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Kenya (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1441 Collections and/or Records:

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Students at Taita Polytechnic, 1971

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/220
Scope and Contents

118 x 80 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1971
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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Students of the first course, Mount Kenya Village Polytechnic, 1969-70, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/170
Scope and Contents

79 x 80 mm. glossy print and 56 mm. 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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Sub Commissioner’s House, Mombasa, built 1897, 1977

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/5
Scope and Contents

154 x 112 mm. Showing the front façade of the house, built in 1897, with the trolley line and two trolleys.

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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Suk Bibis (Kapenjuria [i.e. Kapenguria]), 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/50
Scope and Contents

A head and shoulders panoramic portrait, comprising of two photos, of five Suk women.

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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Suk proud of his yams, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/370
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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Suk Toto, Kapenjuria [i.e. Kapenguria], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/94
Scope and Contents

Full-length portrait showing a young child.

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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[Suk warrior, Turquell], 1889-12-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/48
Scope and Contents

115 x 159 mm. (original negative and modern print). Showing a naked Suk warrior, armed with two spears standing in front of a tent. This warrior is the central figure seen in Y30468K/47.

Dates: 1889-12-29
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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"Suliman", my Cook, Mumias 1899, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/60
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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Sullivan 22 diamond drill; Geita, 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/60
Scope and Contents

77 x 55 mm.

Dates: 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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Sullivan 22 diamond drill; Geita, 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/61
Scope and Contents

77 x 55 mm.

Dates: 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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Sundu Town, Kavirondo, 1889-11 - 1889-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)1/13
Scope and Contents A view looking across an open clearing criss-crossed with paths towards the thatched huts of Chief Mumia’s village. Jackson and Gedge were at Mumia’s from November 7th to December 10th but these photographs are not specifically mentioned. Jackson (in ‘Early Days in East Africa’, p. 252) describes the month at Mumia’s as ‘distinctly monotonous. There was little or nothing to do, and nowhere to walk except down to the river to shoot hippos. There were no trees, and even our firewood had to be...
Dates: 1889-11 - 1889-12
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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Sunshine On Creative and Humanizing Beliefs , 1955 - 1985

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 405/5
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Nine unpublished manuscripts written by the Kenyan journalist Henry Muoria.

Dates: 1955 - 1985
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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Suppose They Did Not Crucify Jesus , 1955 - 1985

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 405/7
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Nine unpublished manuscripts written by the Kenyan journalist Henry Muoria.

Dates: 1955 - 1985
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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Swahilis Sewing. Mumias March 1899, 1899-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045B/48
Scope and Contents

Duplicate of Y3045A/78.

Dates: 1899-03
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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Swimming the "Blighter" across a River near Mumias 1899, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/106
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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‘Table of Expenditure at the Fortress of Mombasa from a MS in the Public Library of Tavora’, 1950 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/9/8
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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Tanganyika: young girl; Uganda: Murchison Falls, Masaka, Entebbe swimming pool, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/1/242-49
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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T.B.R. Westgate and Job Dickson, possibly at Mombasa, 1902, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/259
Scope and Contents

80 x 104 mm. Full length portrait of Westgate standing with the African youth Dickson in front of an ivy trellis. Two copies.

Dates: 1902
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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T.B.R. Westgate, Mombasa, 1917, 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/263
Scope and Contents

100 x 140 mm. Full length portrait in army uniform. Enlarged copy 157 x 208 mm.

Dates: 1917
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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Telegraph station where Sgt Major Keily lives, Uganda Railway, 1900-03-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/39
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

66 watercolours, 150 x 200 mm in size. The captions, 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. Notes provided by H.B. Thomas have been incorporated into the description.

Dates: 1900-03-06
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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Temporary rope incline, Kikuyu Escaprment, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468J/15
Scope and Contents

203 x 157 mm. A duplicate of Y30468J/5.

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 accommodation at the dairy school, 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/35
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 Archbishop of Canterbury’s Tour of Kenya’ (book), 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/36
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The prints listed were chiefly from the files of the Photo Bureau, the majority being mounted on sheets of paper with substantial descriptions, and in many cases the negative attached. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

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

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s visit to East Africa 1955, 1955-05

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

Dr Geoffrey Fisher visited Uganda and Kenya in May 1955. Print copies of the glass negatives (except for CMS 18/11) as well as additional images of the visit may be found at CMS 12/2.

Dates: 1955-05
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 auger is full and is being emptied into a Karai or head pan, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/23
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).