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Kenya (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1436 Collections and/or Records:

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Archbishop and Mrs Fisher at St. Paul’s United Theological College near Limura, with Peter Kariuki, cousin of Bishop Kariuki, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/23
Scope and Contents

205 x 152 mm. glossy print.

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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Archbishop at St. Paul’s United Theological College near Limura, talking to Rev. Samuel Mukoro, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/22
Scope and Contents

202 x 153 mm. glossy print.

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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Archbishop Makarios baptising Kenyan children, 1970-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/7
Scope and Contents

Photograph taken during Archbishop Makarios' visit to Kenya.

Dates: 1970-01
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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A.S. Rogers and the Liwali of Lamu, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/73
Scope and Contents

122 x 174 mm. A view showing A.S. Rogers and an Arab, possibly the Liwals of Lamu (see Y30468A/45-46), seated on the ground with a soldier standing behind them.

Dates: 1890 - 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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A.S. Rogers, British Residency Pier, Lamu, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/77
Scope and Contents

122 x 174 mm. A view showing A.S. Rogers and an unidentified figure seated on a bench at the end of a pier, probably at Lamu.

Dates: 1890 - 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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A.S. Rogers’ Residence, Witu, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/74
Scope and Contents

173 x 119 mm. A view looking across a courtyard towards a bungalow on the verandah of which stands an unidentified figure, possibly A.S. Rogers.

Dates: 1890 - 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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Asian shops and residences in Mombasa, 1933 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/23
Scope and Contents

140 x 150 mm. Showing people in a busy street.

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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Asian social welfare in Kenya, 1940 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/53
Scope and Contents

151 x 107 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'Asian Girl Guide units are well established throughout Kenya, and the movement is particularly strong in Nairobi. The Girl Guide Movement is divided between Europeans, Asians, and Africans for linguistic, not racial purposes. The Guides of all races meet together regularly for all kinds of Guide work. This picture shows Brownies (the Junior movement) receiving instruction on knot making'.

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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At Bishop's Court, Mombasa, 1901 or 1902 (same place as wedding reception of T.B.R. and Mrs Westgate given by Mrs Peel), 1901 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/2
Scope and Contents

161 x 118 mm. Group portrait of missionary women and African (? servants). Identified on the reverse are: Mrs Pickthall, Mrs W.C. Peel, Miss Brewer, (?)Mrs English, (?)Miss Gedge, Miss Austin (?Agnes) English, Henrietta Westgate, Mrs Burns, Kathleen Crawford, Agneta Peel.

Dates: 1901 - 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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At M'Kunumbi [i.e. Mkunumbi] the cattle sleep upstairs, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/36
Scope and Contents

A view showing a wooden construction, on stilts, with a ramp leading up to it. A number of animals can be seen within the construction.

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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At the wells. Jelo pours the water into the natural drinking trough, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/401
Scope and Contents

Showing a group of Borans at the wells. The location of this photograph is noted as Garba Tula in the typescript catalogue.

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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Attempt at doing view from our tent door, Railhead Camp, 1900-02-27

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/28
Scope and Contents

'Pouring rain. Cook's shelter under corrugated pent-house.'

Dates: 1900-02-27
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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Augering; the instrument is the starter of a Banker drill, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/19
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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‘B. Jacksoni’, Turquell, 1890-01-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/50
Scope and Contents

152 x 108 mm. (modern print from RGS negative). Showing a recently shot antelope. See Gedge diary for 7th January 1890.

Dates: 1890-01-07
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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Back view of our tents, 1900-02-26

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/27
Scope and Contents

'Attempt at sketching terminus of Uganda railway and our four tents.' The watercolour shows railway sheds and trucks, and identifies which missionaries slept in the individual tents.

Dates: 1900-02-26
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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[Bamboo Forest - Mau Summit], 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/1/25
Scope and Contents

87 x 137 mm.

Dates: 1928
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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Bamboo Forest - Mau Summit (9000 feet), 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/60
Scope and Contents

98 x 139 mm.

Dates: 1928
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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Bamboo Forest, Mt Elgon, 1890-02-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)1/28
Scope and Contents

Showing tall bamboo groves in the forest near Mt Elgon. A print of this picture is not included in the original RCS collection and the Royal Geographical Society possesses a print but no negative.

Dates: 1890-02-22
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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Bank of India, Mombasa early 1900s, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/9
Scope and Contents

203 x 153 mm. General view of the bank premises, a two storey building with arched windows, a pitched and gabled roof and tiled sunshades over the windows of the main façade.

Dates: 1900 - 1910
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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Bantu women at work with hand hoes, 1933 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/36
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. Showing three women working in a field. The caption was originally 'Kakamega women', but Kakamega has been scored out and 'Bantu' written beneath in pencil.

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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Baobab - Makindu landing ground site, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/6/49
Scope and Contents

100 x 135 mm. A large Baobab tree.

Dates: 1925
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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Barracks at Mumias before the Reed Pallisade was put up, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/45
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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Barracks of No. 7 Coy. Mumias, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/57
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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[Bathing party at Clairmont near Nairobi], 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/68
Scope and Contents

76 x 52 mm. The bathers are Carberry, Mrs Carberry, Bentell, Miss Thomas (a friend of Gladstone's) and Tony Gladstone.

Dates: 1928
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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Bathing party at Clairmont near Nairobi, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/1/26
Scope and Contents

84 x 59 mm. The bathers are identified on the back of the photograph as Carberry, Mrs Carberry, Bentell, Miss Thomas (a friend of Gladstone's) and Tony Gladstone.

Dates: 1928
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).