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South Africa (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3617 Collections and/or Records:

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The Floors - sorting the gravel for diamonds, 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/25
Scope and Contents

208 x 154 mm. Showing a group of three European sorters bent over piles of gravel laid out on tables, with a supervisor standing in the foreground.

Dates: 1891
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 Floors-– Trucking ‘Blue’ to the washing machines, 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/20
Scope and Contents

195 x 149 mm. Showing a horse drawing a line of trolleys loaded with blue ground towards the washing machines.

Dates: 1891
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 Fountains, Pretoria, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/139
Scope and Contents

205 x 152 mm. A view in the Fountains Valley south of the town showing a stream passing through light woodland. Proclaimed a game and nature reserve in 1895.

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 Garrison Office and Staff, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055A/19
Scope and Contents

190 x 141 mm. Showing a group of officers, a Sergeant Major of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, an African scout and an African prisoner posed outside the Garrison Office. Identified members of the group are: Mr. Melville, Mr. Lys, Lieut. Col. Gildea, Spencer F. Chichester, Garrison Adjutant, and Charles De Val. A photograph used as the basis for an illustration in Du Val, vol. II, facing p. 22.

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).
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The Garrison Office, The Camp, Pretoria, 1880 - 1881

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055A/20
Scope and Contents 191 x 136 mm. Showing the group seen in Y3055A/19, but taken from a greater distance and showing more of the Garrison office. ‘The Garrison office was situated almost in the centre of the camp, and the business was carried on under a temporary erection of boards with strips of galvanized iron laid over for roofing purposes, with a large canvas sail attached, which at night or during inclement weather was dropped in front as a protection to books and papers’. Du Val, ‘With a show through...
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).
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The gemsbuck antelope (Kalahari), 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/75
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Collection of monochrome postcards printed in collotype showing stuffed animals in the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg. Accompanying the postcards is a four page printed leaflet by the Director of the Natal Museum, Ernest Warren, dated April 1924 and entitled 'The need for the International protection of the African fauna.' All photographs by C Akerman except no. 73, which is by 'F. Teschner'.

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 Glade' - Manubie Forest, Kenlain Wishiel, Transkei, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/99
Scope and Contents

205 x 151 mm. Showing a woodland road with figures and a cart loaded with wood in the middleground. The Manubi Forest is situated in the extreme north east corner of the Kentani District of the Transkei, just inland from Mazeppa Bay.

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 Grand Parade and the Heerengracht, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 342/2/3
Scope and Contents

The caption reads 'The Grand Parade and the Heerengracht (now Adderley Street) in 18th-century Cape Town'.

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).
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The grave of the non-commissioned officers and men of the 94th Regt who fell at Bronkhorst Spruit, 1880 - 1881

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055A/40
Scope and Contents

144 x 100 mm. Showing the mass grave, surrounded by a stone wall, of the men who fell at Bronkhorst Spruit (see Y3055A/39). The inscription on the wooden cross reads ‘Sacred to the memory of the 53 N.C. Officers and Men H.M. 94th Regt A.S. Corps killed in action here 20th December 1880’.

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).
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The Great Strike on the Rand: the funeral of the victims who were killed, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 199/2/1/3/4
Scope and Contents

130 x 70 mm.

Dates: 1913
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 Great Strike on the Rand: the police defending Park Station, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 199/2/1/3/1
Scope and Contents

130 x 70 mm.

Dates: 1913
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 Great Strike on the Rand: the Scotch Fusiliers defending the Power Station, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 199/2/1/3/2
Scope and Contents

130 x 70 mm.

Dates: 1913
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 Great Strike on the Rand: troops clearing the crowd from the Rand Club, before firing, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 199/2/1/3/3
Scope and Contents

130 x 70 mm.

Dates: 1913
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 'Grey Institute', 1897 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059N/4
Scope and Contents

Showing the white stone buildings with central square tower of the Grey Institute, 'a large Public School for boys, situated on the Hill.'

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).
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The harbour at Port Elizabeth, 1929-06-21

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/31
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

Dates: 1929-06-21
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 Heads, Knysna, C.P., 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/136
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Collection of monochrome postcards. Published by H.S. Joseph, The Handy House, Kynsa.

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 Heads, Knysna, C.P., 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/144
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Collection of monochrome postcards. Published by H.S. Joseph, The Handy House, Kynsa.

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 Hippotamus of the Cape of Good Hope, 1817 - 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 343/38
Scope and Contents

An undated print of an engraving by John Pye from a picture by W.M. Craig.

Dates: 1817 - 1866
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 Homestead, 'Groot Constantia', Government Wine Farm, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/15
Scope and Contents

199 x 152 mm. Showing Groot Constantia, the gabled Cape Dutch manor south of Cape Town, built by Simon van der Stel in1692 and lived in by him in his retirement from 1699 until his death in 1712. Since the early days Constantia had an international reputation for its wine and part of the vintage was reserved for the Dutch East India Company. The building was destroyed by fire in 1925 but rebuilt on the original ground plan.

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 Hon. Justice Bell, 1859

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059E/5
Scope and Contents

A half length, seated, studio portrait of Sydney Smith Bell. Bell (1805-1879) was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1839 and appointed a Puisne Judge at the Cape in 1851. He was Chief Justice of Cape Colony from 1868-73 and was the author of ‘The Colonial Administration of Great Britain’ (London 1859).

Dates: 1859
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 Hon. Justice Cloete, LL.D. , 1859

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059E/4
Scope and Contents

A half length, seated studio portrait of Hendrick Cloete. Born in Cape Town, Cloete (1792-1870) was educated in Holland at Groningen, Utrecht and Leiden, receiving his doctorate in law in 1811. After a period of study in London, he returned to Cape Town in 1813 and secured the appointment of Deputy Secretary to the Court of Justice. In 1845 he was made a Recorder in the Natal District Court and in 1855, 3rd Puisne Judge of the Cape Supreme Court. Photograph probably by Frederick York.

Dates: 1859
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 Horse-shoe - Kowie River, Port Alfred, Cape, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/42
Scope and Contents

203 x 143 mm. A view looking down on the dramatic horseshoe bend in the Kowie River near Port Alfred with thick forest covering the surrounding land.

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 Hunt at Hartebeeste Hoek, 1860

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305V/12
Scope and Contents

197 x 135 mm. Photograph of the painting by T. Baines.

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 Interior of the Public Library - Cape Town, 1861

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059I/1
Scope and Contents

A view looking along the porticoed reading of the Public Library, with readers sitting at tables, staff beyond and a portrait of Queen Victoria hanging on the far wall. The library was opened by Prince Alfred on September 18 1860.

Dates: 1861
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 Island, below Klip Drift, South Africa. Digging for diamonds in 1870 with 6 Zulu [offensive word not transcribed]', 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 191/17
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

Dates: 1870
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).