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Kenya (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1502 Collections and/or Records:

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Old Town from Fort Jesus, c. 1897-1898, 1977

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/3
Scope and Contents

153 x 112 mm. Indistinct print better photographed in Y30468/4.

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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On Mombasa Harbour, 1900 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/13
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Monochrome postcard views of Mombasa. Published by D. Evaristo Coutinho and the Swift Press.

Dates: 1900 - 1939
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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On Mombasa Harbour, 1900 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Monochrome postcard views of Mombasa. Published by D. Evaristo Coutinho and the Swift Press.

Dates: 1900 - 1939
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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On Mombasa Harbour, 1900 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/15
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Monochrome postcard views of Mombasa. Published by D. Evaristo Coutinho and the Swift Press.

Dates: 1900 - 1939
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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On Mount Kenya [i.e. Kirinyaga], 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/173
Scope and Contents

125 x 125 mm. A view of the woods.

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

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/174
Scope and Contents

125 x 95 mm. General view of the surrounding landscape.

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

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/175
Scope and Contents

95 x 75 mm. General view of the surrounding landscape.

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

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/176
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm. A view of the woods.

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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On safari in Turkana. Loading up the camels, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/407
Scope and Contents

An ink annotation on the reverse reads 'Return to E.O. Horne Savage Club London S.W.1'.

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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On the Angolul River, Turquell, 1890-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/55
Scope and Contents

155 x 113 mm. A view looking along a quiet tree-shaded stretch of the Angolul River.

Dates: 1890-01
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).
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On the distribution of Filaria perstans in Uganda and elsewhere in tropical Africa, 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/4/8
Scope and Contents

Two annotated copies of a report by Christy discussing the findings of his research, including charts of data and a map.

Dates: 1903
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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On the Equator, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/182
Scope and Contents

50 x 50 mm. Showing Mrs Hebbert sat in a parked car next to a sign which reads 'The Equator: Northern Hemisphere: Southern Hemisphere.

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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On the Kibale to Rutcheru road, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/191
Scope and Contents

130 x 90 mm. A view from a high elevation of a village. Around the huts are small patches of land, cleared for cultivation.

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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On the Kibale to Rutcheru road, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/192
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm. General view of the landscape.

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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On the Kibale to Rutcheru road, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/193
Scope and Contents

100 x 90 mm. Showing the road winding through a valley.

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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On the Kibale to Rutcheru road, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/194
Scope and Contents

50 x 110 mm. Showing a young man with a spear leaning against a rock.

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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On the Kibale to Rutcheru road, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/195
Scope and Contents

100 x 80 mm. General view of the landscape.

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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On the Suk mountains, and a Suk road gang, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/127
Scope and Contents

Showing a number of people by a roadside with a car about to pass them.

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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On the West of Mount Kenya, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/184
Scope and Contents

95 x 80 mm. Showing six young girls wearing dark robes.

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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One of our porters: his tent is wound round his head, 1900-03-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/56
Scope and Contents

'His pink sleeping blanket knotted round his neck.'

Dates: 1900-03-14
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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Onions growing in the school vegetable garden, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/383
Scope and Contents

An ink annotation on the reverse reads 'Return to E.O. Horne. Rag Gathampton. Yeovil. Somerset'.

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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Onions roped ready for storing, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/375
Scope and Contents

Showing an African with two ropes of Early Hunter River onions strung on a pole over his shoulder. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'I tried 35 varieties in 1932, and found two did well in West Suk, Yellow Bermuda - a flat onion, and Early Hunter River - a round onion see in picture'.

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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Opening up new land - oxen pulling a harrow on which are placed some logs to keep it down, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/382
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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Ordera, Mumias. 1899, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/39
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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Our boys, sleeping tent, cook's mate preparing for tea, Mbaruki, 1900-03-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/38
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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: 1900-03-06
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).