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Zanzibar (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 726 Collections and/or Records:

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Cloves export, 1933 - 1948

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

165 x 175 mm. The caption continues: ' When dry the cloves are brought to town for sale and export. For this latter purpose they are packed in large bags made from the fibre of the date palm. The man in this picture stencils ports of destination in all parts of the world almost every week.' The cloves in this image are destined for London.

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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[Cloves export to London), 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/3/2
Scope and Contents

160 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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Cloves from Zanzibar, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 162/2/5/8
Scope and Contents

Published by the Clove Growers' Association, Zanzibar.

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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[Cloves market and Beit el Ajaib], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/30
Scope and Contents

62 x 40 mm. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Cloves market and Govt offices. Ordinary trolley used for all produce'.

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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Cloves ready for shipment outside Smith Mackenzie's office, 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/59
Scope and Contents

102 x 60 mm. A view showing sacks of cloves stacked next to rowing boats on Zanzibar beach, with Smith Mackenzie's offices (formerly the English Consulate) in the 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).
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Cloves spread out to dry, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/20
Scope and Contents

160 x 120 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'From Photo-Union Studio house, 8, Berwick Street, London W.1.'

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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Coach and escort arriving at the British Residency, 1905-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468C/17
Scope and Contents 214 x 155 mm. A view looking down on an open coach and escort entering the Residency drive. The occupants of the coach are hidden but the occasion is possibly the visit of Dr Stuhlmann, acting Governor of German East Africa, who arrived in Zanzibar later on the same day as Prince Adalbert and whose carriage ‘was attended by a section of the mounted Body Guard’ (‘Zanzibar Gazette’, February 15th 1905). Stuhlmann visited the Residency for luncheon on Sunday February 12th 1905 and was decorated...
Dates: 1905-02
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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Coastal dhows in Zanzibar harbour, 1933 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/37
Scope and Contents

165 x 215 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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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[Coconut farming], 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/2
Scope and Contents

From 90 x 80 mm to 210 x 155mm. Images showing the growing, picking, husking, drying and baling of coconuts.

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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Coconut palms on the Makunduchi road, 1930 - 1950

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

160 x 190 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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Coconut shamba, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/48
Scope and Contents

210 x 150 mm. A view looking along a plantation road towards groves of palm trees and thatched huts. Another copy of this print can be found at Y3047/20.

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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Coconut shamba, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/52
Scope and Contents

211 x 149 mm. A view looking along a country path leading between groves of coconuts.

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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Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) - The tree in the foreground is a dwarf variety, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/12/6
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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[Coffee shop], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/9/13
Scope and Contents

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

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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Coffin of Sir Lloyd William Mathews, Saturday October 12 1901, 1901-10-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/41
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1901-10-12
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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Colonel Oliver Stanley's visit to Zanzibar, 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/3/440
Scope and Contents

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).'

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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Coming of age of Sultan Seyyid Ali bin Hamoud, Wednesday June 7th 1905, 1905-06-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468C/22
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1905-06-07
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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Comorian sage, 1930 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/25
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm.

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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Copra being stacked on beach for shipment, 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/58
Scope and Contents

102 x 60 mm.

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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Correspondence from the German Consular archives at Zanzibar, 1885-1909, 1950 - 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/10/11
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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Country road, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/23
Scope and Contents

104 x 79 mm. A view showing Swahili women walking along a country road in Zanzibar.

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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[Country scene, Zanzibar], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/91
Scope and Contents

195 x 144 mm. Showing a group of Swahili, the women with water pots balanced on their heads, posed in a field against a background of trees.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Country scene, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/43
Scope and Contents

212 x 152 mm. A view looking along a path, probably in a ‘shamba’ or plantation, with palms and other trees in the background.

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).
 Sub-Series

[Crafts], 1930 - 1950

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3
Scope and Contents

Showing men and women making pots, string, fish traps and building fences and boats.

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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[Crop under shelter], 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/10
Scope and Contents

215 x 155 mm.

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).