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Kenya (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1507 Collections and/or Records:

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Cave in Mt Elgon showing stream of water falling in front, 1890-02-24

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/72
Scope and Contents

155 x 113 mm. A view looking towards the cave mouth where two Africans stand, with lush vegetation on the hillside in the foreground.

Dates: 1890-02-24
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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Cavern looking out into forest, 1890-02-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)1/27
Scope and Contents

A view looking out from the mouth of the cave towards the dense forest with Jackson and the guide standing at the left. This appears to be the same cave seen in Y30468K/67. Duplicate of Y30468K/68.

Dates: 1890-02-20
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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Central Office of Information photograph collection

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI
Scope and Contents The collection comprises twenty-three boxes of photographs and thirty boxes plus one file of negatives. The majority of photographs are of Heads of Government, meetings and other conferences held in the U.K; conferences leading to constitutional progress and, in most cases, independence, of individual countries; visitors from overseas including those training in the U.K; and organisations, exhibitions etc., in the U.K. relating to the Commonwealth. Most were taken by COI...
Dates: 1948 - 1987
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Ceremonial boat moored at British Residency Pier, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/28
Scope and Contents

168 x 118 mm. A similar view to Y30468A/24, but with a larger number of spectators gathered on the waterfront.

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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Ceremonial boat off Lamu, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/27
Scope and Contents

166 x 121 mm. An indistinct close-up showing the crowded ceremonial boat described in Y30468A/19.

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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Ceremonial boat off Lamu (?1901), 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/42
Scope and Contents

166 x 119 mm. A blurred print showing the ceremonial boat lying off the British Residency Pier at Lamu. See Y30468A/16.

Dates: 1901
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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Ceremonial launch moored at Residency Pier, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/24
Scope and Contents

167 x 121 mm. A view showing the ceremonial launch moored at the British Residency Pier with the Residency buildings 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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Ceremonial launch off Lamu, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/19
Scope and Contents

166 x 118 mm. A view showing the ceremonial launch, crowded with people and flying the Zanzibar flag from bow and stern. Gaily patterned cloth hangs from the awning above the passengers’ heads.

Dates: 1901
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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Ceremonial launch off Lamu, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/22
Scope and Contents

165 x 121 mm. A view looking along the Lamu waterfront towards the British Residency pier and showing the ceremonial launch and other boats lying just off from the pier.

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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Ceremonial launch off Lamu, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/23
Scope and Contents

167 x 122 mm. A similar view to Y30468A/22, but with the launch nearer the Pier and with the British Residency visible 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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Ceremonial visit to Lamu, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/16
Scope and Contents 166 x 116 mm. A view looking along the Lamu waterfront towards the British Residency where crowds are gathered on the beach to watch the arrival of a boat at the Residency pier. The occasion and date have not been identified, but since both the boat and the Residency are flying the Zanzibar flag, it is likely that this is a visit by the Sultan (Y30468A/18-20, 22-28 and 42-43 also deal with the same event). Sultan Hamoud bin Mahomed (Sultan 1896-1902) visited Lamu for a holiday from...
Dates: 1901
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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Chain Gang Party. Mumias 1899, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/71
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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Chain Gang Prisoners No. VII Coy. Mumias 1899, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045B/29
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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Channel which separates Manda Island from mainland, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/37
Scope and Contents

A view showing a man sitting in a sailing boat with the channel in the background.

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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Chief Paul Kiratu with rifle and Bible, 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/229
Scope and Contents

113 x 155 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1953
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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[Chopping up maize stalks for compost], 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/331
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Having seen the advantages of manuring many Africans are producing their own compost. This boy is chopping up maize stalks, which will be trampled and rendered into useful compost in the cattle boma [enclosure]. A few years agp[sic] it was the parctic[sic] to burn the stalks or feed them to their cattle'.

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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Christian Industrial Training Centre: Colin Randle demonstrates calculation of specific gravity, 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/179
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1967
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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Christian Industrial Training Centre, Pumwani: carpentry class, 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/186
Scope and Contents

79 x 80 mm. glossy print and 56 mm. negative with 152 x 109 mm. copy

Dates: 1958
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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Christian Industrial Training Centre, Pumwani: Colin Randle demonstrates calculation of specific gravity, 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/180
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1967
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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Christian Industrial Training Centre, Pumwani: dress making class learning to pleat a skirt, 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/185
Scope and Contents

79 x 80 mm. glossy print and 56 mm. negative with two copies.

Dates: 1958
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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Christian Industrial Training Centre, Pumwani: interviewing boy applying for bursary, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/125
Scope and Contents

131 x 130 mm. glossy print.

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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Christian Industrial Training Centre, Pumwani: interviewing boy applying for bursary, 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/181
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1967
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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Christian Industrial Training Centre, Pumwani: Mr Geoffrey Sykes instructing boys in sign writing, 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/188
Scope and Contents

155 x 108 mm. glossy print with copy and 70 x 47 mm. negative.

Dates: 1958
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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Christian Industrial Training Centre, Pumwani: R.A. Elliot of New Zealand demonstrating use of the set square, 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/178
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1967
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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Christian Industrial Training Centre, Pumwani: Rev. Charles Tett instructing, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/183
Scope and Contents

104 x 101 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1963
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).