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Uganda (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1892 Collections and/or Records:

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Hindrances to tapping Funtumia elastica in Uganda, 1901 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/99
Scope and Contents

73 x 96 mm. A view showing saphrophytes and moss growing on the trunk of a rubber tree.

Dates: 1901 - 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).
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Hippopotami, Lake George, Uganda, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/33
Scope and Contents

'ACW-3' printed in 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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Hippopotamus, 1906 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/73
Scope and Contents

98 x 71 mm. One of several prints. Showing the body of animals lying where they were shot

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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Hippos in small lake near Kikerongo, Mt. Ruwenzori [1907], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/38
Scope and Contents

Showing Bell and Frank Burton seated on the bodies of two dead hippopotamus on the shore of Lake Kikorongo. See 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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His Highness the Kabaka of Uganda in his State Chair, 1906 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/19
Scope and Contents

118 x 88 mm. Showing the young King of Buganda, Daudi Chwa seated on a raised throne placed on a leopard skin, with a large royal flag draped on the wall behind.

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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His Majesty's High Court of Uganda at Kampala, 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045Q/2
Scope and Contents

246 x 192 mm. A black and white glossy print.

Dates: 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).
 Sub-Fonds

History of 4th The King's African Rifles, 1911

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/50
Scope and Contents

A printed history of the K.A.R., formerly known as the Uganda Rifles, 27 pages, followed by one page of manuscript annotations by H.B. Thomas and inserted newscuttings.

Dates: 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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H.M. The Queen's visit to Uganda, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/5/73
Scope and Contents

210 x 150 mm. The caption continues: 'The Dean's of the faculties advancing to be presented together with their wives.'

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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Holy Trinity Church, Bujumbure with Congo Mountains beyond, 1971

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/35
Scope and Contents

75 x 112 mm. matt 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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Homestead and hill farm - Kigezi, Uganda, 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/1/9
Scope and Contents From the File:

35 mm slides. Images of Owen Falls Dam in Uganda, hill farming, tea picking and general landscape views.

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).
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Hospital at Kumi for children suffering from leprosy: child on swing [with Margaret Laing?], 1929 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 25/25
Scope and Contents

Founded by the CMS in 1929.

Dates: 1929 - 1948
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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Hospital at Kumi for children suffering from leprosy: lesson time [with Margaret Laing?], 1929 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 25/26
Scope and Contents

Founded by the CMS in 1929.

Dates: 1929 - 1948
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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Hospital at Kumi for children suffering from leprosy: Margaret Laing [?] and staff , 1929 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 25/28
Scope and Contents

Founded by the CMS in 1929.

Dates: 1929 - 1948
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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Hospital at Kumi for children suffering from leprosy: meal time [with Margaret Laing?], 1929 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 25/27
Scope and Contents

Founded by the CMS in 1929.

Dates: 1929 - 1948
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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Hospital ward, 1929 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 25/21
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

82 x 82 mm. glass slides. The collection includes slides by Miss Margaret Laing, who served in CMS hospitals in Ngora/Ongino and Kumi, Uganda, during 1929-48. Items 17-23 are by Laing and 24-28 are probably hers as well.

Dates: 1929 - 1948
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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House of Katikiro of Buganda, 1906 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/39
Scope and Contents

143 x 101 mm. Showing the spacious , verandahed exterior of Sir Apolo Kagwa's house, situated below the Kabaka's enclosure at Mengo. Some kind of ceremony or reception appears to be in progress: a large crowd of Ugandans stands on the ground-floor verandah watching Sir Apolo Kagwa, who stands on the lawn in ceremonial robes. The figure in the foreground is possibly the young Daudi Chwa.

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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H.R.H. Duchess D'Aosta, 1908-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/56
Scope and Contents

70 x 86 mm. A full length portrait of the Duchess D'Aosta standing in a garden. The Duchess D'Aosta, a daughter of the Comte de Paris and also known as Princess Hélène de France, arrived in Entebbe in mid-March 1908 in company with Lady Susan Hicks-Beach and an Italian count. The visit is described in Bell (1946), pp 177-178 and Bell (1908), January 7, January 20, March 17, March 30.

Dates: 1908-03
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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H.R.H. Helene, Duchess D'Aosta 1908, 1908-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/39
Scope and Contents

79 x 81 mm. A full length portrait of the Duchess D'Aosta standing in a garden. The Duchess D'Aosta, a daughter of the Comte de Paris and also known as Princess Hélène de France, arrived in Entebbe in mid-March 1908 in company with Lady Susan Hicks-Beach and an Italian count. The visit is described in Bell (1946), pp 177-178, and Bell (1908), January 7, January 20, March 17, March 30.

Dates: 1908-03
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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H.R.H. the Duke of the Abruzzi [1909], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/21
Scope and Contents

79 x 83 mm. Showing the Duke of Abruzzi, Prince Luigi Amedeo Guiseppe Maria Ferdinando Francesco (1873-1933) standing on the steps leading to the verandah of a house in Uganda. Abruzzi, an explorer and mountaineer who had led a Polar expedition in 1900, and climbed Mt. Ruwenzori in 1906, visited East Africa again in 1909 to climb Mt. Kenya. Abruzzi was later (1915-17) Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Navy.

Dates: 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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Huts, Lumbwa, 1889-10-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/29
Scope and Contents

155 x 113 mm. Showing two thatched huts enclosed by a protective zariba with open scrubland beyond. Gedge’s diary records: ‘Washed the plates I developed last night, which are a success I am glad to say… Went out and took photo of native houses’.

Dates: 1889-10-14
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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I arrive at Entebbe airport, 1955-08-26

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/1
Scope and Contents

55 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1955-08-26
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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Impenetrable forest, Kigezi, Uganda, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/29
Scope and Contents

'144-17-6' printed in 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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Improvising a small coffee pulping unit, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/1/9
Scope and Contents

240 x 180 mm. Showing two men pouring coffee beans into a machine. The caption continues: 'Making use of the engine of a Landmaster tractor.'

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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In Bukedi - Mt. Elgon [1909], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/73
Scope and Contents

101 x 78 mm. Showing Bukedi huts on the wooded slopes of Mt. Elgon.

Dates: 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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In Tero Forest, part of the nurseries, 1906 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/117
Scope and Contents

79 x 105 mm. A view looking along a forest road, with nurseries at the left of the pathway.

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).