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Sudan (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1744 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

W. Powell collection on Africa 1930s

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M-O
Scope and Contents A collection of photographs on 125 brown loose album sheets, many with hand-written captions. The captions have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. There are two 'Title pages' which have been transcribed at Y304M and Y304N, dated 1934 and 1935-36. The album sheets which appear to...
Dates: 1930 - 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).
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Wadi El Gindi, 1942-06-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/4/49
Scope and Contents

125 x 125 mm. Showing Mrs Hebbert sitting beside a stream, surrounded by Maidenhair ferns.

Dates: 1942-06-17
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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Wadi El Grindi, 1942-06-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/4/47
Scope and Contents

125 x 130 mm. Showing Mrs Hebbert stood amongst vegetation at the foot on a waterfall.

Dates: 1942-06-17
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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Wadi Halfa, 1920-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/189
Scope and Contents

70 x 44 mm. A group of people carrying a Rolls Royce engine.

Dates: 1920-03
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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Wadi Halfa Hotel, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/506
Scope and Contents

130 x 140 mm. View of the hotel through a group of palm trees.

Dates: 1930 - 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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Wadi Halfa, Mar 1920, 1920-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/352
Scope and Contents

70 x 45 mm. Showing men carrying above their heads what appears to be the engine of an aeroplane.

Dates: 1920-03
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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Wadi Halfa, Mar 1920, 1920-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/355
Scope and Contents

70 x 45 mm. Showing men carrying above their heads what appears to be the engine of an aeroplane.

Dates: 1920-03
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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Wadi Halfa, Mar 1920, 1920-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/358
Scope and Contents

70 x 45 mm. Showing men carrying above their heads what appears to be the engine of an aeroplane.

Dates: 1920-03
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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Wadi Halfa, Mar 1920, 1920-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/2/62
Scope and Contents

125 x 85 mm. Showing men carrying an engine from a crashed aeroplane.

Dates: 1920-03
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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War Dance, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/71
Scope and Contents

163 x 118 mm. A view showing a group of Jaalin warriors dancing, waving swords and beating a drum.

Dates: 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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War Dance, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/72
Scope and Contents

165 x 117 mm. A view showing a group of Jaalin warriors dancing, waving swords and beating a drum.

Dates: 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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Warthogs, Deiru Zubeir, Bahr-el-Ghazal [? Deim Zubeir, Bahr al Ghazal], 1915, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/260
Scope and Contents

135 x 78 mm. A view showing the bodies of two warthogs shot by Christy. It seems likely that this is Deim Zubeir in Sudan.

Dates: 1915
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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Watching Polo, Port Sudan [i.e. Bur Sudan], 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/47
Scope and Contents

55 x 60 mm. Showing two men sat watching a game of polo.

Dates: 1930 - 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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Water girls crossing a tributary of the Kinste[?] between [illegible word] and Dobol, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/201
Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...
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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[Waterfall], 1942-06-19 - 1942-06-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/4/50
Scope and Contents

125 x 125 mm. Showing a waterfall and hills or mountains beyond.

Dates: 1942-06-19 - 1942-06-20
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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[Waterfront buildings], 1946 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/5/20
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. General view.

Dates: 1946 - 1950
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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[Waterfront buildings], 1946 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/5/21
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. View from opposite bank.

Dates: 1946 - 1950
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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[Waterfront buildings], 1946 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/5/22
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. View from opposite bank.

Dates: 1946 - 1950
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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Watering in the Wadi El Gindi, 1942-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/4/33
Scope and Contents

125 x 125 mm. Showing a train of donkeys being watered.

Dates: 1942-06
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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Watering on the road between Koringa and Kelling, 1942-06-19 - 1942-06-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/4/53
Scope and Contents

125 x 95 mm. Showing donkeys and their drivers at a stream.

Dates: 1942-06-19 - 1942-06-20
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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Weapons, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS.4.03
Scope and Contents

Two small blades, presumably hand held, said to have been collected from the battlefield of Omdurman, 1898.

Dates: 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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[Well], 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/148
Scope and Contents

60 x 60 mm. A view of women around what appears to be a well.

Dates: 1933
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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West African children - On the Rahad (Kassala Province) [i.e. Kassala], 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/199
Scope and Contents

115 x 125 mm. Showing five children. Circular huts can be seen in the background.

Dates: 1930 - 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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West Redoubt, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042A/10
Scope and Contents

197 x 150 mm. A view showing a sandbag fortification similar to Y3042A/9 but with a taller wooden lookout platform. A group of soldiers stands on and in front of the redoubt. Two cannons are in position facing out towards the desert and the whole emplacement is protected by a seriba of thorny mimosa.

Dates: 1885
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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White Nile at Khartoum, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/9
Scope and Contents

75 x 51 mm. The White Nile Bridge.

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).