South Africa (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3513 Collections and/or Records:
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Maxim on Great Wall, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/65
Scope and Contents
115 x 95 mm. With soldier beside the gun.
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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Mazeppa Bay. Favourite camping place Transkei people, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/97
Scope and Contents
204 x 155 mm. Showing the rocky shoreline of Mazeppa Bay (on the Indian Ocean south east of Butterworth) with a settlement of round thatched huts near the shoreline in the foreground.
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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McGibbon, C. Town [i.e. Cape Town] Bot. Garden, 1868 - 1881
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305L/18
Scope and Contents
40 x 51mm. (Vignetted oval). A carte de visite head and shoulders studio portrait of James H.C. McGibbon, Superintendent of the Cape Town Botanical Gardens (listed as such in the 1868 almanac) until circa 1881. The backmark reads: 'Under the patronage of H.M. The Queen. H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh R.N. H.E. The Governor and Co. The Capetown Photographic Gallery , S.B. Barnard, Adderley Street, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. The negative is kept. Further copies can be ordered by this...
Dates:
1868 - 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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Mcwasho dress, Oshoek, Swaziland [Eswatini], 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/29
Scope and Contents
'The mcwasho is a gathering of girls from all Swaziland to celebrate the coming of age of a Swazi Princess. Added to the usual dancing regalia is a wool decoration of particular design, two streamers finished with bright tassels, which are suspended from behind the head. Each sub tribe has its two sets of particular colours, one set for engaged girls, another for the not engaged. These streamers are treated with great respect and after the mcwasho period, which may last a considerable time,...
Dates:
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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'Mdinega Magutywa', Fingo matron, Peddie, 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/47
Scope and Contents
'The Fingo of the Ciskei is the "pearly king" of the African tribes. Formerly entire aprons would be covered in pearl buttons. Today the concentration is on the black head cloth which is encrusted with buttons and beads, and is further decorated with stitching. Buttons appear again on shoulder blanket and skirt. White beads are used profusely, black braid and fringes of black fur. The blanket colour is deep red ochre which distinguishes Fingo women from Xosa in the Peddie area. Fingoes have...
Dates:
1948
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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Mechanical haulage towards floors, 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/17
Scope and Contents
198 x 135 mm. Showing a line of trolleys being hauled along a road towards the separating floors.
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).
Sub-Series
Medals of Captain J.C. Knapp, 1879 - 1896
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS.4.12
Scope and Contents
Three medals.
Dates:
1879 - 1896
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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Meiring's Poort, Western Province, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/12
Scope and Contents
188 x 126 mm. A view looking along the track leading into the rocky pass through the Swartberg Mountains, with a few figures in the 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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Melvill's and Coghill's Grave, 1879 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/39
Scope and Contents
203 x 136 mm. Showing the stone cross erected among cluster of rocks with three Zulus and a horse standing near the grave. The inscription reads: 'In memory of Lt. And Adjt. Teignmouth Melvill and Lt. Nevill J.A. Coghill 1 Batt 24th Regiment who died on this spot 22nd Jany 1879 to save the Queen's color of their Regiment.' Melvill had retained the colours during the battle of Isandhlwana and had managed to reach the Buffalo River with them, but here he lost his horse and was dragged on to...
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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Melvill's and Coghill's grave, 1879 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/41
Scope and Contents
207 x 138 mm. A view from the hillside looking down on the grave, with the Buffalo River visible in the valley. The print is stamped 'Lloyd Artist Natal.' [James Lloyd]
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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'members of the Newcastle Mounted Rifles, May, 1879', 1960 - 1980
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011Q/5
Scope and Contents
95 x 55 mm. Group portrait of members of the Newcastle Mounted Rifles, taken at Fort Pine, Zululand. The figures in the group are H. Simpson, K. Osborne, J.O. Player, W. Napier and J. Grant. The photographer is unknown, but the caption below the photograph reads 'Photograph given by Mr. H.C. Player, Empangeni'.
Dates:
1960 - 1980
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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[Memorial to the Prince Imperial], 1879 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/40
Scope and Contents
137 x 205 mm. Showing the stone cross erected in 1880 by the Empress Eugenie on Queen Victoria's behalf at Ityotyosi. The inscription reads 'This cross is erected by Queen Victoria in affectionate remembrance of Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Prince Imperial, to mark the spot where, while assisting in a reconnaissance with the British troops, on the 1st June 1879, he was attacked by a party of Zulus, and fell with his face to the foe.' The Prince Imperial, son of Napoleon III and the...
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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Mesembs Rockery, 1967-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham T/10
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains slides including a group of seven interiors of Marnham's house taken in August 1968, three showing servants in February 1968 and one of the visit of the Mayor for the celebration of the Queen's birthday on 20 April 1968. The majority show the garden, from scenes in April 1967 to seven transparencies making up a panorama taken on the eve of departure in March 1970. In between these are extensive views both of individual clumps of flowers and more general scenes.
Dates:
1967-09
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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Mess house and ambulance, Vryheid Hill, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/80
Scope and Contents
115 x 95 mm.
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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Mess house, Vryheid Hill, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/5
Scope and Contents
120 x 90 mm.
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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Mess, Vryheid Hill, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/8
Scope and Contents
115 x 95 mm. Featuring left to right: Capt. [Berkeley] Goren, Lt. Col. [Frederick] Adam, Col. [Reginald] Hall, Lt. [James] Huxford and Lt. [Arthur] Northen.
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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Mess, Vryheid town, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/20
Scope and Contents
115 x 95 mm. A substantial single-story brick building with veranda.
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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Messrs. Gleghorn, Harris and Stephen's Drapery Estabmnt, 1897 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059N/3
Scope and Contents
'A poor photo of Messr Gleghorn, Harris and Stephen's Drapery Establishment situated in the Market Square. It was taken during the Jubilee, which accounts for the decorations. It was here that Em used to be Head Book-keeper for the Retail Dept. The church on the left, a little way up the hill, is that of St. Augustine's, Roman Catholic.'
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Views in Port Elizabeth
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Michaelis Gallery, Old Townhouse, Cape Town, 1900 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/90
Scope and Contents
Image by Valentine and Sons.
Dates:
1900 - 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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Michell's Pass, near Ceres, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 195/296
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A series of watercolours commissioned from the Rhodesian artist Mrs Gilbert Stephenson to be used in colouring lantern slides to illustrate the fifth handbook, A.J. Sargent, 'South Africa: seven lectures (London, 1914). Stephenson had been recommended by the British South Africa Company. The numbering used in the catalogue reflects Stephenson's own numbering. The scenes cover: Northern Rhodesia [i.e. Zambia], including Victoria Falls and the Tanganyika Plateau; Southern Rhodesia [i.e....
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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Military pass, 1901-08-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/137
Scope and Contents
The pass requests that Captain Stuart Upperton be allowed to travel through the Boer lines to deliver 'a communication from his Excellency Lord Kitchener of Khartoum' to the Boer commander, John Abraham Potgieter. The pass is signed by Colonel F.A. Adam, who commanded the troops at Vryheid.
Dates:
1901-08-13
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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Milling Company's work at Vereeniging TR, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/170
Scope and Contents
139 x 189 mm. Showing the factory buildings and grain silos at Vereeniging on the Vaal River in the Southern Transvaal.
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).
File
Mine dancing, 1967-10
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham V
Scope and Contents
This group of Kodachromes shows Africans dancing in what is clearly the same spot. No 6 is marked 'Mine dancing Durban Deep' and no 13 'Tribal dancing at Johannesburg gold mine.' Presumably, despite its name, Durban Deep is in Johannesburg. Nos 11 and 12 are captioned 'Gumboot dance' but the other slides are merely marked 'MD' without further details.
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).
Item
Mine dancing, 1965-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham V/7
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This group of Kodachromes shows Africans dancing in what is clearly the same spot. No 6 is marked 'Mine dancing Durban Deep' and no 13 'Tribal dancing at Johannesburg gold mine.' Presumably, despite its name, Durban Deep is in Johannesburg. Nos 11 and 12 are captioned 'Gumboot dance' but the other slides are merely marked 'MD' without further details.
Dates:
1965-10
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).
Item
Mine dancing, 1965-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham V/8
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This group of Kodachromes shows Africans dancing in what is clearly the same spot. No 6 is marked 'Mine dancing Durban Deep' and no 13 'Tribal dancing at Johannesburg gold mine.' Presumably, despite its name, Durban Deep is in Johannesburg. Nos 11 and 12 are captioned 'Gumboot dance' but the other slides are merely marked 'MD' without further details.
Dates:
1965-10
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).