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South Africa (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2897 Collections and/or Records:

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Bishop's house, Kalk Bay, 1863 - 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A/64
Scope and Contents

139 x 69 mm. Showing the whitewashed Cape Dutch farmhouse with dry stone walls and a road in the foreground. A note in C.W. Busk's hand adds: 'Bishop Grey's seaside house. We often rented it for our holidays. It was still there in 1914'.

Dates: 1863 - 1867
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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Black and white, 1897 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059N/17
Scope and Contents

Showing African and European youths bathing in a stream or pool.

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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Blauw Krantz [Blaauwkrantz] Bridge, Grahamstown and Kowie Railway, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/28
Scope and Contents

192 x 126 mm. Showing the girder bridge spanning a gorge on the railway line between Grahamstown and Port Alfred.

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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[Blockhouse], 1901 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305Q/17
Scope and Contents

80 x 85 mm. Numerous blockhouses were erected as part of the measures against the Boer guerillas. Amy Wilson saw many and remarked of the soldiers garrisoning them 'their only desire is that each 3rd blockhouse should be a Pub' (March 27 1902).

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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Blockhouse near Vryheid, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/132
Scope and Contents

115 x 95 mm.

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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Bloemfontein, O.F.S. [Orange Free State, now known as Free State] Maitland Street, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/153
Scope and Contents

202 x 151 mm. A view looking along Maitland Street in central Bloemfontein with trams and motorcars in the foreground.

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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Bloemfontein - Orange Free State [i.e. Free State], 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/42
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).
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Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa, 1817 - 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 343/31
Scope and Contents

An engraving taken from a newspaper, undated.

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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Blue Wildebeest, 1967-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Y/115
Scope and Contents From the File: John Ewart Marnham had admirable opportunities for photographing flora and fauna during his stay in South Africa and in this section his own arrangement under species has been largely followed; the divisions are: lions, cheetahs, elephants, rhinos [rhinocesaurus] and hippos [hippopotamus], zebras, giraffes, buffalos, kudu, other deer and miscellaneous. Most of these animals were photographed in national parks and game reserves, though not all slides have specific locations. The main parks...
Dates: 1967-08
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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Blue Wildebeest, 1967-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Y/118
Scope and Contents From the File: John Ewart Marnham had admirable opportunities for photographing flora and fauna during his stay in South Africa and in this section his own arrangement under species has been largely followed; the divisions are: lions, cheetahs, elephants, rhinos [rhinocesaurus] and hippos [hippopotamus], zebras, giraffes, buffalos, kudu, other deer and miscellaneous. Most of these animals were photographed in national parks and game reserves, though not all slides have specific locations. The main parks...
Dates: 1967-08
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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Blue Wildebeest - Pretoriuskop, 1968-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Y/120
Scope and Contents

[Kruger National Park]

Dates: 1968-02
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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Blue Wildebeest - Pretoriuskop, 1968-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Y/121
Scope and Contents

[Kruger National Park]

Dates: 1968-02
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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Blyde Canyon, 1967-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham U/28
Scope and Contents From the File:

The majority of these were taken in the north of the province; at Magoebaskoof (two visits); Tzaneen (including a sequence showing sisal growing and processing); Vendaland in the extreme north and a few coming south to Orhigstad and Graskop. A group taken at Mala Mala camp is assumed to be in the Transvaal, though the precise location has not been found. The section concludes with a visit to a fishing lodge at Dulstroom in December 1969.

Dates: 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).
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Blyde Canyon, 1967-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham U/29
Scope and Contents From the File:

The majority of these were taken in the north of the province; at Magoebaskoof (two visits); Tzaneen (including a sequence showing sisal growing and processing); Vendaland in the extreme north and a few coming south to Orhigstad and Graskop. A group taken at Mala Mala camp is assumed to be in the Transvaal, though the precise location has not been found. The section concludes with a visit to a fishing lodge at Dulstroom in December 1969.

Dates: 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).
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Blyde Canyon, 1967-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham U/30
Scope and Contents From the File:

The majority of these were taken in the north of the province; at Magoebaskoof (two visits); Tzaneen (including a sequence showing sisal growing and processing); Vendaland in the extreme north and a few coming south to Orhigstad and Graskop. A group taken at Mala Mala camp is assumed to be in the Transvaal, though the precise location has not been found. The section concludes with a visit to a fishing lodge at Dulstroom in December 1969.

Dates: 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).
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Blyde Canyon, 1967-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham U/31
Scope and Contents From the File:

The majority of these were taken in the north of the province; at Magoebaskoof (two visits); Tzaneen (including a sequence showing sisal growing and processing); Vendaland in the extreme north and a few coming south to Orhigstad and Graskop. A group taken at Mala Mala camp is assumed to be in the Transvaal, though the precise location has not been found. The section concludes with a visit to a fishing lodge at Dulstroom in December 1969.

Dates: 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).
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Blyde Canyon, 1967-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham U/32
Scope and Contents From the File:

The majority of these were taken in the north of the province; at Magoebaskoof (two visits); Tzaneen (including a sequence showing sisal growing and processing); Vendaland in the extreme north and a few coming south to Orhigstad and Graskop. A group taken at Mala Mala camp is assumed to be in the Transvaal, though the precise location has not been found. The section concludes with a visit to a fishing lodge at Dulstroom in December 1969.

Dates: 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).
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Blyde Canyon, 1967-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham U/33
Scope and Contents From the File:

The majority of these were taken in the north of the province; at Magoebaskoof (two visits); Tzaneen (including a sequence showing sisal growing and processing); Vendaland in the extreme north and a few coming south to Orhigstad and Graskop. A group taken at Mala Mala camp is assumed to be in the Transvaal, though the precise location has not been found. The section concludes with a visit to a fishing lodge at Dulstroom in December 1969.

Dates: 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).
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Boating on the Orange River, Aliwal North, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/75
Scope and Contents

200 x 148 mm. Showing a rowing boat and a small sailing dinghy on the Orange River near Aliwal North.

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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Boer Refugees at an auction in the Refugee Camp Bloemfontein, 1901 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305Q/12
Scope and Contents

85 x 82 mm. Presumably captioned on the reverse.

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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Boer trenches, Fort Nicholson, Colenso, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305H/4
Scope and Contents

118 x 95 mm. Showing three English soldiers standing among Boer trenches and a protective stone wall at Colenso.

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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Boer War Memorial, Grahamstown, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059W/2
Scope and Contents 147 x 197 mm. A view of the War Memorial, which consists of a base and pedestal of white marble surmounted by bronze figures representing the angel of peace crowning a dying soldier with laurel leaves. On the pedestal is an inscription by Kipling: 'They came of that stubborn stock that stood at Runnimede forFreedom without fear,Wherefore they gave the treasure of their blood to stablishFreedom here.'and the dedication: 'To the brave men of Albany who died for...
Dates: 1906
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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Boer War, vol. I, 1899-11-18 - 1900-02-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 336/1
Scope and Contents

There is a three-page index at the front of the volume.

Dates: 1899-11-18 - 1900-02-19
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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Boer War, vol. II, 1900-02-23 - 1900-04-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 336/2
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Five volumes of newscuttings from 'The Daily Mail', 'The Daily Telegraph', The Morning Post' and 'The Times' regarding the Boer War, including a few maps, and a volume of general newscuttings relating to areas where Powell worked during his career.

Dates: 1900-02-23 - 1900-04-17
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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Boer War, vol. III, 1900-04-17 - 1900-06-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 336/3
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Five volumes of newscuttings from 'The Daily Mail', 'The Daily Telegraph', The Morning Post' and 'The Times' regarding the Boer War, including a few maps, and a volume of general newscuttings relating to areas where Powell worked during his career.

Dates: 1900-04-17 - 1900-06-28
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).