Kenya (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1507 Collections and/or Records:
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Magazine articles, 1885 - 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/5/9
Scope and Contents
This file contains the texts of articles written by Bell, many derived from his diaries. They are listed below:‘The adventures of Futki the white elephant’ (three copies)‘The doom of Saint Pierre’‘Housekeeping in West Africa’‘The improvement of physique in Negroes’‘In a Japanese railway carriage’‘A motor cottage’‘My fishy friends in Nassau’ (three copies)‘My friends the cannibals’ (three copies)‘My friends the cannibals...
Dates:
1885 - 1946
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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Maia Carbery - Nairobi, 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/64
Scope and Contents
127 x 79 mm. Maia Carbery standing in front of the plane 'Miss Propaganda', with a man making an adjustment to the front of the plane.
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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Mail train in the Rift Valley, 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468M/15
Scope and Contents
188 x 244 mm. View from a rise looking down onto a mail train on its way from Uganda to Nairobi. A photograph taken at a similar location to the preceding print, showing the extinct volcano Longonot.
Dates:
1950 - 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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[Maize crop], 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/335
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...
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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[Maize crop], 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/337
Scope and Contents
Showing a European agricultural officer standing in a field of under-nourished maize plants, the result of a lack of proper manuring. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'This is the kind of crop which is all to[o] common in the native reserves. Nothing is being done to restore the fertility of the soil'.
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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Maize growing on a demonstration plot, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/372
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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Makindu landing ground site, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/6/50
Scope and Contents
80 x 50 mm. A general view of the landscape.
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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Makindu landing ground site, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/6/51
Scope and Contents
80 x 55 mm. Showing men stood next to a very large corrugated iron building, which contains some kind of machinery. It may be a well, or a water mill.
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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Malindi, 1951-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/3/331-33
Scope and Contents
Postcards showing the lagoon and Hotel Sindbad.
Dates:
1951-08
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).
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Malindi, 1951-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/3/339-56
Scope and Contents
Views of the village, Lawfords Hotel, the beach, local people, the hospital, post office and railway station.
Dates:
1951-08
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).
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Mangrove swamp, near Mombasa. Our canoe in foreground, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/74
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...
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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[Manure being brought in for sale], 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/339
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'African farmers with any manure surplus to their own requirements find a ready sale for it at the L.N.C. buying centre. The manure being brought in'.
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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[Manure being brought in for sale], 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/340
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'African farmers with any manure surplus to their own requirements find a ready sale for it at the L.N.C. buying centre. The manure being brought in'.
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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[Manuring the land], 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/326
Scope and Contents
Showing a group of women emptying tins of manure onto a plot of land prior to planting.
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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Map of route, 1888 - 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)1/2
Scope and Contents
A map of East Africa and Lake Victoria showing Gedge’s routes on the 1888-90 expedition.
Dates:
1888 - 1891
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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Marakwet girl, 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/51
Scope and Contents
'No. J1' 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).
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Marakwet girl, 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/52
Scope and Contents
'No. J1' 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).
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Marsai, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/160
Scope and Contents
85 x 135 mm. Showing a woman sat on a bench holding a tall wooden or hide instrument or container in her lap.
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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Marsai, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/161
Scope and Contents
55 x 130 mm. Showing a woman wearing large hoop earrings, bead necklaces and metal arm and ankle bracelets.
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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Marsai, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/162
Scope and Contents
90 x 125 mm. Head and shoulders informal portrait of a woman, showing her elaborate earrings and necklaces.
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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Masai, 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/47
Scope and Contents
'384' 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).
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Masai, 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/50
Scope and Contents
'N. 137' 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).
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Masai herdsmen on the Kajiado Plains, 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/75
Scope and Contents
51 x 76 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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[Masai moran at Mianzini], 1889-08-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/11
Scope and Contents
155 x 113 mm. Showing a row of Masai warriors armed with spears, the figure at the left also holding a shield. Gedge’s diary entry for the day records the occasion: ‘In the afternoon took couple of photos of Wanderobbo; gave them dawa in the shape of small bits of paper with a word written on, and a dab of red paint. Had a snooze afterwards.’ Earlier Gedge had described the people: 'The Wanderobbo people, men and women, came freely about the camp. The men are really outlawed Masai, dressed...
Dates:
1889-08-31
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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[Masai moran at Mianzini], 1889-08-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/12
Scope and Contents
160 x 115 mm. (modern print from original negative). A similar but inferior view to Y30468K/11.
Dates:
1889-08-31
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