Tanzania (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2081 Collections and/or Records:
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Moobarik Bombay, 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047C/9
Scope and Contents
105 x 47 mm (both sections of stereo print). Beneath the print, the caption continues ' who has accompanied Capt. Speke during 2 expeditions in Central Africa'. A Yao born in about 1820, he was enslaved when a child, sold at Kilwa, taken to India by his master (hence his name Bombay) and released on his death. He was serving in the Sultan of Zanzibar's Baluchi guard garrisoning Chokwe when in February 1856 he was recruited for Burton and Speke's expedition to discover the source of the...
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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Morning mists lifting - Usambara, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/64
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...
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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Morning mists lifting - Usambara, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/65
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...
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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[Morumbo, a Warusha girl], 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/57
Scope and Contents
A full-length portrait of Morumbo at Arusha Chini. The caption reads: 'Morumbo showed great talent at dancing and on the tom tom. She was one of the chiefs daughters'.
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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[Morumbo, a Warusha girl], 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/58
Scope and Contents
A head and shoulders portrait of Morumbo at Arusha Chini. The caption reads: 'Morumbo showed great talent at dancing and on the tom tom. She was one of the chiefs daughters'.
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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Morumbo at Arushachina, 1934-09-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/56
Scope and Contents
A full-length portrait showing a Warusha girl.
Dates:
1934-09-04
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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Moshi landing ground site (Candelabra Euphorbia), 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/87
Scope and Contents
138 x 95 mm.
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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Moshi landing ground site (game track), 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/88
Scope and Contents
134 x 95 mm.
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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Moshi Railway Station, 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469L/1/8
Scope and Contents
120 x 153 mm. Locomotive drivers Suman and Joquim Lazaro stand on the platform with a passenger train behind. Suman is holding a little girl.
Dates:
1952 - 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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Mosque Street, Dar es Salaam, 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/50
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of five monochrome postcards (original photographs) of Dar es Salaam views. Published by Mahmood's Radio Service, Dar es Salaam.
Dates:
1930
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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Mothers and babies, Amani, 1900 - 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/73
Scope and Contents
115 x 89 mm. Showing Frau ----- and an unidentified European woman seated on a verandah with their babies on their laps.
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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Motorcar at District Patrol Officer's residence gate, Neue Langenberg, 1914 - 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469K/138
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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Mount Kilimanjaro, 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Kenya/56
Scope and Contents
'101' printed on the reverse.
Dates:
1960 - 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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Mount Kilimanjaro from H'Mo, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/4/23
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. View looking over a sisal plantation to the snow capped mountains in the distance. Wilson also includes technical specifications on the reverse of this image: 'Rollieflex. 1/1000 sec. f 5.6. Verichrome medium yellow green filter.'
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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Mount Meru from Arusha, 1930 - 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/367
Scope and Contents
130 x 73 mm.
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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Mount Meru - typical of several volcanic mountains, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/4/27
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. A clear view of Mount Meru.
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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Mountain view, 1916 - 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469K/41
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:
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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[Mountains and giraffe], 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/4/30
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. A landscape view looking towards mountains. There is a giraffe in the right hand middle distance.
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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[Moving copra], 1920 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/56
Scope and Contents
102 x 60 mm. A view showing sacks of copra stacked on a cart standing in a Zanzibar square. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Shipment MA and Co 'Grantully Castle' brought to shore in manhandled carts. Porter lifting sack to carry to beach. Alli and Abdulrasal office in background'.
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).
Series
Mpwapwa, 1900 - 1966
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/110-127
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:
1900 - 1966
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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Mpwapwa, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/117
Scope and Contents
103 x 76 mm. View of an unidentified group of Europeans beneath the partially completed gable of a stone and thatch building.
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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Mpwapwa Church, no windows on one side on account of the winds, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/124
Scope and Contents
99 x 74 mm. This building presumably replaced the one seen in print 119.
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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Mpwapwa Fort, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/111
Scope and Contents
103 x 77 mm. General view from a distance looking towards the buildings of Mpwapwa, with mountains beyond.
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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Mpwapwa Fort, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/112
Scope and Contents
100 x 76 mm. View from a hillside looking down on Mpwapwa, with the Government road leading off towards the distant mountains.
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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Mpwapwa Fort, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/GN/111
Scope and Contents
General view from a distance looking towards the buildings of Mpwapwa, with mountains beyond.
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).