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Kenya (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1441 Collections and/or Records:

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'Whats the news?['] A Police camel section visit a Boran encampment during a patrol, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/406
Scope and Contents

Showing the camel patrol entering the settlement of circular thatched huts.

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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Wheat did well in the cooler parts of the District, Mr Chaundy standing by a stook, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/376
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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‘William Mackinnon’ slip-way, 1900, 1977

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/20
Scope and Contents

202 x 115 mm. Showing the slip-way, a wooden track resting on stone bedding, entering Lake Victoria at Port Florence [Kisumu]. Photograph by Benjamin Whitehouse

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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Witu, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/30
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204 x 141 mm. A view looking across an open square towards a flagpole and long thatched buildings. The building at the right (in front of which stands an armed soldier) is probably a barracks.

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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Witu, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/31
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201 x 140 mm. A view looking along an unsurfaced street towards a well, with thatched houses at the left of the print.

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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Woman who took refuge in Kahuhia Mission after maltreatment by Mau Mau, 1952 - 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/63a
Scope and Contents

153 x 98 mm. glossy print with 111 x 150 mm. copy.

Dates: 1952 - 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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Women at Kisii festival, 1933 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/14
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. Showing a group of women each wearing a headdress. There are many spectators in the background.

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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[Women dancing at Kisii festival], 1933 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/12
Scope and Contents

200 x 145 mm. Showing women with sticks dancing, probably at Kisii festival.

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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[Women dancing at Kisii festival], 1933 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/13
Scope and Contents

200 x 145 mm. Showing women dancing, probably at Kisii festival.

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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Women wear beaded aprons of goatskin, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/140
Scope and Contents

A full-length photograph of a Turkana woman.

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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Wrestlers, 1933 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/19
Scope and Contents

150 x 205 mm. Showing two men wrestling. There is a very large crowd of spectators some distance away.

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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[Wrestlers], 1933 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/20
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. Showing two men wrestling. There is a very large crowd of spectators some distance away.

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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[Wrestlers], 1933 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/21
Scope and Contents

160 x 120 mm. Showing two men wrestling. There is a very large crowd of spectators some distance away.

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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[Young girl], 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/181
Scope and Contents

30 x 55 mm. Showing a young girl wearing many necklaces and arm and leg bands.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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Young man playing guitar, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/122
Scope and Contents

138 x 210 mm. glossy print with copy.

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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Young Suk taking planting material from a demonstration plot for planting in their own fields, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/380
Scope and Contents

An ink annotation on the reverse reads 'Return to E.O. Horne. Rag. Gathampton. Yeovil. Somerset. England'.

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).