Scope and Contents

242 x 192 mm. Showing Omar Al-Kazin preparing a strobe-scopic flaw detector in the electrical work shop.

Scope and Contents

Views of the control tower, events and prize giving.

Scope and Contents

Monochrome postcards (original photographs) showing Masai tribesmen and scenes in Kenya. Photograph by S. Skulina. On the reverse of each postcard is printed 'Edition : 'Africa in Pictures'.

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous monochrome postcards issued by various publishers, largely unknown.

Scope and Contents

Monochrome postcard views of Mombasa. Published by D. Evaristo Coutinho and the Swift Press.

Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'There are numbers of these vegetable buying centres, serving these two hydrating factories. They function on different days and word is sent round as to which type of vegetable is required for the next buying day'.

Scope and Contents 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...

Scope and Contents

79 x 80 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.

Scope and Contents

Album.

Scope and Contents

155 x 110 mm. Showing men stomping on produce in large stone wells.

Scope and Contents

An album of professional collodio-chloride photographs showing scenes of Mombasa.

Scope and Contents

A file containing notes, sketches, newspaper cuttings, correspondence and photographs related to non-literary projects Bell envisaged (circa 40 sheets).

Scope and Contents 1. Sixth Coronation Safari 1958 Official Programme.2. Pamphlet issued by Ruargh Findlay Development Corporation advertising planned Ruargh Hill development near Johannesburg (published c. 1950).3. Small informational booklet for Braemar Castle ship passengers, ‘Ports of Call and Places of Interest on the Voyage round Africa’, marked ‘H. Dobinson Cabin No. 50.’4. Capt. Chas Slack, ‘Introduction to Swahili’ (London 1891), marked J. Henry Vanstone.5. B.J....

Scope and Contents

Offprints, drafts and research notes of articles Gray published in ‘Uganda Journal’, ‘Tanganyika notes and records’ and other periodicals.

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...

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...

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.

Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'They are kept there for three and a half hours at a temperature of 160°F'.

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...

Scope and Contents

155 x 113 mm. Showing the River Angolul entering the steeply sided rocky gorge with a small group of Suk warriors standing at the water’s edge, ‘Went down again to the river and walked along its bed in the water until it finally enters a deep rocky gorge which stopped us for good. Camped on its right bank among some trees.’

Scope and Contents

113 x 155 mm. A view looking along a gorge in the river with woodland on either bank.

Scope and Contents

155 x 113 mm. A view looking along the flooded river with thick forest on either bank. After a wearisome march through dense undergrowth Jackson and Gedge reached the river and ‘the sun coming out went and took a couple of photos of the river and gorge.’ LS/9.

Scope and Contents

77 x 52 mm. An area of open land with lines of fencing, possibly a racecourse.

Scope and Contents From the File:

Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.

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.