South Africa (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3623 Collections and/or Records:
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Forestry Dept's plantations on the slopes of Table Mountain, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/57
Scope and Contents
202 x 152 mm. A view looking across conifer covered slopes on Table Mountain.
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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'Forming into column on the march in Zululand from a mid-day outspan', 1878
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 191/1
Scope and Contents
The caption reads, 'On the left is the Swazi contingent of 1,000 warriors and the six guns of the Royal Artillery to take their position in line of march. The 90th Regiment is in advance before the baggage train supported in the rear by the 13th Regiment, Frontier Light Horse and fifty Boers, which are not shown in the sketch'.
Dates:
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).
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Fort Commeline-Heights above Military Lines, Pretoria, Lieut. Commeline RE. 25 men 2.21st R.S.F., 1880 - 1881
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055A/9
Scope and Contents
141 x 87 mm. Showing a group of men of the 2nd Battalion, 21st Regiment Royal Scots Fusiliers on parade in front of Fort Commeline. Lieutenant Charles Ernest Commeline, who constructed the stone blockhouse situated on the hills to the south of the town, stands in the foreground at the head of the group. See also Y3055A/11.
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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Fort Pearson from Zululand, 1879 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/26
Scope and Contents
202 x 137 mm. A view looking south across the Tugela River from Zululand towards Fort Pearson, situated on the summit of the cliffs on the farther bank. The photographer is probably J. R. Mee.
Dates:
1879 - 1880
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Fort Pearson, Lower Tugela, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal], 1879 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/27
Scope and Contents
200 x 136 mm. A view from the KwaZulu-Natal side looking over the Tugela River into Zululand with the small wooden Fort Pearson situated on the headland overlooking the crossing into Zululand. In the foreground are tents of the Naval Brigade. The forces at Fort Pearson forming the right, or eastern prong of the advance into Zululand were under the command of Colonel Charles Pearson and consisted of a battalion of the 99th regiment, the second Battilion third regiment, a troop of mounted...
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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Fort Royal and Capt. Campbell, Provost Marshall and orderlies, 1880 - 1881
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055A/10
Scope and Contents
141 x 89 mm. Showing Captain Campbell, the Provost-Marshall, on horseback with orderlies standing at attention to the right, and two other figures on horseback at the left. The earthworks and fortifications of Fort Royal appear in the background.
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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Fort Tullichewan on the heights above Military lines, Pretoria. Heliographer, lookout, flag signaller, Blockhouse. Lieut D’aeth, 1880 - 1881
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055A/11
Scope and Contents
191 x 195 mm. A view looking up the grassy slope towards the small stone Fort Tullichewan, named after the paternal residence in Scotland of Mrs. Gildea, the Garrison Commandant’s wife. Lookouts and heliographers can be seen silhouetted against the skyline next to the stone blockhouse, while Lieut D’aeth is seated on a chair outside the perimeter stockade of brushwood in the foreground. Fort Tullichewan was situated on the same range of hills to the south of the town as Fort Commeline (see...
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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Foul’s Rush (Mines d’Or), 1873 - 1874
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055B/10
Scope and Contents
189 x 142 mm. A view looking along a valley with a small stream, with diggers searching for alluvial gold in the foreground. Several feet of topsoil have been removed near the stream bank and the underlying boulders exposed. The wooden sluices for separating gold from earth can be seen beside the water.
Dates:
1873 - 1874
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 the Transvaal
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Fountain in Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059T/8
Scope and Contents
Showing a female statue in a pool.
Dates:
1915
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Views in Cape Town
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Francolin or quail?, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Z/24
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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Friedman's border, 1968-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham T/22
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:
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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Friedman's border, 1968-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham T/23
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:
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).
File
From Cape Town to Livingstone in a Morris S, 1939
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 348/1/8/8a
Scope and Contents
An account of a journey of 21-28 January 1939.
Dates:
1939
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
From Cape Town to Livingstone in a Morris S, 1939
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 348/1/8/8b
Scope and Contents
An account of a journey of 21-28 January 1939.
Dates:
1939
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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From [?Farm] Andrew 1859 abt March. Indian Cart, 1859-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A/71
Scope and Contents
138 x 75 mm. Showing a wooden cart standing on cleared land.
Dates:
1859-03
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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From ?Gordon's Bay, - False Bay, Table Mountain at back, 1968-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/61
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The early photographs in this section were taken during two visits to Kokstad in the east of the province; the first at the end of 1965 followed John Ewart Marnham's visit to Lesotho; the remainder dated August 1967. A number of purely family photographs have been removed. Following these are a number of scenes in the vicinity of Cape Town and along the southern coast - Somerset West, George, Knysa, Hermanus, the ostrich farm at Oudstchoorn, the mouth of the Storms River and nearby...
Dates:
1968-03
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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From ?Gordon's Bay, - False Bay, Table Mountain at back, 1968-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/62
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The early photographs in this section were taken during two visits to Kokstad in the east of the province; the first at the end of 1965 followed John Ewart Marnham's visit to Lesotho; the remainder dated August 1967. A number of purely family photographs have been removed. Following these are a number of scenes in the vicinity of Cape Town and along the southern coast - Somerset West, George, Knysa, Hermanus, the ostrich farm at Oudstchoorn, the mouth of the Storms River and nearby...
Dates:
1968-03
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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From Table Mountain, looking along to Devil's Peak, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/104
Scope and Contents
87 x 298 mm. A view looking along the steep rock face and scree which connects Table Mountain and the Devil's Peak.
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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From the sea walk, 1897 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059N/18
Scope and Contents
'A part of the North Jetty on the right. The tower is that of H.M. Customs, also seen in No. 13. The long shed on the left is one of the great many belonging to the Harbour Board for the storage of cargo as it is landed from the vessels.'
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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From the Tongaland Expedition Collection. Tonga girl with the fish she has caught, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/67
Scope and Contents
96 x 150 mm. The caption continues: 'These people are fish eating, in contrast to their neighbours the Zulu.' It is thought that this photograph was taken by Vincent Wager. An identical photograph is an album held at the Killie Campbell Africana Library under the reference Album D07/001-231 Zulu Customs Book 1 29500 [309425].
Dates:
1930 - 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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From the top of Table Mountain, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/103
Scope and Contents
298 x 87 mm. A view looking down on to Cape Town and Table Bay with the Lion's Head and Rump, to the west of the city, at the left of the panorama. With a European figure standing among the rocks in the right 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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Fruit farming in the Cape, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/17
Scope and Contents
190 x 139 mm. A view looking across orchards and cultivated fields with a group of African labourers 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).
Item
Fuchsia, 1968-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham T/37
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:
1968-03
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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Gala blanket, Ndebele bride, Bronkhorstspruit [Gauteng], 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/56
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Sixty original watercolours (280 x 380 mm) and three prints of watercolours. 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.
A note on placenames: The original titles and captions include historical place names that have since changed. Where applicable, modern/current names have been provided in [brackets] directly following the original...
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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Gala dress, Libode, Pondoland [Eastern Cape], 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/35
Scope and Contents
'"White" is gala wear in Pondoland. Originally, white was a token of mourning, but after a long period in mourning for a chief it became the custom for gala wear. Modern use of "Reckitt's" blue produces "white" garments of many blue shades. The Pondo insists that these garments are ‘white’. They gleam with cleanliness, are laundered after every party, bushes and rocks at kraal sites usually being festooned with pale blue draperies after weekends when parties usually take place. The Pondo...
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).