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Uganda (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1968 Collections and/or Records:

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1. Strip Cropping Sentema Prison Farm Buganda, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/278
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Alternate strips of cultivation and fallow land under elephant grass can be seen. This method is most effective both for soil conservation and as an ante-erosion measure on hillsides'.

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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1st Ankole Guides (Boarding School, 1928-30), 1928 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045S/12
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A collection of 18 glass slides and 38 photographs. The slides were used by Hogbin to illustrate talks on her work when on furlough (leave of absence), and their captions were provided by her niece. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

Dates: 1928 - 1930
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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2. A good holding, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/279
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'A path can be seen running through a neat lawn up to the house and in the foreground some well cultivated land'.

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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2. A primitive method of fire making. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/8
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '2. Rubbing dried sticks together to make a fire in the area where matches are not commonly found'.

Dates: 1924
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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2. Stripping the bark from the 'bark-cloth' tree. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/2
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '2. The bark is stripped from the tree and hammered out with wooden mallets. Before the introduction of cotton cloths, bark-cloth was generally worn, but is now used on ceremonial occasions, and for clothing amongst the poorer classes'.

Dates: 1924
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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2. Stripping the bark from the 'bark-cloth' tree. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/13
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '2. The bark is stripped from the tree and hammered out with wooden mallets. Before the introduction of cotton cloths, bark-cloth was generally worn, but is now used on ceremonial occasions, and for clothing amongst the poorer classes'. The copyright statement reads: 'Copyright Uganda Government. Series I. Printed in England. Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd. London'.

Dates: 1924
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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3. A good holding, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/280
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Another view of the same holding showing the lawn and corner of the house and the surrounding cultivation'.

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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3. Cotton buying at the market store. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/9
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '3. Taking the year's cotton crop to the nearest market is a time of great excitement to the peasant grower. He receives the value in cash, which he at once proceeds to spend on cotton cloths or a bicycle'.

Dates: 1924
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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3. Cotton buying at the market store. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/17
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '3. Taking the year's cotton crop to the nearest market is a time of great excitement to the peasant grower. He receives the value in cash, which he at once proceeds to spend on cotton cloths or a bicycle'. The copyright statement reads: 'Copyright Uganda Government. Series II. Printed in England. Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd. London'.

Dates: 1924
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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3. Rolling in wealth. Uganda cotton, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/3
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '3. This native of Uganda evidently feels the cold?'.

Dates: 1924
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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4. Jinja ferry, Victoria Nyanza [i.e. Lake Victoria]. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/4
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '4. This ferry crosses a corner of Lake Victoria, just above the source of the Nile at the Ripon Falls'.

Dates: 1924
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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4. Jinja ferry, Victoria Nyanza [i.e. Lake Victoria]. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/14
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '4. This ferry crosses a corner of Lake Victoria, just above the source of the Nile at the Ripon Falls'. The copyright statement reads: 'Copyright Uganda Government. Series I. Printed in England. Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd. London'.

Dates: 1924
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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4. Method of carrying children. Gulu District, Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/10
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '5. [4. ?] Mothers carry their children tied on their backs when travelling, and even when working in the fields'.

Dates: 1924
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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4. Method of carrying children. Gulu District, Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/18
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '5. [4. ?] Mothers carry their children tied on their backs when travelling, and even when working in the fields'. The copyright statement reads: 'Copyright Uganda Government. Series II. Printed in England. Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd. London'.

Dates: 1924
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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4 nurses of Dorothy Westgate, 1909-1912, Bugiri, 1909 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/20
Scope and Contents

90 x 160 mm. Portrait of four seated African girls.

Dates: 1909 - 1912
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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5. Buffalo on Kigubio Island. Lake George. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/5
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '5. Large herds of buffalo wander round many of the Uganda Lakes. Hunting them is a thrilling and dangerous pastime'.

Dates: 1924
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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5. Buffalo on Kigubio Island. Lake George. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/15
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '5. Large herds of buffalo wander round many of the Uganda Lakes. Hunting them is a thrilling and dangerous pastime'. The copyright statement reads: 'Copyright Uganda Government. Series I. Printed in England. Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd. London'.

Dates: 1924
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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5. Muganda woman. Lake Region. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/11
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '5. The Baganda are the most civilised of the tribes in the Protectorate. They do not disfigure their faces or bodies, like most Bantu tribes'.

Dates: 1924
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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5. Muganda woman. Lake Region. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/19
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '5. The Baganda are the most civilised of the tribes in the Protectorate. They do not disfigure their faces or bodies, like most Bantu tribes'. The copyright statement reads: 'Copyright Uganda Government. Series II. Printed in England. Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd. London'.

Dates: 1924
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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6. A coffee tree. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/12
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '6. Arabian and Robusta coffees are generally grown, but this is the new type of Excelsa which is being tried in Uganda'.

Dates: 1924
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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6. A coffee tree. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/20
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '6. Arabian and Robusta coffees are generally grown, but this is the new type of Excelsa which is being tried in Uganda'. The copyright statement reads: 'Copyright Uganda Government. Series II. Printed in England. Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd. London'.

Dates: 1924
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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6. Sezi Bwa [i.e. Sezibwa] Falls. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/6
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '6. Very pretty falls in Buganda Province, about 30 miles from Kampala, just off the Jinja Road'.

Dates: 1924
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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6. Sezi Bwa [i.e. Sezibwa] Falls. Uganda, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/16
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '6. Very pretty falls in Buganda Province, about 30 miles from Kampala, just off the Jinja Road'. The copyright statement reads: 'Copyright Uganda Government. Series I. Printed in England. Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd. London'.

Dates: 1924
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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6. Some gulley erosion on the outskirts of a banana garden, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/281
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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8. A wash-stop of stakes which has already begun its work of preventing the top soil from being washed away, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/282
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).