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Tanzania (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2081 Collections and/or Records:

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Christ Church, Arusha, 1930 - 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/370
Scope and Contents

135 x 80 mm. Two copies.

Dates: 1930 - 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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Christian Wagogo teachers’ dwellings, 1900s, 1900 - 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/196
Scope and Contents

163 x 118 mm. View of houses similar to the preceding print. Four copies.

Dates: 1900 - 1917
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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Christian women and children leaving the Cathedral of Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/63A
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'Although Christians many of these women do not discard their black veils worn by all Mohamedan women.'

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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Chukwani Palace, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/32
Scope and Contents

216 x 150 mm. A view looking across a small bay towards the Chukwani Palace, situated on a promontory about six miles south of Zanzibar Town. A covered flight of steps leads down from the headland to the beach in the foreground. Built by Sultan Seyyid Barghash as a summer resort, it was turned into quarters for government officers on the abdication of Sultan Seyyid Ali bin Hamoud 1911. Most of the Palace has now been demolished.

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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Chukwani Palace, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/33
Scope and Contents

216 x 150 mm. A similar view to Y30468B/32, but taken from the sea and showing another, smaller building near the palace.

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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Chumvi Island, 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/77
Scope and Contents

102 x 59 mm. A view showing a spit of land on Chumbe Island.

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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Church and tennis court, Kiboriani, circa 1906, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/99
Scope and Contents

160 x 119 mm. View from the roof of a building (?the Sanatorium) looking towards the church, wit the tennis court in the foreground.

Dates: 1906
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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Church & house, Mpwapwa, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/GN/122
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of loose prints, lantern slides and glass negatives. The prints mostly relate to Westgate’s earlier work, but there are a few from the 1930s, including nos. 426-454 of visits to South Africa and African islands, all processed in February 1936. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. Many of the lantern slides and glass negatives are uncaptioned and...
Dates: 1902
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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Church & house, Mpwapwa, 1902, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/122
Scope and Contents

100 x 76 mm. Two copies.

Dates: 1902
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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[Church in Dar es Salaam], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/72
Scope and Contents

78 x 135 mm. A view showing an unidentified church in Dar es Salaam.

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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Church in the Sanatorium grounds, Kiboriani, circa 1906, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/97A
Scope and Contents

106 x 82 mm. General view of the church at Kiboriani, a long single storey building with a shallow pitched roof of lime and sand, without tower or steeple. It was built by T.B.R. Westgate in 1906. When the Germans used Kiboriani as an internment camp in the First World War the church was used as a kitchen.

Dates: 1906
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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Church in the Sanatorium grounds, Kiboriani, circa 1906, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/97B
Scope and Contents

106 x 82 mm. General view of the church at Kiboriani, a long single storey building with a shallow pitched roof of lime and sand, without tower or steeple. It was built by T.B.R. Westgate in 1906. When the Germans used Kiboriani as an internment camp in the First World War the church was used as a kitchen.

Dates: 1906
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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Church in the Sanatorium grounds, Kiboriani, circa 1906, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/GN/97A
Scope and Contents

General view of the church at Kiboriani, a long single storey building with a shallow pitched roof of lime and sand, without tower or steeple. It was built by T.B.R. Westgate in 1906. When the Germans used Kiboriani as an internment camp in the First World War the church was used as a kitchen.

Dates: 1906
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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Church in the Sanatorium grounds, Kiboriani, circa 1906, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/GN/97B
Scope and Contents

General view of the church at Kiboriani, a long single storey building with a shallow pitched roof of lime and sand, without tower or steeple. It was built by T.B.R. Westgate in 1906. When the Germans used Kiboriani as an internment camp in the First World War the church was used as a kitchen.

Dates: 1906
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

Church Missionary Society photograph collection

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS
Scope and Contents The Church Missionary Society photograph collection consists of photographic prints, glass and film negatives, and lantern slides. The prints in CMS 1-17 were selected from the CMS’s Photo Bureau, the majority being mounted on sheets of paper annotated with captions. Many photographs would have been taken to illustrate articles in the society’s periodicals including ‘Church Missionary Gleaner’, ‘Church Missionary Intelligencer’ and their successors. Little is known of the...
Dates: 1881 - 1973
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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Chwaka Bay, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/12/17
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'This bay on the east coast of Zanzibar is a centre for the fishing and mangrove industries. The sand, derived from coral, is almost white giving the most wonderful colours to the water when the tide comes in.'

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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Cleared land at Amani, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/28
Scope and Contents

117 x 81 mm. Showing a recently made clearing at Amani with tall tree trunks lying in the foreground, stacked timber beyond and thick forest 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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Cleared land at Amani, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/29
Scope and Contents

118 x 82 mm. A view, probably taken from the bank of the Sigi River, looking towards cleared ground and a stone wall, with wooded hillside beyond.

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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Cleared land at Amani, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/43
Scope and Contents

117 x 81 mm. Showing cleared land on the hillside of the Sigi valley at Amani with a tent and a stone cabin in the background and wooded land beyond.

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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[Clearing of vegetation], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/4/10
Scope and Contents

150 x 185 mm. A cleared area, with views of mountains beyond.

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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Close up of young sisal plants in the nursery, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/3/3
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. Detailed view.

Dates: 1948
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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Clove bales at the export shed, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/3/35
Scope and Contents

125 x 115 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1948
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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Clove buds, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/4
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'A bunch of cloves. This is the stage at which cloves are harvested. They are the flower buds of the clove tree just before bursting into blossom.' An 'On Loan' stamp has been printed on the reverse of the photograph by 'The Mansell Collection, London.'

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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Clove buds and flowers, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/21
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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Clove buds on the tips of the branches of the clove tree, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/22
Scope and Contents

165 x 180 mm. There is a Dorien Leigh Limited 'Photograph on loan' stamp on the reverse.

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).