Kenya (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1507 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Swahilis Sewing. Mumias March 1899, 1899-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045B/48
Scope and Contents
Duplicate of Y3045A/78.
Dates:
1899-03
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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Swimming the "Blighter" across a River near Mumias 1899, 1899
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/106
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).
File
‘Table of Expenditure at the Fortress of Mombasa from a MS in the Public Library of Tavora’, 1950 - 1970
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/9/8
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.
Dates:
1950 - 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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Tanganyika: young girl; Uganda: Murchison Falls, Masaka, Entebbe swimming pool, 1943
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/1/242-49
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.
Dates:
1943
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
T.B.R. Westgate and Job Dickson, possibly at Mombasa, 1902, 1902
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/259
Scope and Contents
80 x 104 mm. Full length portrait of Westgate standing with the African youth Dickson in front of an ivy trellis. Two copies.
Dates:
1902
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
T.B.R. Westgate Collection on German East Africa
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints, lantern slides and glass negatives. The prints mostly relate to Westgate’s earlier work, but there are a few from the 1930s, including nos. 426-454 of visits to South Africa and African islands, all processed in February 1936. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. Many of the lantern slides and glass negatives are uncaptioned and...
Dates:
1899 - 1936
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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T.B.R. Westgate, Mombasa, 1917, 1917
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/263
Scope and Contents
100 x 140 mm. Full length portrait in army uniform. Enlarged copy 157 x 208 mm.
Dates:
1917
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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Telegraph station where Sgt Major Keily lives, Uganda Railway, 1900-03-06
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/39
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Mombasa to Mengo
Item
Temporary rope incline, Kikuyu Escaprment, 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468J/15
Scope and Contents
203 x 157 mm. A duplicate of Y30468J/5.
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).
Item
The accommodation at the dairy school, 1933 - 1964
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/5/35
Scope and Contents
110 x 75 mm.
Dates:
1933 - 1964
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
‘The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Tour of Kenya’ (book), 1955
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/36
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The prints listed were chiefly from the files of the Photo Bureau, the majority being mounted on sheets of paper with substantial descriptions, and in many cases the negative attached. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.
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
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s visit to East Africa 1955, 1955-05
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 18
Scope and Contents
Dr Geoffrey Fisher visited Uganda and Kenya in May 1955. Print copies of the glass negatives (except for CMS 18/11) as well as additional images of the visit may be found at CMS 12/2.
Dates:
1955-05
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
The auger is full and is being emptied into a Karai or head pan, 1934
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/23
Scope and Contents
40 x 65 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).
Item
The beach near the house, 1934
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/6
Scope and Contents
A view of sand dunes and the sea. A dog can be seen in the middleground.
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).
Item
The "Blighter", Mumias. 1899, 1899
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/56
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).
Item
The cabbages are trimmed, then 'Cored' by machine before being sliced ready for drying, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/359
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of Official photographs (Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'One doesn't associate the middle of Africa with green peas, asparagus and new potatoes, but in the highlands of Kenya most English vegetables grow as well as they do at home. This was a useful factor in wartime when vegetables were urgently needed for thousands of troops in both the East Africa Command and the Middle East. Previously, potatoes had been the only...
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).
Fonds
The Carrier Corps
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 160
Scope and Contents
A typescript of 'The Carrier Corps: military labour in the East African Campaign of 1914 to 1918, and its place in the history of Kenya', 280 pages.
Dates:
1986
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
Item
The cattle boma [enclosure] where the chopped maize stalks are rendered down to make good compost, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/332
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...
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).
File
'The chimney', 1932 - 1947
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304W
Scope and Contents
The chimney was one of the largest self supporting chimneys in East Africa at this time. It was built by what was originally known as the Natal Tanning Extract Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of a company of this name in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, which in turn was a subsidiary of the Forestal Land Timber & Railways Co. Ltd. of London. The album also contains cuttings from the Manchester Evening News dated 12th April 1933, printed on paper made from wattle wood pulp. The album...
Dates:
1932 - 1947
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
The compensation showery, 1934-10
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/10
Scope and Contents
40 x 65 mm.
Dates:
1934-10
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
'The Congo L-of-C route to the Victoria Falls', Aug. - Sept. 1943
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304S
Scope and Contents
The cover of the album continues ... 'Photographs and text by R.D. Simon.' Depicting road, lake steamer and rail from Gilgil, Kenya, via lakes Victoria and Tanganyika, and the Belgian Congo, to Ndola, Lusaka and Victoria Falls.
Dates:
Aug. - Sept. 1943
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
The convoy cooling down en route to Lodwar, 1934
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/138
Scope and Contents
Showing two stationary trucks.
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).
Item
The cutting, Kibiri railway, 1935
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/42
Scope and Contents
65 x 40 mm.
Dates:
1935
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
The exit of the ngombie, 1934-10
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/1/7
Scope and Contents
65 x 40 mm.
Dates:
1934-10
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
The Hannington-Parker Memorial Cathedral, Mombasa...
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/12
Scope and Contents
82 x 50 mm. Snapshot view of the Cathedral.
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).