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Tanzania (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2029 Collections and/or Records:

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‘Notes on an inscribed stone found at Uroa, Zanzibar’, 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/4/3
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.

Dates: 1957
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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Notes on cases in the British Consular Court at Zanzibar, 1859-1865, 1950 - 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/10/6
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.

Dates: 1950 - 1970
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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‘Notes on excavations at Ras Mkumbuu’, 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/4/8
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.

Dates: 1958
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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Notes on fishes, 1926 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/7/8
Scope and Contents

36 leaves describing the fish collected from Lake Tanganyika and the locations where they were found.

Dates: 1926 - 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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‘Notes on Saidi Chaurembos' account of the early history of Dar es Salaam’, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/5/7
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.

Dates: 1955
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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‘Notes on Zanzibar antiquities’, 1952 - 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/4/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.

Dates: 1952 - 1970
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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Nyakyusa fish-basket traps, 1914 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469K/178
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 provenance of the collection is unclear,...
Dates: 1914 - 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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Nyakyusa fish-basket traps, 1914 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469K/GN/178
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 provenance of the collection is unclear,...
Dates: 1914 - 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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Nyangara Rock, Ukaguru, 1900 - 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/419
Scope and Contents

163 x 119 mm.

Dates: 1900 - 1935
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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Official residence garden, Neue Langenberg, 1914 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469K/136
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 provenance of the collection is unclear,...
Dates: 1914 - 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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Old school, Itumba, c 1903, 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/148
Scope and Contents

103 x 75 mm. View of the stone and thatch school. Two other copies of this print can be found at prints 60 and 62.

Dates: 1903
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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Omari, rickshaw boy, 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/17
Scope and Contents

59 x 102 mm. A view showing Omari. His jacket is monogrammed L and A over the breast.

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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On board ship, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/99
Scope and Contents

119 x 96 mm. Showing a naval officer on board an unidentified ship, bending down to stroke a pug; with other figures in the background.

Dates: 1900 - 1909
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 board the train, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/103
Scope and Contents

111 x 83 mm. A blurred print showing an unidentified European woman seated in a railway carriage.

Dates: 1900 - 1909
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 deck, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/100
Scope and Contents

120 x 96 mm. Showing a row of passengers seated on deck chairs on the deck of a ship.

Dates: 1900 - 1909
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 verandah, Amani, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/50
Scope and Contents

109 x 82 mm. Showing two European men and a woman (possibly Frau ----) seated around a table on the verandah of a house at Amani.

Dates: 1900 - 1909
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 top of the Usambara Range, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/63
Scope and Contents

A panoramic view, consisting of four photographs, of the mountain range.

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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[Onboard a dhow], 1933 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/14
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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 the four groups at a witchcraft trial in Ugogo, 1909-10, 1909 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/292
Scope and Contents

162 x 119 mm. Duplicate of print 287. A note on the reverse reads ‘The groups are as follows - the accusers, the accused, the elders or chiefs, and the medicine men who administer the poison which decides the issue.' Two copies.

Dates: 1909 - 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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One of the many Inselbergs - Ukara, Tanzania, 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/1/20
Scope and Contents From the File:

35 mm slides. Images of Owen Falls Dam in Uganda, hill farming, tea picking and general landscape views.

Dates: 1933 - 1964
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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[Open air schooling], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/5/1
Scope and Contents

215 x 150 mm. Young men seated and stood around benches in the open air.

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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[Open air schooling], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/5/2
Scope and Contents

160 x 110 mm. Young men seated and stood around benches in the open air.

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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[Opening of new lighthouse at Chumbe, 1926. View from the sea], 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/76
Scope and Contents

102 x 59 mm. A view from the sea looking towards the lighthouse decked out with flags. Chumbe Island lies a few miles south-east of the entrance to Zanzibar Harbour. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Approaching Chumvi'.

Dates: 1926
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 new lighthouse on Chumbe Island, 1926. Climbing a coconut tree], 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/82
Scope and Contents

59 x 102 mm. A view showing a Swahili boy climbing a coconut tree. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'A boy got us some coconuts, as the tea did not sufficiently assuage our thirst. A tree planted by the lighthouse keeper when he first took on the job'.

Dates: 1926
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 new lighthouse on Chumbe Island, 1926. Dr Spurrier in front of the lighthouse], 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/81
Scope and Contents

58 x 102 mm. A view showing Dr Alfred Henry Spurrier (1862-1936) standing in front of the new lighthouse. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Old Dr Spurrier the oldest white man in Z. One of the sports who turned out at 2pm to go to the ceremony'. Spurrier was for many years the Government Health Officer in Zanzibar and was also for a period the editor of the 'Zanzibar Gazette'.

Dates: 1926
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).