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Tanzania (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2081 Collections and/or Records:

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Swahili girls

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/9
Scope and Contents

110 x 87 mm. A head and shoulders studio portrait (in profile) showing two Swahili girls with pots balanced on their heads. This is a cropped portion of a larger print.

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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Swahili girls

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/13
Scope and Contents

109 x 88 mm. A studio portrait of four gaily dressed Swahili girls arranged in a group. The girl in the centre holds open a decorated umbrella.

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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Swahili girls

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/14
Scope and Contents

109 x 87 mm. A studio portrait of two Swahili girls wearing turbans and decorated robes.

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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Swahili girls

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/15
Scope and Contents

108 x 85 mm. A studio portrait showing the four girls seen in Y30468E/13, but in a different arrangement.

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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Swahili girls, Zanzibar, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/25
Scope and Contents

152 x 202 mm. A studio portait of two smiling Swahili girls wearing headresses and brightly patterned clothes. One of the girls holds a large woven fan. See also the next plate.

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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‘Swahili history of Kilwa Kisiwani’, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/9/2
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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Swahili man and girls, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/8
Scope and Contents

108 x 80 mm. A studio portrait of a Swahili man, wearing a fez and uniform jacket standing between two Swahili girls.

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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Swahili woman, Dar es Salaam, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/66
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Collection of monochrome postcards (original photographs) of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) scenes. Published by A.C. Gomes and Son, Dar es Salaam.

Dates: 1930 - 1939
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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Swahili women drawing water at a well, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2/10
Scope and Contents

165 x 195 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse (three times) with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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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Swahili women drawing water at a well, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2/10A
Scope and Contents

160 x 195 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse (twice) with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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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[Swahili women, Zanzibar], 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/40
Scope and Contents

104 x 80 mm. A view showing Sawhili women carrying lumps of coral on the Zanzibar seashore.

Dates: 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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Tabora, c 1914, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/237
Scope and Contents

233 x 173 mm. View showing part of the German military station.

Dates: 1914
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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Tabora Prison Camp, 1915-16, 1915 - 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/239
Scope and Contents

96 x 74 mm. View of one of the roads in the camp, with prisoners’ huts on either side. 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).
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Tabora Prison Camp, 1915-16, 1915 - 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/240
Scope and Contents

100 x 74 mm. View of the compound, with washing drying on a line.

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).
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Tabora Prison Camp, 1915-16, 1915 - 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/241
Scope and Contents

101 x 73 mm. View looking towards prisoners’ huts. Three 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).
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Tabora Prison Camp, 1915-16, 1915 - 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/242
Scope and Contents

102 x 74 mm. Interior view of the dining area of a thatched hut. Three 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).
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Tabora Prison Camp, sleeping quarters, 1915-16, 1915 - 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/243
Scope and Contents

101 x 73 mm. View of rows of beds in one of the dormitories. Three 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).
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[Tall clove trees], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/10
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. Roadside clove trees.

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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[Tall clove trees], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/20
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 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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Tamarind Tree (Tamarindus indica) - Pemba, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/4
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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Tanga, 1900 - 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/LS/57
Scope and Contents

Kaiserliches Pst-Atm.

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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Tanganyika, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/24/29
Scope and Contents

86 x 141 mm. A line of children.

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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[Tanganyika], 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/9/90
Scope and Contents

52 x 77 mm. A view of hills, possibly near the Kalambo Falls.

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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Tanganyika. Commis[s]ioner - Mwanza, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/24/28
Scope and Contents

140 x 84 mm. Frederick Tymms and five other people outside a building.

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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Tanganyika [i.e. Tanzania], 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/419-439
Scope and Contents A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). Numbers 419, 428, 434 and 439 all have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'Sisal in Tanganyika.At the outbreak of World War II the important continental market of the Tanganyika sisal growers fell away and the industry found itself a 'surplus producer'. To preserve the industry and the only source of sisal in the Empire the British government decided at the end of 1942 to purchase a stockpile of...
Dates: 1945
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).