gazette’ June 14th 1905.
Dates:
1905-06-07
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 Sultan at the tennis finals, 1933 - 1964
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/2/9
Scope and Contents
60 x 60 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 Sultan leaving the Beit el Ajeib, 1904 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/79
Scope and Contents
227 x 172 mm. A view looking down from the temporary lighthouse beside the Beit el Ajeib onto the scene in front of the Palace. A long line of carriages waits to pick up the Arab dignitaries standing by the front entrance and around the Sultan, who is seated in the first carriage. The nature of the occasion is unidentified but it would be after the Sultan’s coming of age, since only the Zanzibar flag is outside the palace.
Dates:
1904 - 1905
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).