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Kenya (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1502 Collections and/or Records:

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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).
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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

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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

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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).
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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

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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

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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

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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).
 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).
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Safari to Molo in the Kenya Highlands: two African girls at Molo, notice the bangles around their ankles, 1955

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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).
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Safari to Molo in the Kenya Highlands: we cross the equator once more, this time at 9.030 & it was chilly, 1955

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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).
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Salisbury Bridge, Macupa, 1900

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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).
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Samburu dancers, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/34
Scope and Contents

'Africa in Pictures' and '86' 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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[Sausage tree - Kigelia aethiopica], 1933 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/33
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 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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Sausage tree (Kigelia aethiopica), West Kenya, 1933 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/32
Scope and Contents

160 x 205 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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Scene from Shimba Mission House near Mombasa

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/16
Scope and Contents

149 x 102 mm. View looking over lightly wooded valleys and hills.

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).