Kenya (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1507 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Rev. J.V. Taylor with Rev. Jonathan Kituri, the first Taita to be ordained, and Mrs Kituri, 1961
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/221
Scope and Contents
152 x 107 mm. matt print.
Dates:
1961
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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Reverend Streeter’s House, Frere Town, c. 1878-81, 1977
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/9
Scope and Contents
205 x 125 mm. View of John Radford Streeter (c. 1847-?) standing in front of a corrugated iron and thatch house. He was a CMS lay missionary appointed Lay Superintendant in 1878. He is generally remembered for the brutality of his treatment of Africans under his charge and for his attempt to extend the mission’s influence over subjects of the Wali of Mombasa, which drew a rebuke from Sir John Kirk.
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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Ribera: new housing, 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/199
Scope and Contents
79 x 80 mm. glossy print and 56 mm. negative.
Dates:
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).
Fonds
Richard Frederick Rainsford collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304AA
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises four small photograph albums and assorted loose photographs. The albums are labelled. The photographs have been grouped together loosely or in envelopes, labelled and arranged by year by R.F. Rainsford's daughter, Mrs Downend, prior to donating the material:1868-1919. Portraits of RFR and family.1910-11. Collection taken during Police work in 1911-13.1918. Kismayu during the Aulihan expedition 1917-1919. 1920. Kisumu jail; Nairobi Police...
Dates:
1840 - 1947
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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Rironi: film unit at work, 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/199a
Scope and Contents
110 x 155 mm. glossy print with 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).
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[River Ngare Davash in flood, Mau Forest], 1889-09-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/19
Scope and Contents
154 x 107 mm. (modern print from original negative). An almost identical photograph as the preceding print.
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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River Scene, Kavirondo. 1899, 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/98
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).
Sub-sub-class
River Scene, Kavirondo 1899, 1899
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/102-03
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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Roadside planting of sweet potatoes, 1948 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/1/7
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm. Showing women planting sweet potato cuttings on either side of a road.
Dates:
1948 - 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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Roadside planting of sweet potatoes, 1948 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/1/8
Scope and Contents
210 x 155 mm. Showing sweet potato seedlings growing beside a road.
Dates:
1948 - 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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[Roadside planting of sweet potatoes], 1948 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/1/9
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. Showing dug earth beside the road.
Dates:
1948 - 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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[Roadside stop], 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/103
Scope and Contents
Showing a man looking underneath a car with another man and woman looking on. The caption reads: 'Ray and Audrey Scholes and Johnnie Nimmo between Naivasha and Njoro'.
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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Roadsides used to grow sweet potatoes, 1948 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/1/6
Scope and Contents
200 x 150 mm. The caption continues 'Thus providing more food for the people and propagating improved varieties for distribution of planting material.'
Dates:
1948 - 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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Robin Slade visits Maasai home, 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/57
Scope and Contents
Glossy 56 mm. contact print with 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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Robin Slade with a Maasai farmer and cattle at Isinya, 1973
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/60
Scope and Contents
Glossy 56 mm. contact print with negative.
Dates:
1973
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
Rogers Collection on East Africa
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A-I
Scope and Contents
This collection of photographs relates to Roger's career on the East African mainland and in Zanzibar. Hardly any of the photographs are captioned, but there are some cuttings from the Zanzibar Gazette inserted and from these and from the Gazette itself it has been possible to identify a large number of the subjects with reasonable certainty. Some photographs are by A.C. Gomes and J.B. Coutinho; others are possibly by Rogers himself.
Dates:
1890 - 1905
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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Room in the British Residency, Lamu, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/83
Scope and Contents
913 x 147 mm. A view showing a room in the Residency with gazelle horns and spears on the walls, chairs and a sofa against the wall and a central table.
Dates:
1905
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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Royal Technical College, Nairobi, 1940 - 1959
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/51
Scope and Contents
153 x 117 mm. General exterior view.
Dates:
1940 - 1959
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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Royal Visit, 1952-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/3/357-74
Scope and Contents
Views of the celebrations including Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip's visits to the headquarters of the Kenya Regiment, All Saints' Cathedral and Government House.
Dates:
1952-02
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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Rt. Rev. Neville Langford-Smith, Assistant Bishop of Mombasa, consecrated 24 Aug. 1960, 1960
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/119
Scope and Contents
108 x 155 mm. glossy print with copy.
Dates:
1960
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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Safari to Molo in the Kenya Highlands: [Barron standing beside sign indicating the equator], 1955
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/114
Scope and Contents
55 x 50 mm.
Dates:
1955
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
/
Dulcie Barron Collection
Sub-sub-class
Safari to Molo in the Kenya Highlands: stuck in the mud on the way home, the Kenya roads during the rainy season, 1955
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/117-18
Scope and Contents
55 x 50 mm.
Dates:
1955
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
/
Dulcie Barron Collection
Item
Safari to Molo in the Kenya Highlands: two African girls at Molo, notice the bangles around their ankles, 1955
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/115
Scope and Contents
55 x 50 mm.
Dates:
1955
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
/
Dulcie Barron Collection
Item
Safari to Molo in the Kenya Highlands: we cross the equator once more, this time at 9.030 & it was chilly, 1955
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/113
Scope and Contents
55 x 50 mm.
Dates:
1955
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
/
Dulcie Barron Collection
Item
Salisbury Bridge, Macupa, 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468J/12
Scope and Contents
200 x 153 mm. A duplicate of Y30468G/24.
Dates:
1900
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).