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Kenya (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1507 Collections and/or Records:

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Mombasa Station on the Uganda Railway, Kenya

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/15
Scope and Contents

76 x 50 mm. View looking along the line, with a locomotive on the track on the right.

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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Mombasa, Theodore Roosevelt’s departure up, country, 1909-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/93
Scope and Contents

138 x 73 mm. Showing Theodore Roosevelt, Sir Frederick Jackson, F.C. Selous and C. Sandiford (Uganda Railway employee) seated above the cowcatcher on a railway locomotive about to depart from Mombasa. Sidney Hinde stands at the left of the print.

Dates: 1909-04
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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Mombasa to Malindi, 1951-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/3/334-38
Scope and Contents

Views of the bus, its passengers, the Mtwapa Ferry and the Kilifi Post Office.

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).
 Fonds

Mombasa to Mengo

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

66 watercolours, 150 x 200 mm in size. The captions, 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. Notes provided by H.B. Thomas have been incorporated into the description.

Dates: 1900-01 - 1900-03-31
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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Mombasa workmen early 1900s, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/6
Scope and Contents

161 x 117 mm. Group portrait of African labourers posed with axes, picks, baskets and other tools.

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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Monkey & Dog, Mumias 1899, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045B/30
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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Monkey & dog, Mumias, 1899, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045B/32
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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Morning shave on the roof of Government House, Faza, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/24
Scope and Contents

A view showing a man, presumably Powell, shaving on the roof of a building.

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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Moses. Mumias 1899, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045B/36
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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Mosque, Mumias, Nyanza Province, Kenya, 1933 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/65
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

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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Most Rev. Leonard Beecher, Archbishop of Kenya, with Lay Reader outside Malindi Church, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/99a
Scope and Contents

152 x 110 mm. glossy print with copy.

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).
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Mount Elgon, 1952 - 1957

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 150/5/1/19
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding ascents.

Dates: 1952 - 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).
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Mount Kenya [i.e. Kirinyaga], 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/167
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm. A view of the mountain in the far distance.

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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Mount Kenya [i.e. Kirinyaga] from Timau, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/172
Scope and Contents

95 x 100 mm. A view looking through the trees and over a low stone wall at the mountain in the far distance.

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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[Mountain in Kenya], 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/62
Scope and Contents

79 x 55 mm. A view of the top of a mountain, probably in Kenya.

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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Mountain stream, Mau Escarpment, 1889-09-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/14
Scope and Contents

113 x 155 mm. Showing a stream among dense woodland on the Mau Escarpment. Gedge’s diary entry for September 18th describes this and the following print: ‘At 8.15 descended into a well wooded gorge between the hills with a stream trawling over the stones at the bottom. The scenery was beautiful. Took a couple of photos and then had breakfast.’

Dates: 1889-09-18
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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Mountain stream, Mau Escarpment, 1889-09-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/15
Scope and Contents

113 x 155 mm. A view similar to Y30468K/14 and taken on the same occasion.

Dates: 1889-09-18
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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Mr and Mrs Maina, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/160
Scope and Contents

208 x 136 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1970
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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Mr Cyril Hooper with Ben Nyahu, a leading teacher, 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/227
Scope and Contents

115 x 112 mm. glossy print and 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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Mr J. Martin’s House in Ravine Boma, 1898, 1977

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/12
Scope and Contents

138 x 94 mm. A thatched two storey building in the open square with a flagpole in front.
For Jimmy Martin, see Y30468M. Photography by Benjamin A. 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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Mr Laban Maina, Director of the village polytechnic, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/158
Scope and Contents

208 x 136 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1970
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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Mr. Laban Maina, Naro Moru Village Polytechnic Director, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/173
Scope and Contents

117 x 80 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.

Dates: 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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Mr Lloyd's cook heating water for tea, railhead camp, 1900-02-27

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/30
Scope and Contents

'In blue jersey provided by Government for march up.'

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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Mr Maina and Rev. M. Lapage, Naro Moru, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/174
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 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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Mr Maina with his family, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/159
Scope and Contents

208 x 136 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1970
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).