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Sierra Leone (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 508 Collections and/or Records:

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St Matthew’s Church, 1950 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/11/1
Scope and Contents

17 x 80 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1950 - 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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State opening of Parliament by Duke of Kent, 27 Apr. 1961, 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/5/23
Scope and Contents

133 x 87 mm. glossy print with 67 x 44 mm. negative.

Dates: 1961
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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Steam train, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/14/2
Scope and Contents

102 x 101 mm. glossy print with 152 x 152 mm. enlargement and 56 mm. negative. Location unidentified.

Dates: 1962
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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[Street in Freetown], 1895 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/71
Scope and Contents

165 x 120 mm. Rather dark.

Dates: 1895 - 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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Street Scene, Bonthe, Sherbro, W.C. Africa, January 1899, 1899-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446F/6
Scope and Contents

158 x 113 mm. A view looking along a road at Bonthe, the seat of Government for the Sherbro district and situated at the east end of Sherbro Island, towards a group of small thatched houses set among trees. With a stream in the left foreground.

Dates: 1899-01
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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Street Scene, Bonthe, Sherbro, W.C. Africa, January 1899, 1899-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446F/7
Scope and Contents

157 x 112 mm. Showing a thatched wooden house set among banana trees, with a small covered roadside fruit stall to the right and a family group posing for the camera in the middle ground of the print.

Dates: 1899-01
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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Student Bendu doing microscopic work at Njala Training College, Sierra Leone, 1950 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/123
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'He is taking the agricultural course'.

Dates: 1950 - 1959
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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Student Kamanda, learning to be an agricultural instructor, is seen at work in the nursery of Njala Training College, Sierra Leone, 1950 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/120
Scope and Contents From the Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). Numbers 117-127 all have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'Young Sierra Leoneans train for battle against ignorance. The Njala Training College.A college where young Sierra Leoneans can learn to become agricultural instructors, primary teachers, and forest rangers is run by the Sierra Leone Government at Njala, a day's journey from Freetown, the capital. On successful completion of their...
Dates: 1950 - 1959
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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Students at Njala Training College, Sierra Leone, taking games with children of the Practising School, 1950 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/126
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Teaching practice and observation in the Practising School form one of the most important aspects of the Education Course'.

Dates: 1950 - 1959
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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Students in the biological laboratory of Njala Training College, Sierra Leone, preparing ten varieties of upland rice for examination, 1950 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/124
Scope and Contents From the Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). Numbers 117-127 all have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'Young Sierra Leoneans train for battle against ignorance. The Njala Training College.A college where young Sierra Leoneans can learn to become agricultural instructors, primary teachers, and forest rangers is run by the Sierra Leone Government at Njala, a day's journey from Freetown, the capital. On successful completion of their...
Dates: 1950 - 1959
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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Students of Njala Training College, Sierra Leone, seen at work weeding tomatoes, 1950 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/121
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'These students are learning to be agricultural instructors'.

Dates: 1950 - 1959
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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Sulima, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446F/30
Scope and Contents

156 x 110 mm. A view from the beach looking towards the houses of Sulima, the starting point for Alldridge's journeys into the interior.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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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Sunday School Children, 1950 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/11/3
Scope and Contents

117 x 80 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1950 - 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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Sunday School Children, 1950 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/11/4
Scope and Contents

117 x 80 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1950 - 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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Susan’s Bay, Freetown, 1895 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/81
Scope and Contents

137 x 88 mm. postcard.

Dates: 1895 - 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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Susu Girl Perching Ground Nuts, Freetown, 1895 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/77
Scope and Contents

137 x 88 mm. postcard.

Dates: 1895 - 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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Susu Girl Selling Pap, Freetown, 1895 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/78
Scope and Contents

137 x 88 mm. postcard.

Dates: 1895 - 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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Suzan's Bay. Freetown, 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Monochrome postcards showing views in Freetown. Photographer and publisher unknown.

Dates: 1920 - 1929
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

Sydney Tyers album

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K
Scope and Contents A disbound album containing prints of various sizes, with captions beneath the prints. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. Of the prints, 61 relate to the overseas service of Lieutenant Colonel Tyers, the remainder being photographs of English and continental scenes. The photographer for the vast majority of the prints is unknown.The photographs are arranged in haphazard sequence but the movements of the Boadicea have...
Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Team members at work, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/2/21
Scope and Contents

79 x 80 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1962
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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Telling a human story - earth's message, 1905 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone II/2
Scope and Contents

The caption continues:
Across the ocean far and near,
Comes again the thought of friends
The same old wish,
Prosperity, Health, and Happy Days
At Christmas and the New Year.'




Dates: 1905 - 1953
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 Barracks Freetown; Tower Hill, 1895 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/32
Scope and Contents

145 x 100 mm. The Barracks are in the distance, not only small but very faded.

Dates: 1895 - 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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The beach at Sulima with breaking surf, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446F/29
Scope and Contents

158 x 108 mm. Showing surf breaking on the beach at Sulima, a port of entry into the Sherbro at the mouth of the River Moa. Alldridge included this photograph as an illustration of the difficulty of landing at Sulima during the rainy season.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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 Behlanjeh, the national musical instrument of the Mandingos, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446F/28
Scope and Contents 158 x 112 mm. Showing two Mandingo or Mandinka men, a Muslim group in West Africa, posing for their portraits with their wooden xylophones: 'This instrument is known as the balenjeh, or African piano. It is about three feet long, and consists of some fifteen short pieces of wood, mounted over small hollow gourds, the whole set in a frame and played like a dulcimer, with two small sticks with rubber knobs to them...The effect was very fine, as the tones produced are soft and...
Dates: 1890 - 1899
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 body is the temple of the soul, 1905 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone II/1
Scope and Contents

The caption continues: 'Soap and water, keeps both body and soul healthy and clean.'

Dates: 1905 - 1953
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).