South Africa (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3624 Collections and/or Records:
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Picture of the Market Place at Cradock, 1928-06-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/33
Scope and Contents
You can see the typical transport of the country. They use either donkeys or oxen. The Church is called St Martins in the Field, and is an exact copy. It was built in 1866 but the stone is still perfectly white.
Dates:
1928-06-22
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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Pietermaritzburg, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/39
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of monochrome postcards (one card missing from original set of twelve).
Dates:
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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Pietermaritzburg, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/62
Scope and Contents
203 x 155 mm. A view looking south-west along Church Street from the junction with Commercial Road, with pedestrians, horses and oxcarts in the roadway. The tower of St. Peter's Church can be seen on the left of the street. The Zulu War memorial is on the left.
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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Pietermaritzburg, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/63
Scope and Contents
204 x 147 mm. A view looking down onto the market square with Market Hall at the left of the print.
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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Pietermaritzburg, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/64
Scope and Contents
201 x 148 mm. A view looking north-east along Church Street from the tower of St. Peter's Church, with the Commercial Road junction and the top section of the Zulu War Memorial in the foreground. Beyond is the open space of Market Square, with the Dutch Reformed Church on Voortrekker Street in the background.
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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Pietermaritzburg, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal], 1873 - 1877
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305A/11
Scope and Contents
172 x 114 mm. A view from the top storey of a building looking south-west along Church Street, Pietermartzburg. In the right foreground, at No. 22, are the premises of the wine and spirit merchant Edward Rance (1827-1876). This dates the picture to before 1879, by which year Rance is no longer featured in Vietzen (1963). He may have moved to these premises in 1975/6. This photograph was previously titled 'Durban, Natal', but 'Durban' has been crossed out by the original hand and...
Dates:
1873 - 1877
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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Pietermaritzburg, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal]. Town hall, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/108
Scope and Contents
200 x 142 mm. Showing the Town Hall, in Renaissance style, standing at the junction of Church Street and Commercial Road. Opened in 1901 by the Duke of Cornwall and York (later George V) during his visit to the city, the building replaced the previous Town Hall, destroyed by fire in 1898.
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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Pietermaritzburg, the capital of Natal, 1817 - 1866
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 343/34
Scope and Contents
An engraving taken from a newspaper, undated.
Dates:
1817 - 1866
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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[Pietersburg street], 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/9/47
Scope and Contents
75 x 55 mm. Oxen pulling a cart down a street, with shops in the background.
Dates:
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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[Pietersburg street], 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/1/52
Scope and Contents
85 x 64 mm. Oxen pulling a cart down a street, with shops in the background.
Dates:
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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Pilgrim Street, Barberton, Transvaal, looking east, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/112
Scope and Contents
205 x 152 mm. A view looking along the wide unsurfaced street with the premises of Chester and Co. in the left foreground and an unidentified building with a small onion-shaped dome futher down.
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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Pilgrim's Progress, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/3
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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Pilgrims Rest, Lydenberg [Lydenburg] Gold Fields, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/103
Scope and Contents
175 x 125 mm. Showing a section of the mining town of Pilgrim's Rest.
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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Pineapple plantation, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/77
Scope and Contents
203 x 152 mm. Showing a large field planted out with pineapples.
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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Pinetown, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal], 1879 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/24
Scope and Contents
144 x 135 mm. A view from a neighbouring hill looking down on the small town of Pinetown ten miles north-west of Durban, with a military encampment of bell tents at the right of the print.
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).
Fonds
'Policies towards white labour on the South African railways, 1910 to 1935': BA thesis
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 194
Scope and Contents
A B.A. thesis for the Honours School of Modern History with Economics, University of Manchester, 68 pages. There is a covering letter from Ben Harrison to Terry Barringer, R.C.S. Librarian.
Dates:
1999
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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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., Jan 1906 - Dec 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/10
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: William Royle, Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Federation (18) on subjects including arrangements for the election (2); E Crosfield Pearson (4); Lord Loreburn [earlier Sir Robert Reid]; 2nd Duke of Westminster; Fred Brierley on the issues of importance to the Manchester electorate including socialism, Chinese labour in South Africa, education, Free Trade and Ireland (2); James Southern (6); William Westbrook on WSC's recommendations for local magistrates; Sir...
Dates:
Jan 1906 - Dec 1906
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]: Correspondence., 03 Jan 1904 - 27 Mar 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Travis Clegg [Chairman of the Oldham Conservative Association] (7); Samuel Smethurst [Vice Chairman of the Oldham Conservative Association, resigned 7 Jan 1904] (12); 9th Duke of Marlborough regarding his refusal to become an honorary member of the Oldham Conservative Club; James Maclean (2) regarding a Free Trade League meeting in Oldham. Subjects include: Churchill's relations with the local Conservative, Labour and Liberal Parties; his decision not to...
Dates:
03 Jan 1904 - 27 Mar 1904
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]: correspondence., 28 Jan 1902 - 04 Dec 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3/2
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Travis Clegg [Chairman of Oldham Conservative Association] (3) regarding arrangements for a meeting and appointment of magistrates; Samuel Smethurst [Vice Chairman of Oldham Conservative Association] (2) regarding trade unions and appointment of magistrates and local Conservative support for tariff reform in Oldham; Joseph Choate [United States Ambassador to Great Britain] declining dinner invitation.Other subjects include: requests for support and patronage...
Dates:
28 Jan 1902 - 04 Dec 1902
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, K-Z., Sep 1948 - Feb 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/47
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (9); H J Backwell, Deputy Regional Petroleum Officer, Ministry of Fuel and Power (9); [Arthur] Halls, Private Secretary [to the President of] the Board of Trade; [Christopher] Fogarty [Assistant Principal] HM Treasury; [Derek] Stephen [Assistant Principal] War Office (2); Herbert Truelove, Honorary Secretary, Chigwell [Essex] Urban District Chamber of Commerce (6); Reginald Maudling of...
Dates:
Sep 1948 - Feb 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 173-6 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a potentially living individual until 1 January 2024.
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Pondo girl, Libode, Pondoland [Eastern Cape], 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/34
Scope and Contents
'Blue and white is the beadwork of Pondoland and red ochre the colour of everyday wear. Unmarried girls do not wear the ceremonial white, nor do they attend parties, celebrations, beer drinks. The bead head band of this typical design is usually worn by girls and boys of courting age, and may be interchanged as tokens of affection. The exchange of love tokens is a popular Pondo custom. Scarification of the face in the manner illustrated, is also customary.'
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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Pondo girls, 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/123
Scope and Contents
142 x 203 mm. The caption continues: 'These are young girls, who always wear short skirts. The stripes at bottom are sewn on by themselves. 1942.'
Dates:
1942
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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Pondo girls, 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/128
Scope and Contents
101 x 154 mm. The caption continues: 'Young girls in short skirts.'
Dates:
1942
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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Pondo woman at Libode store on her way to Grahamstown, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/127
Scope and Contents
105 x 154 mm. The caption continues: 'The long skirt is worn by the married woman.'
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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Pondo woman husking mealies (corn) outside hut near Umtata, 1942, 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/125
Scope and Contents
152 x 106 mm.
Dates:
1942
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).