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Uganda (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1973 Collections and/or Records:

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The rogue, 1935 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/249
Scope and Contents

The album page is entitled: 'Labwor'.

Dates: 1935 - 1936
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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The same girl, 1935 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/240
Scope and Contents

The caption on the album page continues: 'She is wearing a sporran called tiang; this is worn only by married women. This is a small leather square, decorated with beads and cowrie shells. All the women both Labwor and Karamojongs wear a long leather skirt like this. Extra peices [sic] of leather are sewn in to the shirt [skirt ?] to give a full effect, and usually trimmed with thick beads of copper and iron. The Turkana women also wear this style'.

Dates: 1935 - 1936
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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The same girl, 1935 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/241
Scope and Contents

The caption on the album page continues: 'She is wearing a sporran called tiang; this is worn only by married women. This is a small leather square, decorated with beads and cowrie shells. All the women both Labwor and Karamojongs wear a long leather skirt like this. Extra peices [sic] of leather are sewn in to the shirt [skirt ?] to give a full effect, and usually trimmed with thick beads of copper and iron. The Turkana women also wear this style'.

Dates: 1935 - 1936
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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The same girl, 1935 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/242
Scope and Contents

The caption on the album page continues: 'She is wearing a sporran called tiang; this is worn only by married women. This is a small leather square, decorated with beads and cowrie shells. All the women both Labwor and Karamojongs wear a long leather skirt like this. Extra peices [sic] of leather are sewn in to the shirt [skirt ?] to give a full effect, and usually trimmed with thick beads of copper and iron. The Turkana women also wear this style'.

Dates: 1935 - 1936
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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The School, (?)Bugiri, circa 1908, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/62
Scope and Contents

98 x 72 mm.

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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The Secretariat, Entebbe, where I worked for my first three months, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/7
Scope and Contents

105 x 60mm.

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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The snows on Ruwenzori seen from the garden of Bugirasagama[?], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/175
Scope and Contents

From the house.

Dates: 1934
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

‘The solar eclipse in Ankole, Uganda, in 1492’, 1492

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/3/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.

Dates: 1492
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

The story of Uganda National Parks

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 170
Scope and Contents

The history is comprised of a preface followed by 282 pages of text and 25 pages of rough maps and appendices. There is a covering note by Bere to the R.C.S. Librarian, 15 July 1977.

Dates: 1974
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).
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The student's hostel, dining and recreation rooms, 1952 - 1964

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

240 x 180 mm. General view of the building.

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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The student's hostel, dining and recreation rooms, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/1/18
Scope and Contents

240 x 180 mm. General view of the building.

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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[The student's hostel, dining and recreation rooms], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/1/2
Scope and Contents

200 x 155 mm. General view of the building.

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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[The student's hostel, dining and recreation rooms], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/1/2A
Scope and Contents

200 x 155 mm. General view of the building.

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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[The student's hostel, dining and recreation rooms], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/1/2B
Scope and Contents

200 x 155 mm. General view of the building.

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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[The student's hostel, dining and recreation rooms], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/1/2C
Scope and Contents

200 x 155 mm. General view of the building.

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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[The swimming pool at Entebbe], 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/17
Scope and Contents

55 x 50 mm.

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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The swimming pool at Entebbe, on the edge of the lake, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/16
Scope and Contents

55 x 55 mm.

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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The swimming pool at Government House, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/47
Scope and Contents

55 x 50 mm.

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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[The swimming pool, Makerere], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/72A
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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The swimming pool, Makerere, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/72
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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The University College of East Africa visited by H.H. The Sultan of Zanzibar and the Sultana, 1954-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/3/452
Scope and Contents

165 x 220 mm. The caption continues: 'Left to right: B. de Bunsen (The Principal), H.H. The Sultana, H.H. The Sultan, F.B. Wilson (Vice Principal) walking past the Mosque.'

Dates: 1954-04
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).
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The University Library, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/17
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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The University Library, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/18
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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The Zoology Laboratory, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/52A
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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This girl at Keru is wearing a chain sporran called - Owele, 1935 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/254
Scope and Contents

The caption below the photograph continues: 'This kind is worn by all the older unmarried women. The small boy on the right is wearing a - Kicholchol made from sections of dry coarse grass and seeds from trees.

The Labwor are most skilled blacksmiths. This sporran has been made locally with locally mined iron.'

Dates: 1935 - 1936
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).