South Africa (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3509 Collections and/or Records:
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Barkly Bridge, Vaal River, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/44
Scope and Contents
190 x 123 mm. A view looking along the Vaal River towards the girder railway bridge near Barkly West, with ponies and traps on board the hand-operated pontoon ferry 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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Barrington's Mountain Pass, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/11
Scope and Contents
190 x 126 mm. Showing a wagon and a span of oxen descending a narrow steep mountain road surrounded by dense woodland. This is probably the Homtini Pass on the Upper Road to George the building of which was largely due to the determination of Henry Barrington (1808-1882) a farmer and landowner near Knysna.
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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Bars of gold - average value £3,500 each, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/199
Scope and Contents
203 x 151 mm. Showing gold ingots and various metal by-products laid out on a table.
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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Basuto women, 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468N/575
Scope and Contents
Showing a Basuto woman grinding corn between two stones with a woman seated beside her holding a child in her lap.
Dates:
1935
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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Bateleur, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Z/14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Slides of South Africa created by John Ewart Marnham, the British Consul-General in Johannesburg from 1967 to 1970. They are arranged in 10 groups (Q-Z). The earlier photographs (Q-S) however, date from a visit to what were then the High Commission Territories of Swaziland, Bechuanaland and Basutoland towards the close of 1965.The first photographs from Marnham's term of office in South Africa date from April 1967 and show scenes in the garden of his Johannesburg house, which...
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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Bathing enclosure, Durban, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/35
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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Bavenda obeisance, Sibasa area, N. Transvaal, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/58
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Sixty original watercolours (280 x 380 mm). Original titles and captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation.
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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Bawa Falls near Butterworth. 395ft.[i.e. feet], 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/93
Scope and Contents
152 x 196 mm. A view showing the thin plume of water which drops down the vertical rock basin to the pool below. Tha falls are situated 5 miles south of Butterworth.
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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Bay and Esplanade, Durban, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/80
Scope and Contents
203 x 152 mm. A view looking across the Esplanade towards the piers projecting into the bay.
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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BBC Radio 4: Northern Ireland and other subjects, 1991-11, 1989-11, 1990, 1991-05
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/185
Scope and Contents
Side 1 includes: BBC Radio 4 World at One interview with Dublin and Ulster correspondents Leo Enright and Gary Duffy on all party negotiations on Northern Ireland, 1991; partial episode of The Archers; brief press interview with NK on Europe, 1989; NK giving a speech at a conference on sanctions against South Africa, 1990; muffled conversation with NK.Side 2: BBC Radio 4 PM programme, May 1991, on subjects including: all party negotiations on Northern Ireland, including an...
Dates:
1991-11; 1989-11; 1990; 1991-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Series:
Access copies available.
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BBC Radio 4, PM Programme, 1990-05 - 1990-06-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/131
Scope and Contents
Subjects include (side 1): British Coal’s closure of collieries, with interviews with and on Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers and an interview with Kim Howells, MP for Pontypridd; prison riots; the Kegworth air disaster; the launch of the Conservatives' summer offensive against Labour, mainly on Labour's spending plans; the influence of Militant; the timing of the next General Election.The first half of side 2 mainly consists of indistinct noises,...
Dates:
1990-05 - 1990-06-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Series:
Access copies available.
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BBC Wales, Eye on Wales: Anti-apartheid, 1998-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/209
Scope and Contents
Programme on the Wales anti-apartheid movement, following Nelson Mandela being awarded the Freedom of Cardiff. Includes contributions from NK, on his and other Cardiff University students' reaction to the Sharpeville Massacre (1960), and demonstrations against South African sports teams.
Dates:
1998-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Series:
Access copies available.
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Beach and bathing pools, Kalk Bay, C.P., 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/123
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of coloured postcards, publisher unknown.
Dates:
1920
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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Beach and pavilion, Muizenberg, 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/112
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of coloured postcards, publisher unknown.
Dates:
1920
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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Beach, Durban, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/81
Scope and Contents
203 x 151 mm. Showing an artificial pool fed by the sea, with the Esplanade running along the seashore at the right hand side of the print.
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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Beacon Island, Plettenburg Bay [Plettenbergbaai] C.P., 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/142
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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Beaufort West, general view, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/38
Scope and Contents
200 x 142 mm. A view from a neighbouring hill looking over Beaufort West to the Karoo beyond. The town lies 260 miles east north east of Cape Town and became, in 1839, the first municipality in South Africa.
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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Beaufort west - Main Street, 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/38
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A printed book containing tipped-in reproductions from photographs, all measuring 140 x 100 mm, with brief letterpress captions beneath the prints. The captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. The prints are grainy with high contrast. Consequently, the images are listed rather than described in detail, although occasional notes and cross-references on points of interest have been added. The process used in the reproductions has not...
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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Beaufort West - railway camps and terminus, 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/44
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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Beaufort West. The landlord., 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/9/18
Scope and Contents
79 x 134 mm.
Dates:
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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'Begeni Izulu', Melmoth area, Zululand, 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/9
Dates:
1947
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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Belles of the Kraal, 1939 - 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058G/11
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A commercially published collection of prints housed in a folder. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Unless otherwise stated the prints measure 95 x 70 mm.
Dates:
1939 - 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Studies [of Zulus]
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Belvedere, 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/139
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).
File
Besterspruit, 1961 - 1964
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 218/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, press cuttings, reports, and questions and answers in the House of Assembly.
Dates:
1961 - 1964
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Bethlehem OFS, 1967-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham W/1
Scope and Contents
From the File:
These are listed as Kodachromes and Kodak Ready Print. The first four images were taken at Bethlehem in the Orange Free State and the nearby Golden Gate Game Park, probably en route to Johannesburg where the photographs noted in Marnham V were taken. There are four scenes in Natal National Park in August 1968 and two of the construction of the Orange River Dam 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).