Kenya (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1507 Collections and/or Records:
Item
My house, my kitchen, the askari and headmens' hut, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/13
Scope and Contents
60 x 50 mm.
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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My house, my kitchen, the askari and headmens' hut, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/14
Scope and Contents
60 x 50 mm.
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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My Office and Store Room at Mumias 1899, 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/44
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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My Orderly, Somali-wad-Hassan, Mumias 1899, 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/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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N. Wedmore with children at Naro Moru, 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/162
Scope and Contents
79 x 80 mm. glossy print and 56 mm. negative.
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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Nairobi, 1950-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/3/74-110
Scope and Contents
Views of the City Charter celebrations, including the procession and ceremony, and the Post Office, Parcel Office, BEAC Building and law courts.
Dates:
1950-03
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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Nairobi, 1950 - 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/3/239-76
Scope and Contents
Views include the mosque, Post Office, city centre, Stanley Hotel, town hall, Macmillan Library, city park, Barclays Bank, new Post Office, 1952 floods, Masonic Hall, East African Railways and Harbours Offices, and bus shelter.
Dates:
1950 - 1952
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
Nairobi and Kenya scenes, 1940
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/3/2
Scope and Contents
A 16mm, black-and-white and colour cinefilm, without sound. According to a note kept with the cinefilm (which appears to have been written subsequently, in 1986 by the cataloguer), the first 4min 38sec of the film is probably set in Nairobi, and the mountain seen in subsequent parts of the film is Mt. Kenya. The writing on the film can says 'Kenya 1940, Nairobi, Nyeri, Rift Valley, Karema 13'.0 - 5sec. [Black-and-white] Man seated at a desk positioned ouside by a road.5sec -...
Dates:
1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
With the exception of RCMS 20/3/1, the cinefilms may be viewed online with the University of Cambridge Streaming Media Service at:
http://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/1532657
For copyright reasons, researchers wishing to view RCMS 20/3/1, (Colonial Cinemagazine 29, Colonial Film Unit, 1950) should make an appointment with the RCS Librarian to view the film in Cambridge University Library. Email:
rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk.
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Nairobi Cathedral, 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/126
Scope and Contents
153 x 98 mm. glossy print with 72 x 47 mm. negative.
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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Nairobi from Kikuyu Road, 1902 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/23
Scope and Contents
150 x 209 mm. A view looking across meadowland towards the flat plain on which the bungalows of the settlement can be seen. Before railhead reached Nairobi in May 1899 there was no permanent population in the area, but with the decision to make Nairobi the headquarters for railway engineer work the town quickly grew. Photograph by William D Young.
Dates:
1902 - 1904
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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Nairobi Hill, 1902 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/24
Scope and Contents
206 x 153 mm. A view looking along a road towards the scattered bungalows on Nairobi Hill. Photograph by William D Young.
Dates:
1902 - 1904
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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Nairobi-Mbgathi Road aerodrome site, 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/135
Scope and Contents
152 x 108 mm. Zebras on a plain.
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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Nairobi-Mbgathi Road aerodrome site, 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/140
Scope and Contents
151 x 107 mm. A car parked on a plain.
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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[Nairobi-Mbgathi Road aerodrome site], 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/1/36
Scope and Contents
85 x 59 mm. A car parked on a plain.
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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Nairobi-Mbgathi Road new aerodrome site, 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/132
Scope and Contents
152 x 108 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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Nairobi National Park, 1950-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/3/111-120
Scope and Contents
Views of animals including some postcards as well as the Dobinsons’ own photographs.
Dates:
1950-04
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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Nairobi - Ngong Road, 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/71
Scope and Contents
76 x 51 mm. An overturned vehicle.
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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Nairobi (Ngong Road) aerodrome, 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/66
Scope and Contents
78 x 53 mm. Three men, identified in the caption as Heufl(?), Carbery and Cobham, standing next to a 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).
Item
Nairobi railway station, 1900 - 1934
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/390
Scope and Contents
206 x 153 mm.
Dates:
1900 - 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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Nairobi Railway Store, 1898, 1977
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/13
Scope and Contents
111 x 78 mm. The long thatched building which served as a Uganda railway store when Nairobi was selected as the half-way point of the line to Lake Victoria. 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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Nairobi to Dar es Salaam. Second crash, 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/112
Scope and Contents
133 x 77 mm. A parked car with a damaged front.
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).
Item
Naivasha, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/156
Scope and Contents
125 x 90 mm. Showing a group having a picnic. Naivasha Lake is visible in the 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).
Item
Naivasha, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/157
Scope and Contents
125 x 95 mm. General landscape, with trees in the foreground.
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).
Item
Naivasha, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/158
Scope and Contents
135 x 80 mm. A view of a lake (the Naivasha Lake?) and land beyond.
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).
Item
Naivasha, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/159
Scope and Contents
65 x 80 mm. Showing a woman wearing loops of chains hanging from her ears and large circular earrings.
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).