Scope and Contents Collection of 35mm colour slides of countries of the Commonwealth. When the 'Commonwealth in Focus' exhibition was being prepared it was felt that the strong emphasis on the historical aspect, and the fact that the only section on the contemporary Commonwealth dealt with broad issues and organisations rather than individual countries, made some additional material on contemporary developments desirable. Accordingly it was decided to have a continuous slide projection of contemporary...

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Includes material on Universities throughout the Commonwealth of Nations. Many, though not all, of the slides were taken by Ian Maxwell.

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Includes material on Universities throughout the Commonwealth of Nations.

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117 x 80 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.

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Collection of loose prints, 240 x 195 mm., showing various aspects of transport and communications, taken by staff photographers. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Two albums with two loose prints (which may not belong to this collection) inserted. The two albums were the property of Charles Edwin Collard, Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The albums have been rebound, but the labels on the covers ‘Uganda 1898-1900’ have been retained. Most of the photographs are 115 x 90 mm. Collard was presumably the photographer except for the few prints in which he appears, and all the photographs are captioned. However, it appears likely that this was...

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200 x 150 mm. Showing piles of compost with a tall crop behind.

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157 x 115 mm. glossy print.

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116 x 78 mm. glossy coloured print.

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152 x 109 mm. glossy print.

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109 x 152 mm. glossy print.

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Showing labourers at work.

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Scrapbook with a newspaper cutting showing Government House, Nairobi, pasted on the front cover. The book contains newspaper cuttings, two loose letters (from Misso wa Rapeshemwa 14 July 1924 and Nguyo s/o Kimaru 1 May 1929) and a telegram to Arnold Paice.

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Views of the ceremony.

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160 x 210 mm. Showing a line of women carrying baskets on their heads. The caption continues 'Off to market with baskets of seed cotton.'

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210 x 160 mm. Showing cotton being weighed. The caption continues: 'An agricultural instructor at a buying post. Scales and weights and measures are checked regularly whilst a careful watch is kept to maintain standards,'

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210 x 160 mm. Showing a long line of women and children carrying baskets of cotton on their heads. The caption continues: 'Women and children converging upon a buying post to sell their cotton by weight.'

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210 x 160 mm. Showing people working in a cotton field. The caption continues: 'One of a number of experimental plots in which new varieties of cotton are tested for yield, resistance to disease, and other qualities, in areas typical of African production.'

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210 x 160 mm. Showing people working in a cotton field. The caption continues: 'The same experimental plot some four months later. Observations are being taken on flower and boll production. The produce from each variety is harvested and kept separately pending the final weighing and analysis for quality.

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75 x 49 mm. Possibly in Kenya.

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73 x 50 mm. Possibly in Kenya.

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155 x 113 mm. Showing the dead cow buffalo lying on its side. Gedge’s diary for the day records photographing the animal: 'a herd of buffalo crossed my path about 50 yds off; let drive the 8 bore and knocked a cow which went a short distance and then fell dead on her knees. Photographed her as she lay . . . '

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152 x 108 mm. Modern print from RGS negative. Showing the dead hippopotamus on the bank of the river.

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65 x 40 mm.

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206 x 152 mm. A duplicate of Y30468J/16.