Kenya (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1436 Collections and/or Records:
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[An adult literacy class in North Nyanza], 1933 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/63
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm.
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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[An adult literacy class in North Nyanza], 1933 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/63A
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm.
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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[An adult literacy class in North Nyanza], 1933 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/63B
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm.
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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An African baby is weighed to check up on his progress, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/416
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'For ten years Sister Smith, qualified nurse and health visitor trained at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, has made the journey every morning from her home at Muthaiga on the outskirts of Nairobi Makongeni six miles out on the plain. Sister Smith sees the ante-natal cases in the morning of whom there may be twenty or more. She has a chat with them about...
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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An African farmer turns over his compost heap, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/333
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...
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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An agricultural demonstration plot in the West Suk district during the dry season showing the contour ridges on which are planted sweet potatoes, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/365
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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An agricultural demonstration plot in the West Suk district during the dry season showing the contour ridges on which are planted sweet potatoes, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/366
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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An agricultural instructor superintends the job of sprwading[sic] the manure and digging it into the fields, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/329
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...
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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An exceptionally shady camp, for Turkana, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/139
Scope and Contents
Showing two men in pith helmets seated in the shade of some trees.
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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An instructor of the Department of Agriculture, Kenya, 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/2
Scope and Contents
145 x 200 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of a man in uniform (the letters 'AD' are stitched into his shirt) writing in a notebook.
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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[An instructor of the Department of Agriculture, Kenya], 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/3
Scope and Contents
145 x 200 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of a man in uniform with the letters 'AD' stitched into his shirt.
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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[An instructor of the Department of Agriculture, Kenya], 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/3A
Scope and Contents
145 x 200 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of a man in uniform with the letters 'AD' stitched into his shirt.
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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[An instructor of the Department of Agriculture, Kenya], 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/4
Scope and Contents
90 x 150 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of a man in uniform with the letters 'AD' stitched into his shirt.
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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An old Suk standing beside his well-bearing banana tree, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/371
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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Ankole cattle, 1933 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/46
Scope and Contents
120 x 80 mm. View of a herd of long horned cattle.
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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Another dowh on the lake, 1935 - 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/58
Scope and Contents
55 x 82 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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Another example of the fine crop obtained by using manure, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/336
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...
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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Antelope Grantii, 1890-01-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)1/20
Scope and Contents
Showing a recently shot antelope. See Gedge's diary for 6th January 1890. Duplicate of Y30468K/49.
Dates:
1890-01-06
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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Antrycide field tests in Africa, 1948-01 - 1949-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/54
Scope and Contents
206 x 152 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'Fabianus Ochira, a 19 years old Jaluo from Kisumu, taking a speck of blood from an ear of a test beast for a blood slide'. The test is for sleeping sickness. The caption continues, at considerable length, to outline the programme of tests.
Dates:
1948-01 - 1949-01
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).
File
Appeal judgement on the land claims of the three tribes of Mombasa by Bonham-Carter; 1913, 1950 - 1970
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/10/20
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.
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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Approaching Kedowa, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468J/43
Scope and Contents
205 x 157 mm A duplicate of Y30468I/21.
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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Approaching the wells in a dry river bed near Garba Tulla [i.e. Garba Tula], 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/395
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of Official photographs (Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'Though Kenya is more usually associated with the green pastures, cool glades and ice-cold streams of its lovely highlands, the Northern Frontier Province has all the ingredients of the desert.The scattered nomad population of wandering Hamites move from one grazing ground to another with their precious flocks and herds. Miles of low thorn bush are empty save...
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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Arap Kipkoske and a helper thatch the house he has built from the trees planted only five years ago, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/393
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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Arap Kipkoske gathers wattle seed ready for planting, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/388
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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Arap Kipkoske tending his young trees, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/390
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).