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Tanzania (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2083 Collections and/or Records:

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Wanyakyusa women, 1916 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469K/17
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection comprises black and white photographs, mostly 125 x 75 mm or 75 x 125 mm in size, film negatives and glass negatives. Some of the prints from glass plates are smaller, approximately 85 x 65 mm. The prints are good compositions, though some are rather dark, and were listed by Erica Ryan of the National Library of Australia, using, among other sources, the captioned envelopes in which the original negatives had been stored. The glass negatives have been digitised and are...
Dates: 1916 - 1918
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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Wanyamweris, 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047C/4
Scope and Contents 105 x 50 mm (both sections of stereo print). Showing a group of enslaved persons from the Ruwenzori Mountains (Mountains of the Moon). Grant's note beneath the print reads: ''Wanyamweris' or natives from the Country of the Moon - heads shaved except a moon shaped and very short patch on top of the head - the centre one only wears a headdress (a ring of standing out zebra mane) very muscular, tall, fine men - a throatlet of 3 cornered or moon shaped ivory is suspended by thread round neck...
Dates: 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25
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 wreck, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/97
Scope and Contents

78 x 51 mm. Two men on the top of a building in Dar es Salaam.

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).
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[Warehouse of Leslie and Anderson, Ltd., Zanzibar], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/35
Scope and Contents

239 x 185 mm. A view showing a group of European, Arab and Swahili employees in Leslie and Anderson warehouse with Chandler (in a white suit and carrying a pith helmet) standing third from the right. In the foreground sacks of copra stand on a large pair of scales.

Dates: 1920 - 1927
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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[Warthog], 1910 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/89
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Collection of miscellaneous monochrome postcards of scenes in German East Africa (now Tanzania). The cards are issued by Walther Dobbertin, Dar es Salaam and Tanga (76-79, 81-87), C. Vicenti, Dar es Salaam (88, 90), The Standard P. and P. Works, Nairobi and Mombasa (91), the remainder unknown.

Dates: 1910 - 1920
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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/47
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Showing two Warusha men. The caption continues: 'these two warriors showed me all the likely places where crocodiles were. Arusha Chinia [i.e. Arusha Chini]'.

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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/87
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Showing a Warusha woman with a number of goats. A caption below the photographs reads: 'The Wahwavi and Warusha copy Masai in dress'.

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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/95
Scope and Contents

Showing three women seated on the ground.

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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/96
Scope and Contents

Showing a woman in front of a thatched house.

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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/97
Scope and Contents

Showing a woman carrying a large bunch of bananas on her head.

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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/98
Scope and Contents

A head and shoulders portrait of a woman.

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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/99
Scope and Contents

A full-length portrait of a woman.

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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/100
Scope and Contents

A portrait of a woman from the waist up.

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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/101
Scope and Contents

A portrait of a woman from the waist up.

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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[Warusha boy], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/53
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Showing a boy holding a small snake. The caption reads: 'This snake became entangled in my legs when I was bathing in the furrow'.

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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[Warusha girl], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/55A
Scope and Contents

A professional photograph of a Warusha girl. The photograph is signed 'G. Eric Matson'.

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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[Warusha girls], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/55B
Scope and Contents

A professional photograph of two Warusha girls. The photograph is signed 'G. Eric Matson'.

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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[Warusha man], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/51
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Listening to gramophone. The caption reads: 'This was the first time he had heard the gramaphone [sic]. (Warusha)'.

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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[Warusha mother and child], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/54
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Shown lying down resting. The caption reads: 'A typical scene outside any native hut at midday. (Warusha)'.

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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Warusha. (Note heavy chain girdle), 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/55
Scope and Contents

Showing a Warusha girl.

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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Washing clothes, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/30
Scope and Contents

151 x 107 mm. A view showing Swahili women washing clothes and bathing in a country pool.

Dates: 1901 - 1905
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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Washing day, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2/23
Scope and Contents

115 x 140 mm.

Dates: 1930 - 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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Washing day in Zanzibar - no hot water is used, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2/22
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1930 - 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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Wasumba, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/48
Scope and Contents

A head and shoulders portrait of a Wasumba child.

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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Wasumbwa girl in ceremonial dress, Tabora, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/74
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Collection of monochrome postcards (original photographs) of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) scenes. Published by A.C. Gomes and Son, Dar es Salaam.

Dates: 1930 - 1939
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).