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Uganda (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1965 Collections and/or Records:

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Munyonyo Bay, Victoria, Nyanza, 1906 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/13
Scope and Contents

149 x 104 mm. A view looking out over Munyonyo Bay from the shore. Munyonyo is the landing place for Kampala, about eight miles to the north-west.

Dates: 1906 - 1911
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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Murchinson Falls on Victoria Nile, 1906 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/77
Scope and Contents

161 x 113 mm. A view from a boat on the lower Victoria Nile looking back towards the narrow cleft of the Murchinson Falls 22 miles east of Lake Albert.

Dates: 1906 - 1911
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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Murchison Game Park - A quiet pool on the river Nile below Murchison Falls, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/74
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm.

Dates: 1952 - 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).
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Murchison Game Park - Elephant, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/91
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1952 - 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).
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Murchison Game Park - Hippopotami on the banks of the Nile, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/90
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1952 - 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).
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Murchison Game Park - The Murchison Falls, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/71
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm.

Dates: 1952 - 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).
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Murchison [ie. Kabalega] Falls [1906], 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/23
Scope and Contents

A distant view of the Falls from down river.

Dates: 1906
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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Murchison [i.e. Kabalega] Falls of Nile [1906], 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/21
Scope and Contents

A general view of the Murchison Falls (also known as Kabalega Falls) from down river. Bell visited the Falls for the first time on September 17 1906 (see Bell (1946), pp. 137-138).

Dates: 1906
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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Musical house boy Ali, 1902 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/63
Scope and Contents

76 x 102 mm. Full length portrait of an African servant seated in front of a wooden door and holding a concertina.

Dates: 1902 - 1908
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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Muteesa II Kabaka of Buganda, 1940 - 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 29/10
Scope and Contents

Muteesa II (1924-1969) was Kabaka from 1939 until his death.

Dates: 1940 - 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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Mwanga and chiefs outside the Baraza, Mengo Uganda, 1891-01-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/92
Scope and Contents

156 x 111 mm. Showing Mwanga and a large group of chiefs standing outside the King’s palace at Mengo. Two of the royal drummers stand in the foreground. A photograph taken at the same occasion as Y30468K/91.

Dates: 1891-01-14
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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Mwanga, King of Uganda and chiefs, taken at Mengo, 1891-01-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/91
Scope and Contents

111 x 155 mm. Showing Mwanga seated in the centre of a group of standing chiefs. The figure at the right, half out of the photograph, is probably Apolo Kagwa.

Dates: 1891-01-14
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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'My 60 class [Garratt] engine which was driven on long distance sections Eldoret, Tororo, Jinja, Kampala', 1952 - 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469L/1/6
Scope and Contents

210 x 200 mm. Showing Suman standing in the doorway of the locomotive with an unidentified fireman.

Dates: 1952 - 1963
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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My boy Musa [1907?], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/43
Scope and Contents

Showing Bell's servant Musa seated on the ground.

Dates: 1907
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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My buffalo, killed near Matiana, 1906 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/72
Scope and Contents

Showing Bell standing with his rifle beside the body of a buffalo.

Dates: 1906 - 1909
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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My camp on the summit of Faza Maji, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/121
Scope and Contents

Showing the summit camp with the sun setting over distant mountains. The caption continues: 'which looked right across to the Mfumiso Volcanoes'.

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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My cottage in Kampala, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/59
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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My elephant's feet, drying [1907], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/62
Scope and Contents

Showing the feet of the first elephant shot by Bell drying in the camp at Kabula.

Dates: 1907
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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My first buck (Cobus Kob) in Uganda. Near Mruli, 1907, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/15
Scope and Contents

Showing Bell standing over the body of a dead antelope, with two dogs beside him and tents in the background.

Dates: 1907
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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My first elephant [1907], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/32
Scope and Contents

Showing Bell sitting on the body of a dead elephant. The killing of Bell's first elephant, near Mbarara, is described in Bell (1946), pp. 149-151, Bell (1907-1909), January 21 1907 and Bell (1907), January 21.

Dates: 1907
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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My first waterbuck [1907], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/34
Scope and Contents

Showing Bell, rifle in hand, standing beside the body of a waterbuck. The killing of the beast is described in Bell (1907), February 15.

Dates: 1907
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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My houseboy, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/60
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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My Labwor carriers resting on the way from Loirwoit to Kotido - 35 miles, 1935 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/251
Scope and Contents

The caption to the left of the photograph continues: 'We are in a huge basin of dry windswept plains with rugged hills all round: the nearest being Tororr about 25 miles away. I was reminded of the lesser Karroo in South Africa.

Owing to the unusual rains, I did not have to carry much water here. One load is made up of two empty five gallon drums'.

The album page is entitled: 'Labwor'.



Dates: 1935 - 1936
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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My lion cubs, Entebbe, 1906 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/85
Scope and Contents

Showing Bell's tame lion cubs, the animal in the foreground attempting to reach a plate of food placed on a table. The animals were given to Bell in 1907 by a 'rich Indian merchant in Entebbe' (Bell 1946, page 167).

Dates: 1906 - 1909
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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My Semliki elephant, 1907-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/13
Scope and Contents

88 x 86 mm. Showing Bell standing beside the body of an elephant killed near the Semliki River. The shooting is described in Bell (1946), pp. 156-159, Bell (1907-1909), February 26 1907 and Bell (1907), March 1. The latter account differs in some particulars from the other two.

Dates: 1907-02
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).