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Tanzania (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2081 Collections and/or Records:

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Porters' quarters in Sanatorium compound, Kiboriani, circa 1903, 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/100
Scope and Contents

159 x 118 mm. View looking across the compound towards the long wattle and daub huts of the mission porters. The roofs are of corrugated iron weighed down with stones

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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Portrait of woman with pierced nose and child strapped to her back, 1914 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469K/199
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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Portrait of woman with pierced nose and child strapped to her back, 1914 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469K/GN/199
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).
 Series

Portraits, 1900 - 1935

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/259-285
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 - 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).
 Sub-Series

[Portraits], 1930 - 1964

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11
Scope and Contents

Mainly head and shoulder portraits of His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar, Arab Sheikhs, Zanzibar farmers and fishermen, and children (two in Pemba Island). Only those captioned are listed here.

Dates: 1930 - 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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‘Portuguese Chronicle of Kilwa Kisiwani’, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/9/5
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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[Post Office, Zanzibar], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/22
Scope and Contents

136 x 78 mm. A view showing the colonnaded exterior of the Post Office in Main Street, built in 1906 on the site of the original Royal Stables.

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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Posters, 1950 - 1970

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

7 large format photographs depicting sisal cultivation, agricultural work, soil erosion, Makerere College, a sculpture of an African man, and portraits of the agriculturalist Sir Frank Leonard Engledow and Paul Foster, OSB.

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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Potted plants display, Zanzibar Exhibition, August 1905, 1905-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/16
Scope and Contents

403 x 152 mm. (2 prints joined) A view showing a shed at the exhibition filled with potted plants of various species.

Dates: 1905-08
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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Potted plants display, Zanzibar Exhibition, August 1905, 1905-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/17
Scope and Contents

232 x 173 mm. A similar view to Y30468D/16, but taken from a greater distance.

Dates: 1905-08
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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Potter's yard, 1930 - 1950

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

210 x 160 mm. Showing many pots grouped outside thatched huts.

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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[Powell and friends], 1934-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/348
Scope and Contents

The caption on the album page reads 'Tanganyika [i.e. Tanzania] - London. Nov. 20th 1934 - March 4th 35. Last moments in Tabora'.

Dates: 1934-11
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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[Powell and friends], 1934-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/349
Scope and Contents

The caption on the album page reads 'Tanganyika [i.e. Tanzania] - London. Nov. 20th 1934 - March 4th 35. Last moments in Tabora'.

Dates: 1934-11
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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Précis of the Report on the Maji Maji Rebellion by Court von Goetzen; dated 26 December 1905, 1950 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/10/19
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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Preparing for a native dance, Zanzibar, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/63
Scope and Contents

142 x 88 mm. Showing a group of Swahili women gathered round sets of drums of various sizes and shapes.

Dates: 1900 - 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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Preparing nuts in one of the yards, 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/50
Scope and Contents

103 x 58 mm. A view showing an African, seated beneath a makeshift corrugated-iron sunshade, removing the shells from the coconut kernals.

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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[Preparing nuts in one of the yards], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/51
Scope and Contents

135 x 78 mm. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Anolther yard'.

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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Preparing sacks for cloves, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/3/11
Scope and Contents

165 x 215 mm. The man in the picture is stencilling 'London' as the port of destination for this batch of cloves. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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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[Preparing sacks for cloves], 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/3/12
Scope and Contents

165 x 215 mm. The man in the picture is stencilling 'London' as the port of destination for this batch of cloves.

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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Preparing sacks for cloves, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/3/13
Scope and Contents

145 x 170 mm. The man in the picture is stencilling 'London' as the port of destination for this batch of cloves. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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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Prince Adalbert with other Europeans, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/108
Scope and Contents

113 x 81 mm. A group of mounted and dismounted Europeans, with a few askari (soldiers), in front of an African hut.

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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[Prince of Wales at Dar es Salaam], 1928 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/84
Scope and Contents

51 x 76 mm.

Dates: 1928 - 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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Prince of Wales at Dar [es Salaam] Golf Club, 1928 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/83
Scope and Contents

52 x 77 mm. A snapshot showing the Prince of Wales and party seated around a tea table in the open-air. Whether this photograph was taken during the 1928 or 1930 East African tour is unclear.

Dates: 1928 - 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).
 Sub-Fonds

Princess Margaret in East Africa, 1956, 1956

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/36
Scope and Contents

Ten pieces of typescript correspondence between the R.C.S. and its members in East Africa asking the latter for reports on the visit of Princess Margaret. There is also an edition of 'The month in Tanganyika', 30 October 1956 (7 pages), describing events in that country, and two photographs of Tanganyika and eight photographs of Mauritius relating to the visit.

Dates: 1956
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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Prisoners at Tabora Prison Camp, 1915-16, 1915 - 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/245
Scope and Contents

58 x 56 mm. Portrait of four prisoners standing beside a hut. Westgate is in the background. Two copies.

Dates: 1915 - 1916
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).