Kenya (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1502 Collections and/or Records:
Item
The Mosque and Fort, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/31
Scope and Contents
A view showing a fortified building through surrounded by palm trees and other vegetation.
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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The Mosque and Fort, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/33
Scope and Contents
A view showing a man standing on a wall. He appears to be drawing water from a well.
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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The Mosque and Fort, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/35
Scope and Contents
A view showing part of the white-walled buildings. A man can be seen standing on a wall and he appears to be drawing water from a well.
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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The most humorous Toto I have ever seen (the little one), 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/18
Scope and Contents
40 x 65 mm.
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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The other end of trench; boys hauling the rock with a rope, 1934-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/4
Scope and Contents
65 x 40 mm.
Dates:
1934-10
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).
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The 'Outspan' Nyeri, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/168
Scope and Contents
125 x 95 mm.
Dates:
1939 - 1941
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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The pack donkey is a method of transportation which is slowly gaining favour amongst the progressive Kikuyu, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/341
Scope and Contents
Showing pack donkeys loaded with sacks of manure.
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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The pack donkey is a method of transportation which is slowly gaining favour amongst the progressive Kikuyu, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/342
Scope and Contents
Showing pack donkeys loaded with sacks of manure.
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).
File
'The Peregrinations of T.D. Simon', Vol. 2, 1935 - 1956
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304R
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs relating to:
1. Naivasha, Longonot, Osirian, Gilgil, Nanyuki, Mombasa.
2. S.S. ‘Watussi’, London-Mombasa, Oct 1935.
3. M.V. ‘Bloemfontein Castle’; S.S ‘Mantola’, 1950.
4. Vickers Vimy and Fairey III D aircraft, Nairobi, 1930’s.
5. Villagisation, post Mau Mau, Kikuyu, mid 1950’s.
Dates:
1935 - 1956
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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'The Peregrinations of T.D. Simon', Vol. 3, 1930 - 1958
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Y
Scope and Contents
The album illustrates disconnected travels and events during Thomas Simon's first thirty years in Kenya, ending up with his move from Kikuyu to Eldoret in 1955, and the Charter Day celebrations there in 1960. Also included is a return trip to the Victoria Falls, one to the Nagel Dam in Natal, and road trips in Europe in 1958 (included is a typed list of the itinerary: U.K. to Trieste)
Dates:
1930 - 1958
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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The pick up train, Nairobi - Nanyuki section, 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469L/1/11
Scope and Contents
190 x 188 mm. View of the locomotive and train from the left front. A sisal plantation can be seen on the right.
Dates:
1952 - 1964
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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The piper takes a rest, 1933 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/22
Scope and Contents
135 x 190 mm. Showing a man smoking a pipe with a musical instrument on his lap. He wears a headdress made of cowrie shells and hair.
Dates:
1933 - 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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The plough at work. Arap Kipkoske inspans his two oxen, borrows four others and starts on his plantation, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/387
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of Official photographs (Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'The African in this picture set is Arap Kipkoske, a member of the Kipsigis tribe of Kenya. He and his fellow tribesmen are benefitting from the advice and help given them by the Kenya Agricultural Department in developing their land and in trying new methods of production. In this case, the new idea was to plant quick-growing wattle trees, which would give fuel...
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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The principal explains at the work of the school, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/33
Scope and Contents
110 x 75 mm.
Dates:
1933 - 1964
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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The Ravine encampment, British flag flying, CMS encampment below, 1900-03-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/51
Scope and Contents
'Quite lovely scenery, but so little time to draw.'
Dates:
1900-03-11
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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The result of manuring a fine crop of maize, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/334
Scope and Contents
Showing a farmer standing beside his field of maize, the size of the plants indicating the difference made by manuring.
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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The Road to Naivasha, The Rift Valley, 1950-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/3/129-143
Scope and Contents
Views of the road and valley.
Dates:
1950-06
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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The Rusinga deck, 1935 - 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/53
Scope and Contents
54 x 83 mm.
Dates:
1935 - 1936
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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The settlement farmer and his family, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/30
Scope and Contents
110 x 75 mm.
Dates:
1933 - 1964
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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The settlement farmer and his family, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/31
Scope and Contents
110 x 75 mm.
Dates:
1933 - 1964
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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The Sir William Mackinnon Station, Mombasa, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468J/8
Scope and Contents
153 x 201 mm. A view showing the statue of Sir William Mackinnon (1823-1893), President of the Imperial British East Africa Company, which formerly stood in Treasury Square.
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).
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The sliced carrots come down the chute and pass under cover through a steam table before being put on trays for dehydration, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/351
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of Official photographs (Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'One doesn't associate the middle of Africa with green peas, asparagus and new potatoes, but in the highlands of Kenya most English vegetables grow as well as they do at home. This was a useful factor in wartime when vegetables were urgently needed for thousands of troops in both the East Africa Command and the Middle East. Previously, potatoes had been the only...
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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The SS 'Winifred' at Kisumu Pier, 1906 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/150
Scope and Contents
140 x 83 mm. Showing the 'Winifred' ( in service on Lake Victoria from 1903-1936) moored at Kisumu Pier. Kisumu, originally named Port Florence, was the terminal for the Uganda Railway on the eastern shore of Lake Victoria, and from here steamers ferried supplies and passengers across the lake to Entebbe.
Dates:
1906 - 1911
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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The trees have been thinned out on the advice of a Government Instructor, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/391
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of Official photographs (Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'The African in this picture set is Arap Kipkoske, a member of the Kipsigis tribe of Kenya. He and his fellow tribesmen are benefitting from the advice and help given them by the Kenya Agricultural Department in developing their land and in trying new methods of production. In this case, the new idea was to plant quick-growing wattle trees, which would give fuel...
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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The trout stream on the Scholes farm, nr. Naivasha, Kenya, 1934
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/110
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...
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).