South Africa (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3621 Collections and/or Records:
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Oranges, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/72
Scope and Contents
150 x 138 mm. Irregularly shaped print. Showing an orange tree laden with fruit in an orchard.
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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Oranges, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/68
Scope and Contents
190 x 126 mm. A close up of a small pile of picked oranges.
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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Ordnance Department, 1880 - 1881
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055A/37
Scope and Contents
191 x 140 mm. A group portrait of officers and men posed among various calibres of field guns in from the of the stores.
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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Origin of Georgetown’s district and street names, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/6/19
Scope and Contents
From 'The Daily Argosy'.
Dates:
1908 - 1915
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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[Original building of the South African College], 1920 - 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059Y/21
Scope and Contents
(1840; later the University of Cape Town). Housed the earliest library collections of the college.
Dates:
1920 - 1930
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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Ostrich Camp, Baviaan's River, Bedford District, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/35
Scope and Contents
191 x 126 mm. Showing a group of ostriches in a field near Bedford with a farmer standing to one 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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Ostrich dust-bathing, 1968-03 - 1968
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/55
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 - 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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Ostrich farm, near Graaff Reinet, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/36
Scope and Contents
190 x 125 mm. Showing a large group of ostriches and a herdsman on horseback.
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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Ostrich farming in the Cape, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/50
Scope and Contents
201 x 150 mm Showing ostriches grazing in a large field sown probably with alfalfa, with farm buildings in the background and mountains beyond. Valued for their plumage, ostriches were extensively hunted in the early days and stocks were seriously depleted by the 1860's. The earliest recorded attempts at domesticating these birds date from around 1853 and from 1865 the industry grew rapidly, centred mainly around Graaff-Reinet. There were immense profts to be made and at the height of...
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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Ostrich farming in the cape, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/51
Scope and Contents
190 x 140 mm. Showing a group of ostriches in a field.
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).
File
Ostrich feather from the crown of Cetshwayo ka Mpande (ca 1826-1884), 1873
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS.4.13
Scope and Contents
Cetshwayo had invited Theophilus Shepstone, Native Secretary of Natal, to preside over his installation as king in 1873. The crown for the ceremony resembled a Zulu warrior’s headdress, made of crimson velvet, gold lace and badges from an army officer’s full dress tunic. A short lappet hung on each side and two longer ones were attached at the rear. Ostrich plumes decorated the top, and the central feature was a large crimson-dyed ostrich feather given by Shepstone’s youngest daughter...
Dates:
1873
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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Ostrich waltz, 1968-03 - 1968
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/60
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 - 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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Ostrich, Willem Pretorius, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Z/17
Scope and Contents
[For ostriches at Oudtschoorn, refer to X Mar. 68 (B), 21-31].
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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Ostrich, Willem Pretorius, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Z/18
Scope and Contents
[For ostriches at Oudtschoorn, refer to X Mar. 68 (B), 21-31].
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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Ostrich, Willem Pretorius, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Z/19
Scope and Contents
[For ostriches at Oudtschoorn, refer to X Mar. 68 (B), 21-31].
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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Ostrich, Willem Pretorius, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Z/20
Scope and Contents
[For ostriches at Oudtschoorn, refer to X Mar. 68 (B), 21-31].
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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Ostrich, Willem Pretorius, 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham Z/21
Scope and Contents
[For ostriches at Oudtschoorn, refer to X Mar. 68 (B), 21-31].
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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Ostriches, 1968-03 - 1968
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/57
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 - 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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Ostriches at Mr. Hay's, Cold Bokkeveld, Cape of G. Hope. 23'd Jany 1867. [signed] C.J. Busk. Jacob and Charlie attracting their attention, 1867-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059A/77
Scope and Contents
139 x 70 mm. Showing ostriches in the enclosure with C.W. Busk and Jacob, the Malay driver, standing in the background outside the fence.
Dates:
1867-01
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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Our bedroom, 1968-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham T/53
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:
1968-08
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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Our mess room in the town, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/126
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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Our Picquet. Scots Guards, 1901 - 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305Q/15
Scope and Contents
100 x 80 mm. Showing six soldiers in front of a tent.
Dates:
1901 - 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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Our train at Artesia, 1928-07-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/65
Scope and Contents
It had 16 coaches each about 22 yds long. They stop here for water for both engine & carriages. On the other side of the train is a sale of skins at which most of the passengers spend their half hour. Artesia is between Mafeking & Bulawayo.
Dates:
1928-07-06
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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Outer Anchorage, Port Natal [i.e. Durban], 1879 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/4
Scope and Contents
200 x 109 mm. A view from the beach looking out into the Indian Ocean, with surf breaking in the foreground and ships moored beyond the harbour bar on the horizon. 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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Outposts parading in front of schoolroom (temporary barracks), 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/122
Scope and Contents
120 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