Scope and Contents Postcard (original photograph) showing the single storey brick Post and Telegraph Office erected in 1903. For a photograph of the original Salisbury Post Office see Y3052C/8. A photograph of the old and new buildings at the corner of Second Street and Jameson Avenue is reproduced in 'Salisbury, The Capital of Rhodesia' ( 1903) by Robert Warner, but the building seen here ( different from those) was situated (according to Rudland's note on the back of the card) in Manica Street. Postcard...

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A view from the road looking towards the Post Office, a single storeyed, verandahed brick-building with a corrugated iron roof. The building stood at the corner of Second Street and Jameson Avenue and by 1903 had been replaced by a more substantial construction (although the old and new buildings stood side by side for some time: see photograph on p. 22 of 'Salisbury, The Capital of Rhodesia' by R. Warner, 1903). See also Y3052F/l6.

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Collection of black and white press agency and official photographs (including 5 duplicates) relating to developments during 1965-80, from the time of Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of Independence (UDI) until the emergence of the republic of Zimbabwe. Many were collected to illustrate articles in 'Commonwealth in Focus', and some were reproduced in the 'Commonwealth in Focus' exhibition 1982. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

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Collection of black and white press agency and official photographs (including 5 duplicates) relating to developments during 1965-80, from the time of Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of Independence (UDI) until the emergence of the republic of Zimbabwe. Many were collected to illustrate articles in 'Commonwealth in Focus', and some were reproduced in the 'Commonwealth in Focus' exhibition 1982. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

Scope and Contents 1. Sixth Coronation Safari 1958 Official Programme.2. Pamphlet issued by Ruargh Findlay Development Corporation advertising planned Ruargh Hill development near Johannesburg (published c. 1950).3. Small informational booklet for Braemar Castle ship passengers, ‘Ports of Call and Places of Interest on the Voyage round Africa’, marked ‘H. Dobinson Cabin No. 50.’4. Capt. Chas Slack, ‘Introduction to Swahili’ (London 1891), marked J. Henry Vanstone.5. B.J....

Scope and Contents Pamphlets and reports collected by Hepple dealing with the abuse of human rights and workers' rights:Ainslie, Rosalynde, ‘Masters and serfs: farm labour in South Africa’ (London, 1973)Davis, David, ‘African workers and apartheid’ (London, 1978)Hepple, Alexander, ‘South Africa: workers under apartheid’ (London, 1971)International Commission of Jurists, ‘For the rule of law: a study by the International Commission of Jurists on apartheid in South Africa and...

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Three medals.

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A view looking across granite outcrops towards the Umzingwane with the rapids situated at a curve in the river among the granite in the foreground. Photograph taken about July 15th 1890.

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A closer view of the entrance to the rapids with the river passing through a narrow defile between granite outcrops on the bank. Photograph taken about July 15th 1890.

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Showing the blanket tables and part of the reduction plant at the gold mine with a hill of excavated earth in the background.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of prints inserted in a bound copy of the Rhodesia-Nyasaland Royal Commission Report (Cmd. 5949) 1939. Written on the title page is 'Illustrated with the Chairman's snapshot photographs.' Plate 1 is inside the front cover; the remainder are in pairs on sheets of paper bound into the volume at intervals. They are prints of sharp definition and high quality, mostly 140 x 90 mm, but numbers 5, 17, 18, 44, 46 and 47 are approximately 95 x 120 mm. All have hand-written captions. ...

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73 x 51 mm. Showing the plaque marking Rhodes' grave at the 'World's View' in the Matopos Hills.

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202 x 151 mm. Showing the stone slab and plaque marking Cecil Rhodes' grave in the Matopos Hills.

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Nothing is known of the provenance of this collection of lantern slides and glass plates. The images likely were created to illustrate lectures given at the RCS.

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73 x 51 mm. Showing the statue of Rhodes which stands in Main Street, Bulawayo.

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148 x 202 mm. Lord Carrington, the British Foreign Secretary and Chairman of the Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House, is seen at the signing ceremony with (left to right) Mr S Mundawarara and Bishop Abel Muzorewa; Sir Ian Gilmour, Lord Privy Seal; Mr Joshua Nkomo and Mr Robert Mugabe.

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35 mm. contact prints with negatives.

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176 x 238 mm. Guerrilla leaders Mr Joshua Nkomo (left) and Mr Robert Mugabe (right) signing the Rhodesia ceasefire agreement for the Patriotic Front at London’s Lancaster House.

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149 x 202 mm. The opening session of the Constitutional Conference on Rhodesia at Lancaster House in London. Lord Carrington (facing), the British Foreign Secretary, chaired the meeting in the State Drawing Room. Bishop Abel Muzorewa and his delegation are seated on the left of the picture with Mr Joshua Nkomo, Mr Robert Mugabe and their delegates on the right. Officials from the Conference Secretariat (backs to camera) make up the fourth side of the table.

Scope and Contents Collection of prints inserted in a bound copy of the Rhodesia-Nyasaland Royal Commission Report (Cmd. 5949) 1939. Written on the title page is 'Illustrated with the Chairman's snapshot photographs.' Plate 1 is inside the front cover; the remainder are in pairs on sheets of paper bound into the volume at intervals. They are prints of sharp definition and high quality, mostly 140 x 90 mm, but numbers 5, 17, 18, 44, 46 and 47 are approximately 95 x 120 mm. All have hand-written captions. ...

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A collection of 22 first day and special covers (with five duplicates) documenting the political transition from colony to the creation of the Republic of Zimbabwe.

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Showing a European group gathered round a wagon. Photograph probably taken 1906-7 when Russell was acting Postmaster at Mazoe [Mazowe].

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A general view of the Iron and Steel works.

Scope and Contents Collection of five albums of family photographs, made up almost entirely of amateur snapshots between 80 x 60 mm. and 110 x 150 mm., and many of which are of purely personal interest. However, taken as a whole, they comprise a record of aspects of life in Rhodesia and elsewhere in Africa of interest to the social historian. The albums are carefully annotated by Zöe Ellison towards the end of her life (she died in Cambridge on 4 August 1986, only a fortnight after her last letter to the RCS...

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Showing two Europeans perched on a cliff face.