South Africa (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3622 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Khambi, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/109
Scope and Contents
65 x 110 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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Khambi and bodyguard, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/107
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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Khambi looking down muzzle of south gun, Vryheid Hill, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/108
Scope and Contents
95 x 110 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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Khambi (on right in front) and impi, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/106
Scope and Contents
300 x 85 mm. panorama.
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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Khambi's impi, 1901
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/103
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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Khambi's impi, 1901
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/100
Scope and Contents
300 x 85 mm. panoramic view of the column.
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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Kimberley : Big Hole, 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/134
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:
1969
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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Kimberley Club, Du Toits Pan Road, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/55
Scope and Contents
190 x 124 mm. Showing the front facade of the club, a two-storey brick building with wide wooden verandahs, facing out on to Du Toits Pan Road. A group of members is gathered around the front entrance. Founded in 1881, the original articles of association contain, among others, the names of Cecil Rhodes and Dr. Jameson, who for some years shared a ramshackle cottage opposite the club.
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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Kimberley : cut diamonds, 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/136
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:
1969
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).
Fonds
Kimberley Diamond Diggings
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059L
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints mounted on card, uncaptioned apart from the inscription ‘Diamond fields lent by Mr. Blaine,’ pencilled on the reverse of the mounts. Diamond Mining at Kimberley:The first diamond to be found in South Africa appears to have been one picked up by a child on the bank of the Orange River in 1866. Other diamonds were found in the Hope Town shortly afterwards, but it was the discovery of the diamond later to be known as the star of South Africa (at...
Dates:
1872
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Kimberley Diamond Mine, Griqualand West, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/49
Scope and Contents
191 x 125 mm. A view showing the Big Hole at Kimberley mined to about half its final depth, with machinery at the base and pulleys and winches running down from the lip.
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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[Kimberley diamond mines], 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/1/45
Scope and Contents
58 x 83 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).
Item
Kimberley diamond mines, 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/9/22
Scope and Contents
52 x 76 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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Kimberley, general view, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/163
Scope and Contents
203 x 152 mm. A view looking out over the rooftops of Kimberley, with a sports ground 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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Kimberley, General view of De Beer's workings, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/19
Scope and Contents
199 x 147 mm. A view looking down onto a network of railway lines, factory buildings and plant at Kimberley with part of an excavated pit (?the 'Big Hole') visible at the right of the print. De Beers Consolidated Mines was the company formed by Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Beit and others in 1888 which took over the De Beers, Kimberley, Bultfontein and Dutoitspan mines.
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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Kimberley mine and town, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/51
Scope and Contents
192 x 125 mm. A view looking across the top of the Big Hole towards the town of Kimberley on the farther side.
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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Kimberley old workings, 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/9/23
Scope and Contents
52 x 78 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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Kimberley : one day's uncut diamonds, 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/135
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:
1969
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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Kimberley. Snapshot inside a compound, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/18
Scope and Contents
200 x 44 mm. Showing African workers in a mining compound at Kimberley.
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).
Item
King Edward Street, Potchefstroom, South Africa, 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of loose monochrome gravure postcards of Potchefstroom. Originally part of the Fisher collection. 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:
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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King George VI and Princess Elizabeth during their visit to South Africa and Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]. Exact location unidentified, 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 24/1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions. The slides appear to have been gathered for lecture purposes and are not necessarily on the work of the CMS. They relate to various parts of the continent.
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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King William's Town, 1864
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 343/33
Scope and Contents
A colour engraving of a picture by T.W. Bowler published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, London, 1864.
Dates:
1864
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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Commonwealth engravings
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King William's Town - Buffalo River Bridge, 1880
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/8
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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King William's Town, Eastern Province, 1888
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/31
Scope and Contents
190 x 124 mm. A general view from a neighbouring hill looking over King William's Town on the Buffalo River.
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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King William's Town - Maclean Street, 1880
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/59
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).