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Kenya (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1441 Collections and/or Records:

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Roadside planting of sweet potatoes, 1948 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/1/7
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Showing women planting sweet potato cuttings on either side of a road.

Dates: 1948 - 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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Roadside planting of sweet potatoes, 1948 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/1/8
Scope and Contents

210 x 155 mm. Showing sweet potato seedlings growing beside a road.

Dates: 1948 - 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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[Roadside planting of sweet potatoes], 1948 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/1/9
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. Showing dug earth beside the road.

Dates: 1948 - 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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[Roadside stop], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/103
Scope and Contents

Showing a man looking underneath a car with another man and woman looking on. The caption reads: 'Ray and Audrey Scholes and Johnnie Nimmo between Naivasha and Njoro'.

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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Roadsides used to grow sweet potatoes, 1948 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/1/6
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. The caption continues 'Thus providing more food for the people and propagating improved varieties for distribution of planting material.'

Dates: 1948 - 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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Robin Slade visits Maasai home, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/57
Scope and Contents

Glossy 56 mm. contact print with negative.

Dates: 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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Robin Slade with a Maasai farmer and cattle at Isinya, 1973

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/60
Scope and Contents

Glossy 56 mm. contact print with negative.

Dates: 1973
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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Room in the British Residency, Lamu, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/83
Scope and Contents

913 x 147 mm. A view showing a room in the Residency with gazelle horns and spears on the walls, chairs and a sofa against the wall and a central table.

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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Royal Technical College, Nairobi, 1940 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/51
Scope and Contents

153 x 117 mm. General exterior view.

Dates: 1940 - 1959
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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Royal Visit, 1952-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/3/357-74
Scope and Contents

Views of the celebrations including Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip's visits to the headquarters of the Kenya Regiment, All Saints' Cathedral and Government House.

Dates: 1952-02
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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Rt. Rev. Neville Langford-Smith, Assistant Bishop of Mombasa, consecrated 24 Aug. 1960, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/119
Scope and Contents

108 x 155 mm. glossy print with copy.

Dates: 1960
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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Safari to Molo in the Kenya Highlands: [Barron standing beside sign indicating the equator], 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/114
Scope and Contents

55 x 50 mm.

Dates: 1955
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).
 Sub-sub-class

Safari to Molo in the Kenya Highlands: stuck in the mud on the way home, the Kenya roads during the rainy season, 1955

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/117-18
Scope and Contents

55 x 50 mm.

Dates: 1955
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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Safari to Molo in the Kenya Highlands: two African girls at Molo, notice the bangles around their ankles, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/115
Scope and Contents

55 x 50 mm.

Dates: 1955
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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Safari to Molo in the Kenya Highlands: we cross the equator once more, this time at 9.030 & it was chilly, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/113
Scope and Contents

55 x 50 mm.

Dates: 1955
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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Salisbury Bridge, Macupa, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468J/12
Scope and Contents

200 x 153 mm. A duplicate of Y30468G/24.

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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Samburu dancers, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/34
Scope and Contents

'Africa in Pictures' and '86' printed on the reverse.

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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[Sausage tree - Kigelia aethiopica], 1933 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/33
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 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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Sausage tree (Kigelia aethiopica), West Kenya, 1933 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/32
Scope and Contents

160 x 205 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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Scene from Shimba Mission House near Mombasa

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/16
Scope and Contents

149 x 102 mm. View looking over lightly wooded valleys and hills.

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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Scene of R. Angolul, Turquell, 1880-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/54
Scope and Contents

108 x 152 mm. (modern print from RGS negative). View of woodland scenery on the River Angolul.

Dates: 1880-01
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).
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Scene on Guaso Nyiro R., Mau Forest, 1889-09-26

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/17
Scope and Contents 155 x 113 mm. A view looking upstream towards a small waterfall on the River Guaso Nyiro with overhanging vegetation on either bank. Gedge’s diary states: ‘Started as usual at 7. Thick forest walking bad Progress v. slow. Road up and down steep gorges. Got to the Guaso Nyiro about 2 hrs from the start … took some photos of the waterfall up above…[Later] developed photos and turned in.’ The next day however, ‘My photo box containing chemicals, etc. went trundling gaily away downhill by...
Dates: 1889-09-26
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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Scene on R. Angolul, Turquell, 1890-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/56
Scope and Contents

112 x 154 mm. A view looking downstream along the river with thick woodland and scrub on the riverbank.

Dates: 1890-01
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).
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School in Maseno (?), 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 27/14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions from K.H. Buxton, who is probably Kathleen Hannah Buxton (1905-1999), daughter of Reverend Leonard Buxton, the Vicar of North Mimms, Hertfordshire.

Dates: 1937
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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Schoolboys budding Citrus, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/385
Scope and Contents

The typescript catalogue locates this photograph at 'Kapenguris [?Kapenguria] school farm, West Suk'.

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).