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210 x 160 mm. Showing two people stood outside a white thatched building which has 'Welcom Munticalo Clob' crudely written on the wall.

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294 x 213 mm. A view showing the coffin, covered in wreaths and with Mathews’ helmet placed on top, standing in a downstairs room of his house prior to the funeral. The walls in the background have been hung with black draperies. This is possibly the ‘beautiful photograph of this last resting place within the house’ taken by A.C. Gomes (‘Zanzibar Gazette’ 16/10/1901). See Y30468B/1 for a picture of Mathews during his lifetime.

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Coins from East Africa and Uganda (13), German East Africa (10), India, including Goa (6), and Oman (1), and the Maria Theresa Dollar.

Scope and Contents 87 x 84 mm (one section of stereo print). A half length portrait of BaronCarl Claus Von der Decken (1833-1865), a bearded figure wearing a similar hat to Corporal Mithalder in print Y3047C/3. Grant's note beneath the print reads: 'Col. The Baron Van [sic] der Decken of the Hanoverian Army now on a journey to explore the Great Lake of Nyassa.'Von der Decken, who was born in 1833, made three journeys into the interior of east Africa in 1860-62. In 1865 he undertook an expedition...

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160 x 100 mm. People are identified on the reverse as: 'Left to right: Rees-Webbe (Standard Bank of South Africa); Burnet (Manager, National Bank of (illegible word); Adie (A young administrative officer); The Secretary of State Colonel Oliver Stanley; - (Private secretary to Colonel Stanley).'

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The volume contains two short papers on surveying compiled from notes kept during Dickson's time in Tanganyika: 'Colonial surveys in Tanganyika', a potted history, and 'A colonial surveyor in Tanganyika', a personal view of the Colonial Survey Service in the 1950s. There is an accompanying folder containing correspondence with Peter Fox, Cambridge University Librarian, regarding the gift of the collection to the R.C.S., and an additional copy of pages 25-30 of the second paper.

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239 x 189 mm. A view showing the front façade of the Sultan’s palace, the Beit el Ajaib, a few moments before the arrival of officials for the General Baraza (gathering) held to celebrate the Sultan’s coming of age and the end of the Regency. Troops line the entrance gates while the palace balconies are crowded with Arab and consular officials and a military band stands beside the palace steps. The ceremonies and celebrations are described in the ‘Zanzibar Gazette’ for June 14th 1905.

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76 x 108 mm. Frederick Tymms and the Commissioner.

Scope and Contents Collection of 35mm colour slides of countries of the Commonwealth. When the 'Commonwealth in Focus' exhibition was being prepared it was felt that the strong emphasis on the historical aspect, and the fact that the only section on the contemporary Commonwealth dealt with broad issues and organisations rather than individual countries, made some additional material on contemporary developments desirable. Accordingly it was decided to have a continuous slide projection of contemporary...

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Includes material on Universities throughout the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Includes material on Universities throughout the Commonwealth of Nations. Many, though not all, of the slides were taken by Ian Maxwell.

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Collection of loose prints, 240 x 195 mm., showing various aspects of transport and communications, taken by staff photographers. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

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160 x 210 mm.

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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101 x 77 mm. View of the open-sided thatched cookhouse at Kiboriani, used as a punishment cell by the Germans during the First World War.

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102 x 60 mm.

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49 x 102 mm. A view showing an African at work among piles of coconuts in a drying yard. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Another yard'.

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167 x 78 mm (both sections of stereo print). A half length portrait of Mithalder taken in the open air. Grant's note beneath the print reads: 'Corporal Adam Nithalder [sic] of the Cape Mounted Rifles commanding detachment of 9 men on Capt. Speke's East African Expon. Been all through the Caffre War [Xhosa Wars] - medal on -, browned complexion -, fine straw hat -, green jacket.'

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Anthony Dyson, on sponsors for his charter of homosexual rights; Lord Harris of Greenwich, Minister of State, Home Office, on the transfer of certain Irish prisoners to Northern Ireland; [George] Peter Lloyd, Deputy Governor of Bermuda, on a request for a reprieve for Erskine Burrows and Larry Tacklyn [both sentenced to death for the murder of Sir Richard Sharples, Governor of Bermuda]; Judith Hart, Minister of Overseas Development, thanking AFB for his speech in Lord...

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

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

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113 x 80 mm. Showing three Africans standing in a cotton field. Caption taken from reverse of print.