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Toro (region (general))

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

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African dwellings with figures seated outside, 1895 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 172/3/27
Scope and Contents

215 x 166 mm.

Dates: 1895 - 1898
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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Baby being carried to Toro Hospital, 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 26/23
Scope and Contents

Colour.

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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Bridge, 1895 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 172/3/37
Scope and Contents

92 x 62 mm. View of a bridge taken from the river which flows underneath.

Dates: 1895 - 1898
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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CMS outschool on road to Toro, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 19/33
Scope and Contents From the File:

A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated 1937.

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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[Futki washing], 1909-01 - 1909-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/47
Scope and Contents

93 x 89 mm. Showing Futki and her mahout Shiek Munshi washing in a jungle river.

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-03
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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Grass hut, 1895 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 172/3/28
Scope and Contents

216 x 166 mm.

Dates: 1895 - 1898
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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[Hesketh Bell and lion cubs], 1909-01 - 1909-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/48
Scope and Contents

87 x 70 mm. Showing Bell seated on a verandah with his two pet lion cubs.

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-03
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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Kasagama, King of Toro [1907], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/61
Scope and Contents

Showing Kassagama riding towards the camera on horseback: 'Kassagama, the King ot Kabaka of Toro, met me just outside his town [Fort Portal]. He was mounted on a smart horse, which he sat very well, and looked most imposing. Like Kahaya, he is the tallest and biggest man in his country, but he is a good deal older and more dignified than his cousin of Ankole. He understands a little English and is very progressive.' (Bell 1907, February 15).

Dates: 1907
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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Kasagama King of Toro on Indian elephant [Futki], 1909-01 - 1909-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/34
Scope and Contents

84 x 78 mm. Showing Dandi Kasagama (1870-1928), the Mukama of Toro from 1891-1928, riding on Futki's back beneath a state umbrella. The photograph was taken during Bell's tour of the western districts in January-March 1909.

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-03
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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King of Toro on Futki, 1909-01 - 1909-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/46
Scope and Contents

87 x 76 mm. Showing Dandi Kasagama (1870-1928), the Mukama of Toro from 1891-1928, riding on Futki's back beneath a state umbrella. The photograph was taken during Bell's tour of the western districts in January-March 1909.

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-03
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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Lake, 1895 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 172/3/39
Scope and Contents

92 x 66 mm. View of a lake taken from the rear of a dugout canoe.

Dates: 1895 - 1898
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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Lake Kikerongo, Toro [1907], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/58
Scope and Contents

A general view of part of the crater lake Kikerongo, near where Bell and Burton each shot a hippopotamus.

Dates: 1907
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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Landscape, 1895 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 172/3/31
Scope and Contents

215 x 166 mm. View of tall grass, shrubs and trees.

Dates: 1895 - 1898
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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Laterite road and bridge, Toro, 1895 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 172/3/22
Scope and Contents

216 x 166 mm.

Dates: 1895 - 1898
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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Laterite road opened by troops, 1895 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 172/3/30
Scope and Contents

215 x 166 mm.

Dates: 1895 - 1898
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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Nyakasura Teacher Training College, Toro: students looking at story books donated by English friends, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/120
Scope and Contents

101 x 108 mm. glossy print with 42 x 42 mm. negative.

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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Patrol under canvas tents, 1895 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 172/3/29
Scope and Contents

215 x 166 mm.

Dates: 1895 - 1898
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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Plucking tea - Toro, 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/1/3
Scope and Contents From the File:

35 mm slides. Images of Owen Falls Dam in Uganda, hill farming, tea picking and general landscape views.

Dates: 1933 - 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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Porter wading through a river, 1895 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 172/3/26
Scope and Contents

215 x 166 mm.

Dates: 1895 - 1898
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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Porters crossing a river, 1895 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 172/3/38
Scope and Contents

92 x 62 mm. View taken downstream from a shallow but rapidly running river.

Dates: 1895 - 1898
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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River scene in Toro, 1906 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/83
Scope and Contents

73 x 99 mm. A view looking along a tree shaded river in Toro, western Uganda.

Dates: 1906 - 1911
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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St. John New Church, Toro, 1950 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/13/67
Scope and Contents

216 x 165 mm. matt print with glossy copy; Peter and Son, Nairobi and Kampala.

Dates: 1950 - 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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Tapping the wires, 1909-01 - 1909-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/53
Scope and Contents

88 x 87 mm. Showing four unidentified figures standing at the base of a telegraph pole.

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-03
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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The Kimbugwe of Toro [1907], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/39
Scope and Contents Showing the Kimbugwe of Toro standing with three other figures in the courtyard outside a thatched building: 'From Kasinga we crossed over in canoes to the Toro side, and .... came to our camp. Although this was at Katwe, in the disputed territory, the Katikiro, and Kimbugwe, another of the principal chiefs of Toro, had come to meet me and give me a welcome to Toro. The camp they had prepared for me was quite the best I have yet seen ... They are both most intelligent men, and although...
Dates: 1907
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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The King of Toro on 'Futki' [1909], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/73
Scope and Contents Showing Kassagama of Toro riding on the elephant Futki: 'Futki travelled by easy stages from Hoima to Fort Portal, and her march continued to be a triumphal progress. Kassagama, although there was no howdah, begged to be allowed to have a ride on the animal and very pluckily settled himself on a mattress which had been tied on the animal's back. With his great umbrella of state held over him by the mahout, he made an impressive figure and I took a good photograph of him in that position.'...
Dates: 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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