Skip to main content

Uganda (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

  • 1
  • 2
 Item

My buffalo, killed near Matiana, 1906 - 1909

 Item
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).
 Item

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

 Item
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).
 Item

My first elephant [1907], 1907

 Item
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).
 Item

My first waterbuck [1907], 1907

 Item
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).
 Item

My Semliki elephant, 1907-02

 Item
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).
 Item

[My Semliki elephant], 1907

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/15
Scope and Contents

87 x 86 mm. Showing Bell seated on the body of a dead elephant.

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).
 Item

My Semliki elephant [1907], 1907

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/40
Scope and Contents

Showing Bell seated on the body of a dead elephant.

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).
 Item

My Semliki elephant [February 25 1907], 1907-02

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/36
Scope and Contents

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).
 Item

[My Semliki elephant, February 25 1907], 1907-02

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/56
Scope and Contents

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).
 Item

[My Semliki elephant, February 25 1907], 1907-02

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/57
Scope and Contents

Showing Bell placing his terrier Tots on the body of an elephant killed near the Semliki River.

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).
 Item

Near Lake Albert, 1906 - 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/78
Scope and Contents

Showing Bell and an unidentified figure, probably Frank Burton, standing on open land near a settlement of small thatched huts.

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).
 Item

Opening of Kampala Exhibition, 1908-11

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/18
Scope and Contents

200 x 130 mm. A group portrait of Protectorate officials and Ugandan Kabakas and counsellors taken shortly after Bell's opening of the exhibition. Photograph probably by Alfred Lobo.

Dates: 1908-11
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).
 Item

[Opening of the Kampala Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, November 9 1908], 1908-11

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/1
Scope and Contents 200 x 110 mm. Showing Sir Henry Hesketh Bell delivering the opening speech from the verandah of the main exhibition building. On either side of Bell stand various officials and the Kings of Uganda, they in turn flanked by European spectators, with a line of Sikh guards on parade along the front of the building. The figure standing in profile on the steps beneath Bell is almost certainly George Wilson, Deputy Commissioner. The preparations for the exhibition were not completed without...
Dates: 1908-11
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).
 Item

[Opening of the Kampala Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, November 9 1908], 1908-11

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/2
Scope and Contents 200 x 152 mm. A group photograph of Protectorate officials and Ugandan Kabakas and counsellors taken shortly after Bell's opening of the exhibition. Identified in the group are: 1. Sir Apolo Kagwa; 2. Kahaya, Kabaka of Ankole; 3. George Wilson, Deputy Commissioner; 4. Frank Burton; 5. Daudi Chwa, Kabaka of Buganda; 6. Alexander Boyle; 7. Sir Henry Hesketh Bell; 8. Captain Edward Vaughan Jenkins D.S.O., O.C. 4th K.A.R.; 9. Andereya Bisereko Duhaga II, Kabaka of Bunyoro; 10. Daudi Kasagama,...
Dates: 1908-11
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).
 Item

Self and Sir Apolo Kagwa, 1899

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/3
Scope and Contents

96 x 119 mm. Showing Bell and Sir Apolo Kagwa standing on the verandah of a house, probably in Kampala.

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).
 Item

Sporting trophies [1906?], 1906

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/79
Scope and Contents

Showing a European group posed with elephant tusks, animal skins and antelope skulls. Bell is seated in the centre with Frank Burton on the ground at the front. The figure at the left is possibly Frederick Knowles. The remaining man is unidentified.

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).
 Item

The members of the Entebbe Golf Club, 1909-01

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/20
Scope and Contents

205 x 149 mm. A group photograph with Bell seated in the centre behind the 'Hesketh Bell Challenge Cup' presented by him in January 1909. W.H. Nicholson and Dr. H.B. Owen, joint winners of the new cup, which was played for on January 22 and 23, are seated on either side of Bell. Photograph by Alfred Lobo.

Dates: 1909-01
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).
 Item

Trophies of game shot by me during six weeks, 1908 - 1912

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/26
Scope and Contents 204 x 150 mm. Showing Bell seated among trophies with his A.D.C. Captain Burton seated at the right. The figure seated at the left has not been identified. Although mounted in his scrapbook next to a report of a tour through the Eastern Province in August 1908, this photograph does not appear to relate to that trip, on which Bell wrote 'we saw nothing to shoot ... and the tour, from a sporting point of view, was a failure' (Bell 1908, September 4). The tour which resulted in these...
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).
 Item

Wedding of Dr. Reford - April 1909. Group taken in the grounds of Judge Ennis's house, 1909-04

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/42
Scope and Contents 198 x 144 mm. Showing Bell and Dr. Reford standing in the centre of a large group of wedding guests. His wife Grace, nee Parker, is seated at the front of the group. Dr. John Hope Reford C.M.G. (1873-1957) was a Medical Officer in Uganda from 1907 until his retirement as Director of Medical Services in 1928. Judge George Francis Macdaniel Ennis (1868-1933) who practised as a judge in East Africa between 1899-1912 and in Ceylon between 1912-1925 is probably the figure standing behind...
Dates: 1909-04
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).
 Item

[Winston Churchill in Kampala 1908], 1908

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/25
Scope and Contents

88 x 86 mm. Showing Churchill, Daudi Chwa and Hesketh Bell seated among a European group, with Uganda dignitaries, including Sir Apolo Kagwa, standing at the left. The group appear to be spectators at an unidentified event.

Dates: 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).
  • 1
  • 2