Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20097 Collections and/or Records:
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West Classroom, 1950 - 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448I/104
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of loose prints with duplicates measuring, unless stated, approximately 210 x 160 mm. The collection contains a variety of photographs, some of them taken by the Information Services of the Gold Coast/Ghana, while others are amateur photographs. Nos 1-5, showing Fraser in the Principal's house are clearly pre-1935, when he left Achimota. The majority date from Mr Winlaw's Headship and include a number of views of buildings put up in that period, particularly the Assembly Hall...
Dates:
1950 - 1957
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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West Coast Africa, 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011III/82
Scope and Contents
158 x 116 mm. A village scene.
Dates:
1890 - 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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West face of Table Mountain, April 1867, 1867-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A/8
Scope and Contents
288 x 200 mm. A view looking across towards Table Mountain with mist moving in from the sea at the right of the print. The remainder of the caption reads '... as far as mountain at entrance to Houts Bay looking south west from Kloof Road to Camps Bay. Sea fog coming on from westward 4pm about 600ft above sea. April 1867.'
Dates:
1867-04
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
West Nile District, 1949 - 1950
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 362/4/1
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to Lanning's service in the district. Subjects include native courts, African local government employees, county councils, hawking licenses, land regulation, District Commissioner’s circulars, place names, and tours of the district. The file also contains transcripts of two interviews with Lanning on the subject of caves and ancient occupation sites, forming part of the ‘Uganda’s Past’ series, and a paper by Lanning entitled ‘Kibengo: an Iron Age fort on Lake Albert’ (circa...
Dates:
1949 - 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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West Part of Dam looking north, from Coror 22/5/06, 1906-05-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041B/4
Scope and Contents
283 x 230 mm. A distant view of the western section of the dam with the small houses and gardens of Coror in the foreground.
Dates:
1906-05-22
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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West Ravine, Vryheid Hill, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/58
Scope and Contents
115 x 95 mm. View of a campfire and seated soldier with tents at the top.
Dates:
1901
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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Vryheid, South Africa
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West Redoubt, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042A/10
Scope and Contents
197 x 150 mm. A view showing a sandbag fortification similar to Y3042A/9 but with a taller wooden lookout platform. A group of soldiers stands on and in front of the redoubt. Two cannons are in position facing out towards the desert and the whole emplacement is protected by a seriba of thorny mimosa.
Dates:
1885
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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West side of Majuba Hill, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/61
Scope and Contents
291 x 241 mm. A view looking along the valley towards the steep-sided Majuba Hill, scene of the British defeat on February 27 1881 and the death of General Colley, the commander. The Boers made their first assault from the steep western slope. The print is signed 'E. Caney Maritzburg' and has the caption: 'West side of Majuba Hill', and is also numbered 'No. 17.'
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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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West side, Pietermaritzburg, 1875 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305A/26
Scope and Contents
171 x 104 mm. A view looking over the western end of Pietermaritzburg from the market square, with a house and tree-filled gardens 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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West Street, Durban, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/62
Scope and Contents
192 x 126 mm. A view looking east along West Street with the tower of the town hall in the distance. The Methodist Church is in the right foreground.
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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West Street, Durban, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/78
Scope and Contents
205 x 138 mm. A view looking west along West Street, with the dome of the town hall (built in 1906-1910) at the left and the clock tower of the post office (built in 1885 and serving as the town hall until 1910) on the other side of the street.
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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West Street, Durban, 1879 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/8
Scope and Contents
206 x 137 mm. A view looking along West Street, Durban, with spans of oxen and wagons waiting on the unsurfaced street outside the hops and commercial premises which line the way. The print is signed 'Caney'.
Dates:
1879 - 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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West Street, Durban, 1879 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/10
Scope and Contents
206 x 134 mm. A view looking along West Street from the junction with another, unidentified, road, with the general stores of W.H. Darby in the foreground and long spans of oxen drawing loaded wagons along West Street. The print is signed 'Caney'.
Dates:
1879 - 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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West Street, Durban, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/34
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of monochrome postcards (one card missing from original set of twelve).
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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West Wing of Military Camp, Pretoria, from the Quarries, 1880 - 1881
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055A/12
Scope and Contents
194 x 143 mm. A view from the Quarries, with broken rock and a pool in the foreground, looking towards the Military Lines, with the Wagon Laager at the right of the print. In the left foreground, separated from the Military Lines, are a group of tents allocated to Khoekhoen.
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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Westerly Gale, Algoa Bay [i.e. Algoabaai], 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/15
Scope and Contents
190 x 126 mm. Showing surf breaking on the beach at Port Elizabeth, with part of the pier visible at the left of the print and shipping at anchor in the bay beyond. It seems probable that this photograph has been inadvertently reversed.
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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Western Aboyne River near Abakaliki, 1908 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/54
Scope and Contents
102 x 59 mm. A view looking along the river, with Africans swimming in the foreground.
Dates:
1908 - 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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Western desert: ‘ack ack’, German wrecks including a Junkers Ju 52/3M, searchlights over Alexandria, captured German guns and armoured vehicles including a 8.8cm Flak 36/37, 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/1/303-08
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.
Dates:
1942
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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Western desert: Arco dei Fileni, German P.O.Ws, German parachutist, German and Australian dead, 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/1/315-20
Scope and Contents
Two copies of RCMS 359/2/1/305.
Dates:
1942
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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Western desert: captured German SdKfz 135/1self-propelled gun, captured Italian tanks, Fort Capuzzo, German cemetery, 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/1/309-14
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.
Dates:
1942
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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Western end of Main Street, Port Elizabeth, 1865 - 1878
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059V/7
Scope and Contents
189 x 134 mm. A view looking over the rooftops of Main Street with the sea beyond and the jetty visible in the distance.
Dates:
1865 - 1878
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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Western Nigeria: children going home from school, 1950 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/3/189
Scope and Contents
109 x 154 mm. glossy print. Location unidentified.
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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
Western Province, 1964 - 1965
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/2/51
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.
Dates:
1964 - 1965
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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Western Province - Hex River Mountain, 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/20
Scope and Contents
The print is initialled 'SA'.
Dates:
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).
File
Western Samoa, 1969 - 1970
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 162/4/1/8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Correspondence, arranged by subject, relating to Fergus Wilson's work for the F.A.O., with a few related papers.
Dates:
1969 - 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).