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Uganda (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1973 Collections and/or Records:

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[At the entrance to the Chapel of St Francis], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/31
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. A view from behind a robed man looking out from the entrance of the chapel, he is holding a processional cross (a gift from Ethiopia) before him.

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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At the sewing machine, 1905 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 26/44
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions.

Dates: 1905 - 1947
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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Attempt at doing view from our tent door, Railhead Camp, 1900-02-27

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/28
Scope and Contents

'Pouring rain. Cook's shelter under corrugated pent-house.'

Dates: 1900-02-27
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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Autograph letters, 1890 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/5/11
Scope and Contents

A collection of autograph letters with a list compiled by Bell. Those of particular interest include eight letters from Neville Chamberlain, whom Bell met in the Bahamas in 1895, and nine letters from Robert Dolbey, the army medical officer and Professor of Surgery at the University of Cairo, whom Bell appointed as his literary executor (circa 150 sheets).

Dates: 1890 - 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).
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Baby being carried to Toro Hospital, 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 26/23
Scope and Contents

Colour.

Dates: 1903
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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Bachigga girls, outside the rest camp at Bunyoni, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/119
Scope and Contents

Showing two women standing beside a thatched canopy with a car in the background.

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).
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Back view of our tents, 1900-02-26

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/27
Scope and Contents

'Attempt at sketching terminus of Uganda railway and our four tents.' The watercolour shows railway sheds and trucks, and identifies which missionaries slept in the individual tents.

Dates: 1900-02-26
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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Baganda warriors, 1906 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/50
Scope and Contents

116 x 87 mm. Showing a large group of Baganda warriors armed with spears and leather shields.

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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[Baganda women in a banana garden - Lusuku - where matooke, the staple food is grown], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/49
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. The women are wearing basatis, gomas - a modification of the traditional dress.

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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Bagishu, 1908 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/82
Scope and Contents

68 x 94 mm. Three-quarter length portrait of a Bagishu man.

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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Bagishu [1909], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/83
Scope and Contents

67 x 93 mm. Showing two Bagishu women with woven baskets on their heads, with a child standing in the background.

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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Bagishu Camp [1909], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/75
Scope and Contents

103 x 79 mm. Showing Bagishu men carrying loads of grass into a village in the Bugishu country.

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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Bagishu granaries [1909], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/80
Scope and Contents

110 x 90 mm. Showing two Bagishu granaries, circular mud huts raised off the ground on wooden platforms and with roughly thatched roofs.

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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Bairu dancing, N. [north ?] Kigezi, Uganda, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/26
Scope and Contents

'142-36-8' 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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Bairu women and children (a Muhima woman with bottle) - on safari, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045S/4
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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Bakedi dance, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/28
Scope and Contents

105 x 81 mm. Showing a group of Bukedi men grouped in a circle with figures in the centre leaping into the air. Bell visited the Bukedi area during his tour of the Eastern Province in 1909.

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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Bakonjo, foothills of Rwenzori mountains, 1895 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 172/3/23
Scope and Contents

216 x 166 mm.

Dates: 1895 - 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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Bales of sisal ready for export, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/306
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:

'Today about 10,620 acres are devoted to sisal growing including one big European estate of 7,200 acres in Bunyro. Sisal rope almost entirely replaced manila rope during the Japanese occupation of so many Far East territories and much of the sisal needs were supplied by East Africa'.

Dates: 1940 - 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).
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Baling the sisal fibre, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/307
Scope and Contents

Showing an African worker operating the sisal baling press.

Dates: 1940 - 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).
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Baling the sisal fibre, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/308
Scope and Contents

Showing an African worker operating the cording machinery which fastens the bundles of pressed sisal.

Dates: 1940 - 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).
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'Banagunju' dancers of mushroom clan. Drums at least 200 years old, 1906 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/47
Scope and Contents

118 x 87 mm. Showing a group of leaping Banagunju dancers in the foregroud with drummers beyond.

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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Banana leaves. Uganda. Woman is tall, 1900 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/41
Scope and Contents

On the reverse, in ink, is written 'A largely used article of diet in Africa'.

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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Baobab trees and Wagogo houses, Ugogo Plain, 1902, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/72
Scope and Contents

99 x 43 mm. View looking across the plain towards distant mountains.

Dates: 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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Barbecue weekend at Busoga at Jimmy Fleming's home in the bush: early morning tea, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/75
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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Barbecue weekend at Busoga at Jimmy Fleming's home in the bush: waiting for breakfast the morning after, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/73
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).