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Zanzibar (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 726 Collections and/or Records:

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Livingstone's House, Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/26
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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Loading a Muscat dhow for departure at sunset, 1933 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/34
Scope and Contents

160 x 205 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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Loading bales of cloves for export, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/3/25
Scope and Contents

150 x 125 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).
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Loading cloves at Zanzibar, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/3/9
Scope and Contents

165 x 210 mm. 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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Loading cloves at Zanzibar, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/3/15
Scope and Contents

125 x 165 mm. 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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[Loading cloves onto a lighter], 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/3/19
Scope and Contents

155 x 200 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).
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Log-book of the bark Star’s visit to Zanzibar, 1844, 1950 - 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/10/2
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: 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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Looking west along the waterfront road, Zanzibar, 1890 - 1896

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/90
Scope and Contents

215 x 150 mm. A view looking along the road towards the Beit el Ajeib (not visible) with the hull of a boat mounted on the pavement in the foreground (what this memorial commemorates has not been determined). The old lighthouse can be seen prominently in the square in front of the Beit el Ajeib, which dates the picture to before the bombardment of 1896 when the lighthouse was badly damaged and later demolished: see Y30468B/51.

Dates: 1890 - 1896
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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Main entrance, Usagara House, 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/7
Scope and Contents

61 x 102 mm. View showing the carved Arab doorway of Chandler's house in Zanzibar.

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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Main Street, Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950

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

160 x 220 mm. The caption continues: 'A part of the main street of Zanzibar where, in many places, it is not possible for two cars to pass each other.'

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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Making an outrigger canoe, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/17
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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Making palm leaf baskets (in which most produce is transported to town), 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/9
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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Male ward, Zanzibar Hospital, 1905 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 25/5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

82 x 82 mm. glass slides. The collection includes slides by Miss Margaret Laing, who served in CMS hospitals in Ngora/Ongino and Kumi, Uganda, during 1929-48. Items 17-23 are by Laing and 24-28 are probably hers as well.

Dates: 1905 - 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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Malinoi - Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950

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

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'A photograph of the place where hostilities must have started. The street and square adjoin the offices of the produce Inspector. The picture shows some of the Arab houses which surround the square and local shops protecting their wares from the afternoon sun.'

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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[Man picking cloves], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/40
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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[Man stood on frame, harvesting cloves], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/34
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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[Man using a donkey to transport bales of produce], 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/3/34
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. Presumably 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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[Man with drum], 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/106
Scope and Contents

52 x 73 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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Manga Arab copra maker, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/2
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'This type of Arab very largely carries on business as a small roadside or plantation shopkeeper. In many cases this business is run in conjunction with that of copra drying.'

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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Manga Arabs passing our verandah, 1936-12-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/31
Scope and Contents

60 x 60 mm.

Dates: 1936-12-29
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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'Mangapwani: one of the many beautiful beaches in Zanzibar.', 1930 - 1950

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

135 x 135 mm. Newspaper cutting. The caption continues: This beach was once the haunt of slave raiders. It's name means "The beach of the Arabs." There are two stories on the reverse of the cutting, which are: 'British children oversea [sic], Bill to appoint legal guardians' and 'Self-help among newspapers, Publication in spite of air raids.'

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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Mecca pilgrim, 1930 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/38
Scope and Contents

150 x 205 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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'Memoir of Richard Palmer Waters', ‘Bulletin of the Essex Institute’, 20 (1888), 1950 - 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/10/9
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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[Men in loincloths], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/19
Scope and Contents

105 x 155 mm. Wrestlers perhaps.

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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[Military parade outside the Beit-el-Ajeib, Zanzibar], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/101
Scope and Contents

140 x 193 mm. A view looking eastwards along the road leading to the Beit-el-Ajeib, with columns of soldiers marching along the street from the palace towards the photographer.

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).