Kenya (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1502 Collections and/or Records:
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[Racecourse at Kenya], 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/69
Scope and Contents
77 x 52 mm. An area of open land with lines of fencing, possibly a racecourse.
Dates:
1928
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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RAF Eldoret: self and Bob Edwards, station master's house, Solai Station, court house, Eric Emerton, BOA Headquarters, 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/1/94-102
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.
Dates:
1943
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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Railway Point, Kipevu, 1896, 1977
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/14
Scope and Contents
156 x 109 mm. A view from the Central Africa Railway Base Depot looking across the harbour channel towards the north western tip of Mombasa Island. The Central African line, running seven miles north west of Mombasa on a 2 foot gauge, was shelved when it was realised that a more substantial line (the Uganda Railway) would be necessary.
Dates:
1977
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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Ravine Camp, 1900-03-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/49
Scope and Contents
'How she carried the bottle, balanced on her head from Railhead for miles and miles. The damsel, a Uganda girl (Zenabu) was very unwilling to act as model, tho' bribed with sweets. The gourd in her hand is what all the porters carry water in on the march. The bottle is corked with leaves.'
Dates:
1900-03-10
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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Mombasa to Mengo
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Raw Suk grading potatoes before storing, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/379
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of loose prints. The prints are mainly British official photographs representing aspects of development in the colonies and are chiefly 250 x 200 mm. Captions on the reverse, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The prints fall into subject collections.Nigeria: 1 - 8 Udi Village; 9-20 Ogwofia...
Dates:
1940 - 1949
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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Raw Suk helping the Native Agricultural Instructor measure out contour ridges using a line level, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/368
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of loose prints. The prints are mainly British official photographs representing aspects of development in the colonies and are chiefly 250 x 200 mm. Captions on the reverse, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The prints fall into subject collections.Nigeria: 1 - 8 Udi Village; 9-20 Ogwofia...
Dates:
1940 - 1949
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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Ray Scholes, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/107
Scope and Contents
Showing Ray Scholes with two horses on a farm near Naivasha, Kenya.
Dates:
1934
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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[Ray Scholes], 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/108
Scope and Contents
Showing Ray Scholes sitting by a river smoking a pipe. Near Naivasha, Kenya.
Dates:
1934
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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Reclining couch, British Residency, Lamu, 1890 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/37
Scope and Contents
150 x 209 mm. A duplicate print of Y30468D/53.
Dates:
1890 - 1905
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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Reclining couch British Residency, Lamu, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/53
Scope and Contents
153 x 204 mm. A closer view of the couch, shaped like a small four poster bed, in the Lamu Residency. The head of the couch is a beautifully and intricately carved piece of work featuring human figures and decorative arabesques of vegetation. Another copy of this print can be found at Y30468A/37.
Dates:
1905
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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Rehabilitation camp at Mwea: Padre Nelson conducting service, 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/129
Scope and Contents
156 x 118 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1960 - 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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Removing fallen tree, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468X/3
Scope and Contents
199 x 146 mm. View of the roots of a large baobab tree, with labourers waiting to haul at the ropes which have been attached to the base.
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).
File
Research notes, 1950 - 1970
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/14
Scope and Contents
This section includes copies of articles and notes that Gray assembled when researching his histories.
Dates:
1950 - 1970
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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Return of Small Pox Patients. Mumias 1899, 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045B/54
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...
Dates:
1899
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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Rev. Alan Page taking class in the Bible School, Weithaga, 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/223
Scope and Contents
79 x 80 mm. glossy print with two enlargements and 56 mm. negative.
Dates:
1967
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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Rev. A.R. Pittway bidding farewell to an evangelist, 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/228
Scope and Contents
157 x 109 mm. glossy print and 35 mm. negative.
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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Rev. Daniel Mweri, Rural Dean of Kilifi, 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/83
Scope and Contents
125 x 110 mm. glossy print with 67 x 48 mm. negative.
Dates:
1963
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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Rev. F.J. Bedford and the Rev. E. Gacanja leaving the plane in Nairobi, 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/1/2
Scope and Contents
128 x 80 mm. matt print.
Dates:
1952
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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Rev. F.J. Bedford and the Rev. E. Gacanja with Bible on the plane from Nairobi to Entebbe, 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/1/1
Scope and Contents
80 x 128 mm. matt print.
Dates:
1952
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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Rev. F.J. Bedford of the BFBS hands the Bible to Canon H.J. Butcher in St. Stephen’s Church, Nairobi, 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/1/5
Scope and Contents
154 x 110 mm. matt print.
Dates:
1952
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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Rev. J. Ridout teaching class at St. Paul’s United Theological College, 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/97
Scope and Contents
103 x 105 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.
Dates:
1967
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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Rev. J.V. Taylor with Rev. Jonathan Kituri, the first Taita to be ordained, and Mrs Kituri, 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/221
Scope and Contents
152 x 107 mm. matt print.
Dates:
1961
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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Reverend Streeter’s House, Frere Town, c. 1878-81, 1977
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/9
Scope and Contents
205 x 125 mm. View of John Radford Streeter (c. 1847-?) standing in front of a corrugated iron and thatch house. He was a CMS lay missionary appointed Lay Superintendant in 1878. He is generally remembered for the brutality of his treatment of Africans under his charge and for his attempt to extend the mission’s influence over subjects of the Wali of Mombasa, which drew a rebuke from Sir John Kirk.
Dates:
1977
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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Ribera: new housing, 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/199
Scope and Contents
79 x 80 mm. glossy print and 56 mm. negative.
Dates:
1967
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
Richard Frederick Rainsford collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304AA
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises four small photograph albums and assorted loose photographs. The albums are labelled. The photographs have been grouped together loosely or in envelopes, labelled and arranged by year by R.F. Rainsford's daughter, Mrs Downend, prior to donating the material:1868-1919. Portraits of RFR and family.1910-11. Collection taken during Police work in 1911-13.1918. Kismayu during the Aulihan expedition 1917-1919. 1920. Kisumu jail; Nairobi Police...
Dates:
1840 - 1947
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