Kenya (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1507 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Ferns overhanging the Ngare Davash R. in Mau Forest, 1889-09-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/20
Scope and Contents
113 x 155 mm. A view looking along a narrow gorge on the river with various kinds of fern growing on the rock face on either bank. A photograph taken on the same occasion as Y30468K/18 and Y30468K/19.
Dates:
1889-09-29
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Ernest Gedge Collection
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Festival at Kisii, 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/5
Scope and Contents
200 x 145 mm. Showing a group of men wearing large feathered headdresses, others have drums. There are many spectators in the background.
Dates:
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).
Fonds
F.G. Banks photographs
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011ZZ
Scope and Contents
The photographs are housed at RCMS 167. Captions are from information supplied by H.B. Thomas and C.R.S. Pitman.
Dates:
1880 - 1952
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Fig Tree Bend, Kibiri railway, 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/45
Scope and Contents
65 x 40 mm.
Dates:
1935
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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Final Day of Kenya Conference, 1960-02-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/267
Scope and Contents
150 x 205 mm. Mr. Ngala, Chairman of the African Nationalist Group speaking on the final day of the Kenya Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House, London.
Dates:
1960-02-21
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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[Fire damage], 1933 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/31
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. Showing billowing smoke. The caption continues: 'Uncontrolled fires in the dry season do much to destroy trees and other natural vegetation leaving the land bare and liable to erosion when the heavy rains begin.
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).
File
First African mission, 1928-01 - 1928-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7
Scope and Contents
Photographs taken in Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Dates:
1928-01 - 1928-08
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).
File
First African survey, 1925
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/6
Scope and Contents
Photographs taken in Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
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).
File
First Camp at European School: Eldoret and Nandis on school road, 1942
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/1/1-8
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.
Dates:
1942
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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First sight of Kilimanjaro, 1900-02-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/26
Scope and Contents
'Uganda Railway, (British flag) while the rest were at breakfast.'
Dates:
1900-02-24
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Mombasa to Mengo
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First sight of Mombasa, no time for colour, 1900-02-13
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/19
Scope and Contents
An uncoloured pencil sketch of part of the waterfront, probably from the Old Harbour, and showing the Customs House and landing stages.
Dates:
1900-02-13
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Mombasa to Mengo
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Fish and firewood markets, 1900 - 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Monochrome postcard views of Mombasa. Published by D. Evaristo Coutinho and the Swift Press.
Dates:
1900 - 1909
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).
Item
[Fishing], 1934
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/109
Scope and Contents
Showing a man, possibly Ray Scholes, standing on a river bank fishing. Near Naivasha, Kenya.
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).
Item
Five years later Arap Kipkoske has a fine plantation, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/392
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'He is going to build a new house, cuts building poles'.
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).
Item
F.J. J[ackson] ‘collecting’, Mau Forest, 1889-10-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/22
Scope and Contents
113 x 155 mm. A view looking across a river and makeshift bridge with Jackson standing on the farther side at the edge of thick forest holding a butterfly net. Gedge’s diary for the day records: ‘Went down in the morning with J to the river. Took my butterfly net and camera. Caught some new butterflies and took a photo’.
Dates:
1889-10-01
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Ernest Gedge Collection
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F.J.J. and buffalo, Turquell, 1890-01-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/61
Scope and Contents
155 x 113 mm. Showing Jackson crouching gun in hand next to the dead buffalo. This photograph is not mentioned in Gedge’s diary but on January 20th both he and Jackson shot bull buffaloes and the background scenery of the photograph resembles that seen in Y30468K/60. The following day Gedge’s diary records that he was ‘busy… skinning birds and washing photos’; these are probably the pictures referred to. See also LS/23.
Dates:
1890-01-20
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Ernest Gedge Collection
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Flamingoes, Lake Nakuru - Kenya, 1960 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/43
Scope and Contents
'107' 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).
Item
Forest, 1935
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/36
Scope and Contents
65 x 40 mm.
Dates:
1935
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).
Item
Forest destruction in the West Suk hills. Abandoned fields with a few trees surviving, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/362
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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Forest on Mt Elgon, 1890-02-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/71
Scope and Contents
155 x 113 mm. A view looking out over dense wooded hillside. See note to Y30468K/70.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Ernest Gedge Collection
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Former Port Health Office, Mombasa, 1976
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/6
Scope and Contents
107 x 71 mm. A photograph taken in 1976 showing the verandahed exterior.
Dates:
1976
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).
Item
Fort Hall Martyrs' Memorial Church, with congregation outside, 1958
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/43
Scope and Contents
152 x 110 mm. glossy print with copy and 56 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).
Item
Fort Hall Memorial Church, May 1957, 1957
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/40
Scope and Contents
156 x 109 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1957
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).
Fonds
Francis Hall collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468U
Scope and Contents
Five loose prints, 165 x 110 mm, which are modern copies by Payne Jenkins of Tunbridge Wells of originals owned by B. Foster Hall, nephew of Francis Hall.These photographs, though of indifferent quality, are of interest as portraying some of the early Europeans in East Africa.Francis George Hall (1860-1901) travelled widely in Africa in the 1880s. In 1892, he entered the service of the Imperial British East Africa Company, and for the rest of his life was an employee of the...
Dates:
1950 - 1970
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Item
Frere Town Boys’ School, an early mission school, 1940 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/44a
Scope and Contents
205 x 143 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1940 - 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).