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Zimbabwe (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 558 Collections and/or Records:

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Old traditions still survive, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052I/7
Scope and Contents

Showing African two men seated on the ground conversing. The figure on the left wears European clothes while the man on the right is dressed in ceremonial costume with leopards' tails hanging from his waist, an ostrich feather headdress and a flywhisk in his hand.

Dates: 1966
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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On Lundi River [Runde River], 2 Aug. 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052B/10
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240 x 183 mm. Showing outspanned oxen grazing on the bank of the Lundi River. The photograph was taken about August 2.

Dates: 2 Aug. 1890
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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On the Market Square, Salisbury [Harare], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052D/5
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A view looking over the Market Square with crowds gathered round the business premises in the background or inspecting stock on the open land in front.

Dates: 1900
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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On the Tokwani [Tokwane] River, Mashonaland, 1 - 12 Aug. 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052B/6
Scope and Contents 194 x 234 mm. A view looking along the Tokwani River with dense forest vegetation on either bank. The photograph was taken in early August. This is most probably the scene described in Surridge's lecture: 'On the smaller river, the Tokwani, one fairy glen specially may be mentioned. The large trees formed a perfect avenue overhead, and so thick was the overhanging foliage that the brilliant sunlight was almost obscured. Beneath were palms, growing to a height of about seven or eight...
Dates: 1 - 12 Aug. 1890
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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One of Salisbury's finest buildings , 1900 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052C/6
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Showing the premises of the Standard Bank of South Africa's Salisbury branch. This brick building, faced with cement and only recently erected at the time of this photograph on the corner of Third Street and Jameson Avenue, was replaced by a larger headquarters in 1928.

Dates: 1900 - 1901
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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Opening of Kariba, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 348/2/1/5a
Scope and Contents

The programme for the opening of the Kariba Dam by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on Tuesday 17 May 1960.

Dates: 1960
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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Opening of Kariba, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 348/2/1/5b
Scope and Contents

The programme for the opening of the Kariba Dam by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on Tuesday 17 May 1960.

Dates: 1960
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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Opening of the Kariba Hydro-Electric undertaking, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 348/2/7/8
Scope and Contents

The proceedings at the opening of the Kariba Hydro-Electric Undertaking by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on 17 May 1960.

Dates: 1960
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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Ox-drawn sledge, Dendenyore Township, 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052G/23
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Showing a team of four oxen drawing a wooden sledge with the thatched circular stone huts of the township in the background.

Dates: 1950 - 1967
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

Page from the 'Bulawayo Chronicle', 1896-12-12

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/92
Scope and Contents

A page of news, editorials and sport, with adverts on the reverse.

Dates: 1896-12-12
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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Parallel Passage, Zimbabwe Ruins, Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/141
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152 x 202 mm. A view looking along the curving passage between two high stone walls on the inner face of the outer wall of the Elliptical building at Zimbabwe.

Dates: 1925
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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Part of camp, Fort Salisbury, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/140
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A view looking along a row of the pioneers’ bivouac tents at Salisbury with the kopje in the background. Photograph taken about September 12th.

Dates: 1890
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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Part of central Salisbury [Harare], from the top of Livingstone House in Jameson Avenue, 1958 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052T/3
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Photograph by Basil Shackleton.

Dates: 1958 - 1969
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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Part of Circular Wall, Zimbabye [sic], 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/111
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Showing part of the wall with a double row of chevrons patterned into the brickwork near the top. This chevron pattern is found at the south-eastern and north-eastern end of the circular ruins. Photograph taken between August 13th-19th.

Dates: 1890
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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Part of Laager, Matabeleland (Impagi), 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/52
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Showing part of the camp with the searchlight and steam engine (see Y3052A/30) at the left of the print, a row of wagons and men and equipment in the foreground. The location is presumably Impadi rather than Impagi, a spot about two thirds of the way between Tuli and the Umzingwane. The advance road making party reached the Umzingwane on July 10th, the day before the main body set out from Fort Tuli. The main column would have reached Impadi on about July 14th 1890.

Dates: 1890
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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Part of our ward, Salisbury Hospital, 1914-11-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052F/4
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A view looking along a row of beds towards the end of the ward where three nurses stand.

Dates: 1914-11-14
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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Part of the Penhalonga Valley showing the Penhalonga Proprietary Mine, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 195/37
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A series of watercolours commissioned from the Rhodesian artist Mrs Gilbert Stephenson to be used in colouring lantern slides to illustrate the fifth handbook, A.J. Sargent, 'South Africa: seven lectures (London, 1914). Stephenson had been recommended by the British South Africa Company.

Dates: 1910
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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Patriotic Front Delegation at Rhodesia Conference, 1979

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/427
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149 x 202 mm. Members of the Patriotic Front delegation , led by Mr Robert Mugabe and Mr Joshua Nkomo, at the Constitutional Conference on Rhodesia in the State Drawing Room of Lancaster House.

Dates: 1979
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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Patriotic Front Leader Arrives For Rhodesia Conference, 1979

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/425
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201 x 149 mm. Mr Joshua Nkomo, one of the leaders of the Patriotic Front delegation, is welcomed by Lord Carrington, the British Foreign Secretary, for the start of the Constitutional Conference on Rhodesia at Lancaster House.

Dates: 1979
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

Photographs of India and Southern Rhodesia [i.e. Zimbabwe], 1890s-1930s

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH
Scope and Contents A collection of prints of various sizes. A number of the earlier prints have evidently been removed from the pages of an album. The collection is divided up as follows:1-19 Views in India (Mussoorie, Muttra and Hurdwar), 1890s-1900s, mainly commercial work but with some amateur snapshots20-26 Postcards of India, early 1900s27-37 Snapshots of Southern Rhodesia, 1920s-1930sMost of the prints have contemporary captions, and many in addition have titles written at a...
Dates: 1890 - 1939
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).
 Fonds

Photographs of Mashonaland and Matabeleland

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052B
Scope and Contents An album containing mounted prints measuring approximately 240 x 180 mm, with captions beneath the prints written in a fine copperplate hand. The photographs show scenes taken between June and September 1890 during the Pioneer trek in what was later to be Southern Rhodesia (currently Zimbabwe). On July 9 1891, soon after his return to England, Surridge delivered a lecture to the Royal Colonial Institute, entitled 'Matabeleland and Mashonaland'. This talk was illustrated with lantern...
Dates: 1890-06 - 1890-09
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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Pioneer Street, Salisbury [Harare], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052D/6
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A view looking along Pioneer Street with the Central Hotel in the left foreground and Edwards and Co. merchants at the right.

Dates: 1900
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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[Plane at Bulawayo], 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/9/48
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75 x 54 mm. Five men standing in front of a plane, probably at Bulawayo.

Dates: 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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P.O. Selukwe [Shurugwi] S. Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052D/3
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A view from the road showing Alexander Russell standing on the verandah of the corrugated-iron Post Office building at Shurugwi. Russell was postmaster 1907-9.

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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Police Tents, Tuli River, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/40
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A view looking down onto two rows of bell tents surrounded by a thorn zariba with scrubland and the Tuli River in the background. Of the 500 BSA Co. police, only 300 moved on to Tuli, the remainder, under the command of Sir John Willoughby, remaining at Macloutsie to cover the column’s rear. Photograph taken during the first week of July 1890.

Dates: 1890
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).