South Africa (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3624 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Kuruman : Moffats' house, 1969-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/101
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:
1969-01
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
Kuruman : Moffats' house, 1969-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/102
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:
1969-01
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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Kuruman : Moffats' house, 1969-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/103
Scope and Contents
[Exterior].
Dates:
1969-01
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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Kuruman : roof of Moffats church, restored, 1968
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/98
Scope and Contents
[Interior].
Dates:
1968
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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Kweta boy, Fingo type, Peddie, 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/48
Scope and Contents
'Illness frequently overtakes the Kweta boy during the seclusion period which follows circumcision; illness not infrequently followed by death. A charm which is always worn against such danger is the necklace made by a witchdoctor with tail hairs from a particular cow. In each kraal is a cow kept for the making of charm necklaces, a cow which is treasured and cannot be bought at any price. When the Kweta leaves home for his initiation he wears and has perfect faith in his charm necklace....
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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Kweta boy, Hankey area, E. Province [Eastern Cape], 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/52
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:
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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Kweta boy, Peddie, Ciskei [Eastern Cape], 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/49
Scope and Contents
'A sheepskin kaross is typical dress during the Kweta or circumcision stage of Xosa and Fingo youths. The whole body is whitened with powdered sandstone and no garment is worn. Schools assume various uniforms and pattern their faces to suit their whim. This sheepskin kaross is decorated with a bag motif, the black and white bag with its blue and red tabs being a favourite type during this stage. Hunting birds and small game is the usual pastime during seclusion and is the modern substitute...
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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Kweta dancers, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/136
Scope and Contents
140 x 135 mm. The caption continues: 'They wear tall grass hats decorated by pink grass tufts, and carry a number of sticks. They cover themselves with white clay at this period of the circumcision initiation ceremonies.'
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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Kweta dancers, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/138
Scope and Contents
153 x 104 mm. The caption continues: 'wearing the extremely heavy skirt made from the bashee palm. This headdress represents cattle horns and the dances are portraying a bull defeating his enemies. It is accompanied by snorts, and the sound of beating heels and clattering skirts. It is an extremely exhausting and intricate dance, and forms part of the initiation ceremonies.'
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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Kweta disguise, Umtata, Transkei [Mthatha, Eastern Cape], 1948
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/53
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:
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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Kweta youths from the Umtata district, 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/137
Scope and Contents
152 x 134 mm. The caption continues: 'This is the costume worn just after the initiation ceremonies: white blankets with red stripes. It is death for any woman of their own race to see them, and they cover their faces with the blankets if a woman should appear. The women are warned by children when there are Kwetas about. One defiant woman paid the death penalty in 1946, and those responsible were not punished for this act. 1948.'
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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Lady Frances Rebekah Lagden, 1890 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055C/7
Scope and Contents
A head and shoulders portrait of Lady Lagden, daughter of Rt. Revd. Henry B. Bousfield, Bishop of Pretoria. She married Sir Godfrey Lagden in 1887.
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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Lady Grey, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/46
Scope and Contents
137 x 86 mm. A view looking out over the town of Lady Grey, situated near the Lesotho border and named on its establishement in 1858 after Lady Elizabeth Grey, who had married the Governor Sir George Grey. In the background the mountains of the Wittebergen rise steeply. The photograph forms, with the following print, a panoramic view of the town.
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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Lady Grey, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/47
Scope and Contents
137 x 86 mm. The second half of a panoramic view of the town formed with Y305J/46.
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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Ladysmith, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/65
Scope and Contents
203 x 157 mm. A view in Ladysmith (street unidentified) with J. Johnson's Railway Hotel on the corner in the foreground and spans of oxen on the roadway beyond. 'Ladys Smith' is written on the print itself.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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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Laing's Nek. 1881, 1884-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/61
Scope and Contents
198 x 137 mm. The exact location of this photograph has not been determined, but it possibly shows Boer trenches beneath Table Hill.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Sydney Tyers album
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Landing place, Durban, 1884-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/56
Scope and Contents
196 x 137 mm. A view looking along the wooden wharf and landing stage, with the Bay of Natal in the background.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Sydney Tyers album
Item
Lange Nek [Laing's Nek], 1881
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055A/41
Scope and Contents
142 x 97 mm. A view showing part of Lange Nek. The exact location is unidentified but the line of earthworks are probably the Boer trenches beneath Table Hill. The battle, which took place on 28 January 1881, with the British force under the command of Sir George Pomeroy Colley (see Y3055A/5) was another British defeat. The Boers, secure in their defensive stronghold, inflicted casualties of 84 men killed and 113 wounded against losses of 14 dead and 27 wounded on their own side.
Dates:
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
/
News of the Camp
Item
Lanzerac, 1968-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/19
Scope and Contents
[House].
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).
Item
Lanzerac, 1968-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/20
Scope and Contents
[House].
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).
Item
Lanzerac, 1968-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/21
Scope and Contents
[House].
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).
Item
Lanzerac, 1968-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/22
Scope and Contents
[House].
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).
Item
Lanzerac : Madeleine, 1968-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/23
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).
Item
Lanzerac : Madeleine, Susan Marnham, 1968-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/24
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).
Item
Large Zulu grain basket used for storage, near Barberton, 1930 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/46
Scope and Contents
130 x 91 mm.
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).