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Uganda (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1888 Collections and/or Records:

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Cleared forest [illegible word] to bananas and food crops - East Uganda, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/9
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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Clearing sudd, Kafu River at Hoima Road Bridge, Sept 1906. S. Ormsby on raft, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/123
Scope and Contents

95 x 68 mm. A indisnct print showing Ormsby punting across the river on a wooden raft, with a group of African workmen standing in the background. Sidney William Ormsby (1872-1909) was temporarily engaged for road construction in Uganda in 1901. He later became Transport Officer for the Protectorate (1902) and Collector for Mbale (1908).

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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Clearing sudd, Kafu River at Hoima Road Bridge, Sept 1906. S. Ormsby on raft, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/124
Scope and Contents

95 x 67 mm. A similar view to the preceding plate.

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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Clearing the virgin bush country for sisal planting, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/320
Scope and Contents

Showing a mechanical digger clearing virgin bush for sisal planting.

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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Clergy and others outside church, 1892 - 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 28/25
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions documenting Arthur Fisher's service as a missionary in Uganda.

Dates: 1892 - 1914
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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CMS Africa Secretary, Rev. J.V. Taylor, chatting with students at Makerere College, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/150
Scope and Contents

152 x 106 mm. glossy print.

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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CMS Bookshop van at Mwiri, 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/59
Scope and Contents

118 x 81 mm. glossy print with two copies and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1951
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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C.M.S. Divinity Students, Uganda, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 19/28
Scope and Contents From the File:

A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated 1937.

Dates: 1930 - 1939
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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C.M.S. jubilee service for schools parade march Uganda, 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 19/34
Scope and Contents From the File:

A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated 1937.

Dates: 1937
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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CMS outschool on road to Toro, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 19/33
Scope and Contents From the File:

A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated 1937.

Dates: 1930 - 1939
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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CMS Travelling Bookshop at house of County Chief, Ankole District, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/113
Scope and Contents

160 x 114 mm. glossy print with 90 x 63 mm. negative.

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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CMS Travelling Bookshop on safari, showing Rev. R.E. Hopkins with Mr. Badokwaya, one of the Organising Teachers in Buganda Province, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/112
Scope and Contents

160 x 114 mm. glossy print.

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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Coins, 1780 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 150/11
Scope and Contents

Coins from East Africa and Uganda (13), German East Africa (10), India, including Goa (6), and Oman (1), and the Maria Theresa Dollar.

Dates: 1780 - 1937
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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Collard Album A, 1898 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A
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: 1898 - 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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Collard Album B, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045B
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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Collecting gifts from a young couple just married. Friends bar the way to their house and make them pay step by step, Bugiri, 1902 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/68
Scope and Contents

162 x 120 mm. View of the line of people along the path, with a huddle of figures hiding the married couple.

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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Colonial Secretary Begins Talks with Uganda Leaders, 1962-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/600
Scope and Contents

155 x 202 mm. Mr. Iain Macleod, the Colonial Secretary, meets the hereditary rulers of Uganda, with whom he began talks at the Colonial Office in London. Left to right are: the Mukama of Toro; the Mukama of Bunyoro; Sir Frederick Crawford, Governor of Uganda; the Colonial Secretary; The Mabaka of Buganda; the Mugabe of Ankole; and the Kyabazinga (Ceremonial Head) of Busoga.

Dates: 1962-05
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).
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Commissioner of sleeping sickness [Col. D. Bruce] and Dr. Marshall on Tero Forest Canal inspecting for fly, May 1909, 1909-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/112
Scope and Contents

78 x 104 mm. A view looking along the canal towards the dug-out in which Colonel (later Major General Sir David Bruce and Doctor C. Marshall are seated. Bruce was sent out in charge of the Royal Society Commission into sleeping sickness in Uganda in 1903 and 1908-1910 and made important discoveries about the disease.

Dates: 1909-05
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).
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[Commonwealth Universities], 1946 - 1991

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK/1-434
Scope and Contents

Includes material on Universities throughout the Commonwealth of Nations. Many, though not all, of the slides were taken by Ian Maxwell.

Dates: 1946 - 1991
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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[Commonwealth Universities], 1946 - 1986

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/2
Scope and Contents

Includes material on Universities throughout the Commonwealth of Nations.

Dates: 1946 - 1986
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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Confirmation in the forest, Mboga, 1897 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 26/20
Scope and Contents

Colour.

Dates: 1897 - 1927
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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Congo, Uganda, and Sudan 1935-36, 1935-04-07 - 1936-08-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N
Scope and Contents A collection of photographs on 41 album sheets. Typed on a piece of paper stuck on one album sheet is: 'ALBUM 2. All the photographs in this album were taken by me, on a safari from Victoria (B. Cameroons) to Port Sudan. This journey lasted from April 7/35 till August 2/36. The photographs are of anthropological interest only, and deal mostly with the Mangbetu tribe in the northern Congo; the Karamojong in Northern Uganda, and various tribes in the southern Sudan. I was using only a...
Dates: 1935-04-07 - 1936-08-02
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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Congregation returning to Mboga Old Church after Taylor had laid the foundation stone at St. Paul's Church, Mboga, a memorial to Canon Apolo Kivebulaya, 1971

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/20
Scope and Contents

118 x 80 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.

Dates: 1971
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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Consecration of Bishop Erica Sabiti as Suffragan Bishop of Toro, Bunyoro and Mgoba, at Namirembe Cathedral, Kampala, 1 May 1960, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/95
Scope and Contents

152 x 108 mm. glossy print with two copies and 199 x 150 mm. enlargement. Others appearing in the print from left to right in the back row are Bishop Max Wiggins, Bishop Lucian Usher-Wilson, Bishop Leslie Brown, Archdeacon R.C. Palin and J.E. Hopkinson. Those in the front row from left to right are Bishop Stephen Tomusange, Bishop Aberi Balya, Sabiti, Bishop Kosia Shalita and Bishop Festo Lutaya.

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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Consecration of four African Assistant Bishops in Namirembe Cathedral by Dr Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1955-05-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 18/1
Scope and Contents

Duplicate at CMS 12/2/5.

Dates: 1955-05-15
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).