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Africa (continent)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:

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To learn by doing, making puppets, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/222
Scope and Contents From the File:

Coloured slides, 50 x 50 mm, mostly Kodak, originally stored in a carrying case. They relate to nursing in Nigeria and Ghana.

Dates: 1966
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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To the snows on Ruwenzori, 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 150/2/3/1/2
Scope and Contents

A diary account for 1-11 March 1923 and five pages of notes.

Dates: 1923
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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Tobacco, Chirenda Experimental Station, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/189
Scope and Contents

80 x 104 mm.

Dates: 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).
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Tobacco Field, Norton area , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052G/19
Scope and Contents

Showing a European farmer examining tobacco leaves in the middle of a field of shoulder-high plants.

Dates: 1950 - 1967
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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Tobacco growing in the Cape, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/59
Scope and Contents

203 x 152 mm. A close-up of tobacco plants in a field.

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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Tobacco leaves being cured, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/296
Scope and Contents

Showing tobacco leaves drying in a curing shed.

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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Toilet whilst train stopped at Abu Hamed, 1898-09-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/205
Scope and Contents

155 x 128 mm. A view showing Cameron Highlanders washing and shaving on the platform at Abu Hamid on the journey north.

Dates: 1898-09-14
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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Toisi River. Drying wool at the wool washery, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/40
Scope and Contents

201 x 144 mm. Showing African women tending large piles of wool drying on stones.

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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Tokai, An avenue, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/14
Scope and Contents

202 x 151 mm. Showing a wagon loaded with logs driving along an avenue of oaks in Tokai, a suburb of Cape Town.

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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Tokar [cotton bales], 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/117
Scope and Contents

110 x 65 mm. Showing many bales of cotton lined up.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Tokar [Street scene], 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/46
Scope and Contents

60 x 60 mm. Showing a man sat in the street selling his wares, which appear to be leather straps of some kind, perhaps bracelets and necklaces?

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Tokles near Tolodi, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/4/72
Scope and Contents

125 x 95 mm. Showing a cluster of circular huts or buildings, surrounded by a low wall made of rocks.

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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Tolodi, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/4/75
Scope and Contents

125 x 95 mm. Showing a group of circular buildings with painted walls, surrounded by a wall made from rocks.

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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Tom Hindle, Rollo Crabb, 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/43
Scope and Contents

85 x 60 mm. On verandah. Abuna, Lake Bosumtwi Rest House.

Dates: 1938
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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Tomatoes growing in the West Suk District. Two of my African Agricultural Instructors are seen, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/374
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of loose prints. The prints are mainly British official photographs representing aspects of development in the colonies and are chiefly 250 x 200 mm. Captions on the reverse, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The prints fall into subject collections.Nigeria: 1 - 8 Udi Village; 9-20 Ogwofia...
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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[Tomb of President Paulus Kruger in Pretoria], 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/132
Scope and Contents

152 x 205 mm. Showing the grave of President Kruger in the old cenetry at Pretoria, consisting of a massive black marble tombstone topped by a white bust of him (1825-1904). To the left of his grave, in the same plot, is the tomb of his second wife Gezina Susanna Frederika Wilhelmina Du Plessis (1831-1901) whom he had married in 1847. Kruger died in Switzerland and was embalmed and temporarily laid in a vault beoire finally being moved to Pretoria.

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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Tommy at a Railway siding, 1901 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305Q/18
Scope and Contents

85 x 85 mm. Presumably captioned on the reverse. Showing a soldier sitting on a wall, with huts and wagons in the background.

Dates: 1901 - 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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Tonga girls dressed for a dance, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/64
Scope and Contents

153 x 207 mm. The caption continues: 'The two bead strings hanging from their necks indicate that they are engaged to be married.'

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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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Tonga girls, spectators at Tshonque Show, Umbombo [Ubombo] District, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/61
Scope and Contents

155 x 205 mm.

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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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Tonga maidens showing tribal marks on their faces, copper and bead necklaces, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/65
Scope and Contents

156 x 192 mm.

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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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Tonga man showing tribal marks, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/57
Scope and Contents

152 x 209 mm.

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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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Tonga mother and child, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/58
Scope and Contents

150 x 204 mm. The caption continues: 'Note the baby's "wooly" hair.'

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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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Tonga woman and child, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/60
Scope and Contents

112 x 204 mm.

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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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Tonga woman and child, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/62
Scope and Contents

155 x 204 mm.

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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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Tonga woman and children, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/59
Scope and Contents

124 x 205 mm.

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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).