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Uganda (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1892 Collections and/or Records:

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Dawn on the River Nile near Murchison Falls [i.e. Kabalega Falls], Uganda, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/31
Scope and Contents

'163-20-25' printed on bottom right corner.

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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Dedication of St. Martin’s Church, Ongino, 12 July 1959: view of congregation, 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/85
Scope and Contents

157 x 114 mm. glossy print with copy. Bishop of the Upper Nile, L.C. Usher-Wilson, preaches and the Pastor of Ongino and a Nursing Orderly interpret.

Dates: 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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Dedication of St. Martin’s Church, Ongino, 12 July 1959: view of the service showing Bishop of the Upper Nile, the Rt. Rev. L.C. Usher-Wilson, at the altar and Assistant Bishop, Rt. Rev. S. Tomusange, kneeling beside the altar rail, 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/86
Scope and Contents

155 x 100 mm. glossy print with two copies.

Dates: 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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Democratic Party Representatives at the Uganda Independence Conference in London, 1962-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/614
Scope and Contents

156 x 203 mm. Marlborough House in London was the setting for the Uganda Independence Conference and among the delegates were Mr. D.A. Patel and Mr. B.K. Bataringaya of the Democratic Party.

Dates: 1962-06
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).
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Designs for postage stamps, 1940 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 162/8/4
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A memoir and photographs of Fergus Wilson's time in East Africa, papers concerning agricultural education, material relating to Makerere University College, the Food and Agriculture Organization and other organisations, and miscellaneous items. A file of papers regarding the collection is with RCMS 162/1.

Dates: 1940 - 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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Dhow ‘Winifred’ in Buvuma Channel, c. 1900, 1977

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/28
Scope and Contents

202 x 152 mm. This boat, which flies the Union Jack, is not the same as the ‘Winifred’ of the preceding print.

Dates: 1977
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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Diary, 1906-01-22 - 1909-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/2/3
Scope and Contents

The diary records Bell's years as Commissioner (later Governor) of Uganda, notable for his efforts to combat a sleeping sickness epidemic, develop cotton cultivation among other economic initiatives, and to improve the protectorate's transportation network. Bell describes his official duties and colleagues, Uganda’s peoples and landscape, and his social life and personal affairs. The diary contains one photograph (circa 150 sheets).

Dates: 1906-01-22 - 1909-03
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).
 Sub-Fonds

Diary and letters of Ernest Gedge, 1965 - 1981

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/37
Scope and Contents

Copies of correspondence and diary entries relating mainly to Gedge's time in Africa, with secondary material regarding Gedge and this collection.

Dates: 1965 - 1981
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-Fonds

Diary of Sir John Ponsonby, 1900 - 1950

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/35
Scope and Contents An undated copy of Ponsonby's diary covering his departure from England on 8 January 1898, his journey from the East African coast to Uganda and military operations. Ponsonby stopped writing at the end of 1899 after he became ill. There is a page summarising the events of 1899 when he served under Col. Evatt in operations against Mwanga and Kabarega before returning to England later in the year. The diary is illustrated with numerous sketches. The collection includes photocopies of...
Dates: 1900 - 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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Dictionary of East African biography, 1950 - 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/12
Scope and Contents

Research notes assembled by Gray during the compilation of the biography and correspondence with the RCS Librarian Donald Simpson.

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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[Dining hall], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/60
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. Showing places set in an empty dining hall.

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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[Dining hall], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/61
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. Showing places set in an empty dining hall.

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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Dispensary at Bugiri, acacia florida in foreground, (?)1910, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/48
Scope and Contents

106 x 80 mm. As captioned.

Dates: 1910
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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[Dog], 1908 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/76
Scope and Contents

70 x 81 mm. Showing a small dog standing in front of a thatched house in an unidentified village. This is possibly the animal given to Bell by Mrs. Wilson, the wife of the Deputy Commissioner who gave Bell 'a sort of Irish terrier, and a nice little creature' (Bell 1908, July 20).

Dates: 1908 - 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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Dorothy Westgate with her nurses, Bugiri, 1910, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/21
Scope and Contents

114 x 114 mm. Irregularly shaped print. Group portrait of four African girls, with Dorothy Westgate as a baby seated in their midst.

Dates: 1910
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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Dr Carré. Dufile 1899, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/15
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
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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Dr Dan Milne, Dufile, November 1898, 1898-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045A/7
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: 1898-11
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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Dr Geoffrey Fisher addresses the Great Lukuko (Council) of Buganda, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/13
Scope and Contents

254 x 185 mm. glossy print.

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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Dr Geoffrey Fisher and the newly consecrated Bishops outside Namirembe Cathedral, 1955-05-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 18/3
Scope and Contents

Duplicate at CMS 12/2/11.

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).
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Dr Geoffrey Fisher and the newly consecrated Bishops outside Namirembe Cathedral, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/12
Scope and Contents

207 x 152 mm. glossy print.

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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Dr Geoffrey Fisher and the newly consecrated Bishops outside Namirembe Cathedral, 15 May 1955, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/11
Scope and Contents

207 x 152 mm. glossy print.

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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Dr Geoffrey Fisher at an open air service at Mbale, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/2
Scope and Contents

209 x 145 mm. glossy print.

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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Dr Geoffrey Fisher on his way to an open air service at Mbale, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/3
Scope and Contents

209 x 145 mm. glossy print.

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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Dr Geoffrey Fisher with three of the consecrated bishops, 1955-05-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 18/11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-sub-class:

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: 1955-05-15
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).
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Dr J.M. Lea and Miss Jane Neville on safari, 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/60
Scope and Contents

56 mm. glossy print and negative.

Dates: 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).