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South Africa (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3622 Collections and/or Records:

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Kaffrarian Rifles acting as M.I. [i.e. Military Intelligence] S.A. [i.e. South African] War 1900 in O.F.S. [i.e. Orange Free State], 1960 - 1980

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011Q/8
Scope and Contents

101 x 53 mm. Showing a mounted unit on patrol. The annotation continues 'after [?]Jammenberg, and so mounted on Basuto ponies'. Photographer unknown.

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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Kafir Chiefs on Robben Island [historic title], 1862

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Reference Code:  GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059X/3
Scope and Contents

Showing a group of Africans standing in front of a circular hut.

Dates: 1862
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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Kafir dance, Zulu Land [historic title], 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/37
Scope and Contents

191 x 127 mm. Showing a large group of Zulu warriors gathered for a dance, with a few figures in the foreground holding umbrellas above their heads.

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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Kafir figure [historic title], 1879 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/23
Scope and Contents

185 x 132 mm. Showing a Zulu girl reclining on a rock beside a river, her image reflected in the water beneath.

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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Kafir hut, Zululand [historic title], 1884-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/59
Scope and Contents

197 x 136 mm. Showing a middle-aged man, two young Zulu warriors and a child posed in front of a Zulu house. The middle-aged man is Dabulamanzi, commander of the Undi Corps at the Battle of Isandhlwane and the action at Rorke's Drift on January 22, 1897.

Dates: 1884-06
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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Kafir Kraal, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal] [historic title], 1879 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/20
Scope and Contents

178 x 116 mm. Showing a Zulu Kraal, with characteristic circular huts arranged around a cattle Kraal. With a cultivated patch in the foreground and a group of Zulu men standing near the cattle pen.

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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Kafir woman and child, Cape Colony [historic title], 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/38
Scope and Contents

193 x 127 mm. Showing an African woman, dressed in loose woven cloth and turban, seated on the ground with a young child on her lap.

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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Kalk Bay - Col. Aston's house on left hand, 1857 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A/62
Scope and Contents

139 x 68 mm. A view looking across a field at Kalk Bay towards a group of houses with the whitewashed house of Col. Aston at the extreme left of the print. Col. Aston's wife was also a pioneer amateur photographer and received a prize at the Cape Town Fine Arts Exhibition of 1858 for a portrait of Sir George Grey, see Bull, M. and Denfield, J. (1970), pp 110-12.

Dates: 1857 - 1879
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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Kalk Bay - from above Bishop's house, 1863 - 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A/67
Scope and Contents

140 x 68 mm. A similar view to the preceding print.

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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Kalk Bay, from pier, C.P., 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/122
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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Kalk Bay - rocks on beach. Miss Ogilvie, 1863 - 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A/68
Scope and Contents

139 x 69 mm. A view looking along the shore of Kalk Bay, with fingers of rock reaching out into the sea and a headland in the distance. The reference to Miss Ogilvie is unclear, but presumably the view was taken from or near her house. A note in C.W. Busk's hand adds: 'Miss Ogilvie, afterwards Mrs. Philpot, was the sister of Canon Ogilvie (Gog), Head Master Dio: Coll. [Diocesan College at Rondebosch]'.

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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Kalk Bay, the Point [i.e. Kaappunt]. Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad] in the distance, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059S/4
Scope and Contents

205 x 154 mm. A view looking south from Kalk Bay (in False Bay) towards Simon's Town and Cape Point on the horizon.

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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Kango, 1968-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/131
Scope and Contents

[Cave].

Dates: 1968-08
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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Kango : 'Organ pipes', 1968-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/132
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: 1968-08
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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Karkloof Falls, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal], 1879 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/19
Scope and Contents

139 x 199 mm. Showing the 250 foot drop over horizontally stratified rock of the Karkloof Falls twenty five miles form Pietermaritzburg. The print is signed 'Caney'.

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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Karroo flowers, 1968-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/125
Scope and Contents

[Picnic].

Dates: 1968-08
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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Karroo picnic : Ed. Toon, B, N, Susan Marnham, 1968-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/126
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: 1968-08
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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Kate S. Jennings, 1890 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055C/2
Scope and Contents

Showing Kate Jennings, the mother of gold mining engineer Hennen Jennings, seated with an unidentified child.

Dates: 1890 - 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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Kathleen Hime, Daughter of Sir Albert Hime, 1890 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055C/6
Scope and Contents

A head and shoulders portrait of Kathleen Hime, who later married Col. H.D. Ross, Rifle Brigade and Mayor of Winchester, 1935.

Dates: 1890 - 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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Keiman's Gat, Knysna District, 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/10
Scope and Contents

191 x 126 mm. Showing the waterfall and narrow river gorge on the Keerom River near George.

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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Keimans River Falls, George, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/79
Scope and Contents

115 x 158 mm. A view looking along the sheer Kaaimans River gorge towards the falls near the town of George.

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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Kelley/Pim Collection, 1936 - 1996

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/21
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This section includes archives received at a later date from Hugh Bryson and some items acquired directly by the Royal Commonwealth Society.

Dates: 1936 - 1996
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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Keys! The bane of JHB, 1967-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham T/7
Scope and Contents

[Keys in the lock of a drawer].

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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Khama and Mr and Mrs Thompson [by railway line], 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...
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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Khama and Mr & Mrs Thompson [by railway line], 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/105
Scope and Contents

Print of Y305U/1.

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).