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Uganda (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1973 Collections and/or Records:

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Kassagama King of Toro, 1906 - 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/40
Scope and Contents

86 x 77 mm. Showing Dandi Kasagama standing with officials of state beneath an umbrella.

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).
 Fonds

Kenneth Robinson collection on Africa

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304G
Scope and Contents A collection of 14 loose prints (with 1 duplicate) created during visits to Africa by Dr K.E. Robinson between 1952 and 1962. Y304G1/-11 are photographs by the Uganda Public Relations Photographic Department, 220 x 115 mm. They were taken during a visit to Buganda in October 1952 by the Governor of Uganda Sir Andrew Cohen (1909-1968). Other people identified in the photographs include Lady Helen Cohen (nee Donington), John Pryor Birch, Resident of Buganda, and Private Secretary to the...
Dates: 1952 - 1962
Conditions Governing Access: 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-Series

Kenya and Uganda, 1937

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 27
Scope and Contents

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions from K.H. Buxton, who is probably Kathleen Hannah Buxton (1905-1999), daughter of Reverend Leonard Buxton, the Vicar of North Mimms, Hertfordshire.

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).
 File

Kenya and Uganda, 1950

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 2/1
Scope and Contents

Reports by AFB of his unofficial visits to Kenya and Uganda, to get the point of view of the African population on improving their social conditions and preparing for self-government. Note that the report on Kenya consists of several incomplete drafts.

Dates: 1950
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Kenya and Uganda: gazelle, ostrich, crocodile, okapi, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/1/213-17
Scope and Contents From the File:

Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.

Dates: 1943
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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Kenya reports, 1950 - 1981

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 2/2
Scope and Contents Papers relating to AFB's unofficial visits to Kenya and Uganda in 1950 and 1963, including: press cuttings on the 1950 visit; annotated draft text of the agreement with European, Asian and African members of the Kenya legislature, 1954, with amendments by Michael Blundell [founder of the United Country Party], on social conditions, land registration, co-operative farming and the colour bar; a copy of the Kenya Independence Day souvenir, 1963, issued by the Kenya Indian Congress and signed by...
Dates: 1950 - 1981
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Kenya's £40,000 gift to Makerere College, 1940 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/44
Scope and Contents

165 x 116 mm. General view of college buildings. The caption on the reverse outlines, at length, the reasoning behind the gift.

Dates: 1940 - 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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Kigesi Province. S.W. Uganda, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/161
Scope and Contents

77 x 50 mm. A road running through countryside.

Dates: 1928
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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Kima, 1908 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/44
Scope and Contents

61 x 86 mm. A snapshot of Bell holding his pet monkey Kima.

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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King Daudi, Uganda, 1900 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/34
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Miscellaneous monochrome postcards. Photographers and/or publishers unknown, apart from no.40, issued by the White Fathers.

Dates: 1900 - 1904
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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King Edward Sulemani of Ankole, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045S/7
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A collection of 18 glass slides and 38 photographs. The slides were used by Hogbin to illustrate talks on her work when on furlough (leave of absence), and their captions were provided by her niece. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

Dates: 1931
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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[King Kahaya drawing the long bow], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/16
Scope and Contents

81 x 81 mm. Showing King Kahaya firing a bow with an attendant in the background holding arrows. This is probably a demonstration of one of the weapons given to Bell when he visited Kahaya's house the day after arriving in Mbarara ('Kahaya gave me a lot of bows and arrows, and pottery, and some skins; also a cow and calf', (Bell 1907, February 1)).

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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King Kahaya 'drawing the long bow' [1907], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/49
Scope and Contents

Showing King Kahaya firing a bow with an attendant in the background holding arrows. This is probably a demonstration of one of the weapons given to Bell when he visited Kahaya's house the day after arriving in Mbarara ('Kahaya gave me a lot of bows and arrows, and pottery, and some skins; also a cow and calf', Bell (1907), February 1).

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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King of Ankole, 1901 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 29/1
Scope and Contents

Kahaya II (on the right) was king from 1901 until his death in 1944. The figure to the left may be prime minister Nuwa Mbaguta (1867-1944).

Dates: 1901 - 1930
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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King of Buganda and self in motor car, 1908 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/31
Scope and Contents 87 x 87 mm. Showing Bell and the young Kabaka of Buganda Daudi Chwa seated in the back seat of the motor car, with an unidentified European in the front seat. Hesketh Bell records the arrival of the motor car in Uganda: '20th April [1908] ... some months ago I ordered from Home a motor car for my use and a motor lorry, and they have arrived. Both are of 'Albion' make. These are the first motor cars ever seen in Uganda and they are making a great sensation among the natives. They are...
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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[King of Buganda and self in motor car], 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/26
Scope and Contents 81 x 81 mm. Showing Bell and the young Kabaka of Buganda Daudi Chwa seated in the back seat of the motor car, with an unidentified European in the front seat. Hesketh Bell records the arrival of the motor car in Uganda: '20th April [1908] ... some months ago I ordered from Home a motor car for my use and a motor lorry, and they have arrived. Both are of 'Albion' make. These are the first motor cars ever seen in Uganda and they are making a great sensation among the natives. They are...
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).
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King of Toro on Futki, 1909-01 - 1909-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/46
Scope and Contents

87 x 76 mm. Showing Dandi Kasagama (1870-1928), the Mukama of Toro from 1891-1928, riding on Futki's back beneath a state umbrella. The photograph was taken during Bell's tour of the western districts in January-March 1909.

Dates: 1909-01 - 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).
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Kings and Chiefs at the Exhibition, 1908 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/3
Scope and Contents

201 x 145 mm. A group portrait showing the Kabakas of Uganda and their counsellors and chiefs in the Kampala Exhibition grounds, with Namirembe Cathedral visible on the skyline in the background.

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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King's College, Budo, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/21
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'A science master with students in one of the laboratories of this famous school founded by the C.M.S. more than fifty years ago and now teaching boys and girls up to the sixth-form.' Stamped with: 'Uganda Protectorate, Department of Information Photographic section.'

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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King's College, Budo, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/22
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. A science practical class in progress. Stamped with: 'Uganda Protectorate, Department of Information Photographic section.'

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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King's Lake, Mengo, 1906 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/28
Scope and Contents

150 x 104 mm. A view looking across the King's Lake at Mengo with Namirembe Hill and the Anglican Cathedral on the skyline.

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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Kings School, Budo, 1906 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/44
Scope and Contents

115 x 87 mm. Showing the front entrance of the school, roofed with corrugated iron. Founded in 1905 about 8 miles south east of Kampala, the school is thus named because it stood on royal land at Budo donated by the Kabaka through his regents.

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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King’s Scout Daniel Kigozi of the King’s College Troop, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/38
Scope and Contents

80 x 78 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 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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Kisenyi Hospital staff about to transport their first maternity case home, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/206
Scope and Contents

152 x 110 mm. glossy print with 84 x 57 mm. enlargement.

Dates: 1962
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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Kit River, near the Nile, 1906 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/99
Scope and Contents

76 x 101 mm. A rather dark print showing a group of porters carrying supplies across the Kit River. Exact location unknown.

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).