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Nairobi (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:

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Nairobi-Mbgathi Road aerodrome site, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/135
Scope and Contents

152 x 108 mm. Zebras on a plain.

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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Nairobi-Mbgathi Road aerodrome site, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/140
Scope and Contents

151 x 107 mm. A car parked on a plain.

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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[Nairobi-Mbgathi Road aerodrome site], 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/1/36
Scope and Contents

85 x 59 mm. A car parked on a plain.

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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Nairobi-Mbgathi Road new aerodrome site, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/132
Scope and Contents

152 x 108 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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Nairobi National Park, 1950-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/3/111-120
Scope and Contents

Views of animals including some postcards as well as the Dobinsons’ own photographs.

Dates: 1950-04
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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Nairobi - Ngong Road, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/71
Scope and Contents

76 x 51 mm. An overturned vehicle.

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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Nairobi (Ngong Road) aerodrome, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/66
Scope and Contents

78 x 53 mm. Three men, identified in the caption as Heufl(?), Carbery and Cobham, standing next to a plane.

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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Nairobi railway station, 1900 - 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/390
Scope and Contents

206 x 153 mm.

Dates: 1900 - 1934
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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Nairobi Railway Store, 1898, 1977

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468L/13
Scope and Contents

111 x 78 mm. The long thatched building which served as a Uganda railway store when Nairobi was selected as the half-way point of the line to Lake Victoria. Photograph by Benjamin Whitehouse.

Dates: 1977
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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Nairobi to Dar es Salaam. Second crash, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/112
Scope and Contents

133 x 77 mm. A parked car with a damaged front.

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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Near Nairobi, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/24/19
Scope and Contents

140 x 85 mm. John Carbery and Tony Gladstone fishing by a river in 1929 or 1930.

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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No. 6. Jinja to Nairobi, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/2/6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Photographs and negatives of Eastern and Southern Africa.

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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No. 7. Nairobi to Kajiado, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/2/7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Photographs and negatives of Eastern and Southern Africa.

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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No. 11. Mwanza to Nairobi, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/2/11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Photographs and negatives of Eastern and Southern Africa.

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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No. 12. Nairobi, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/2/12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Photographs and negatives of Eastern and Southern Africa.

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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No. 13. Nairobi to Masaka, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/2/13
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Photographs and negatives of Eastern and Southern Africa.

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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No. 18. Butiaba to Nairobi, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/2/18
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Photographs and negatives of Eastern and Southern Africa.

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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No. 19. Nairobi to Mombasa, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/2/19
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Photographs and negatives of Eastern and Southern Africa.

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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Officiating clergy at Thanksgiving Service in St. Stephen’s Church, Nairobi, 21 Sept. 1952: Rev. A.R. Pittway, Rev. F.J. Bedford, Rev. Canon H.J. Butcher, Rev. E. Gacanja, Rev. N. Mweri and Rev. P.G. Bostock, 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/1/4
Scope and Contents

154 x 110 mm. matt print.

Dates: 1952
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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Personal Papers, 1941 - 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/3
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Personal papers, photographs, books and news cuttings relating to the Dobinsons' work and travel in England and East Africa.

Dates: 1941 - 1954
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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Personal Papers, 1941 - 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/3/1
Scope and Contents

Personal papers including Phyllis Dobinson’s British Red Cross Society Certificate; her membership card for the Oxford Telephone Area Sports and Social Club; letters from Crown Agents to the Colonies regarding her travel to Kenya; blank notepaper headed ‘Dunnottar Castle’; medical records; letter from British East Africa Corporation regarding Phyllis Dobinson’s employment; motorcar receipts; and pension plans.

Dates: 1941 - 1954
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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Personal Papers, 1941 - 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/3/2
Scope and Contents Personal papers including correspondence regarding Phyllis Dobinson’s pay and departure from her post at the Ministry of Supply; letter from the Director of Traffic at the General Post Office, Nairobi, welcoming Henry Dobinson to the East African Postal service; Post Office savings bank correspondence and balance records; letter from British East Africa Corporation Ltd regarding Phyllis Dobinson’s allowance; driving permits; two envelopes with insignia of South African Airways; and insurance...
Dates: 1941 - 1954
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-graduate training of professional engineers, Railway Training School, Nairobi, 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468M/25
Scope and Contents

242 x 192 mm. Showing Omar Al-Kazin preparing a strobe-scopic flaw detector in the electrical work shop.

Dates: 1950 - 1967
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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Rev. F.J. Bedford and the Rev. E. Gacanja leaving the plane in Nairobi, 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/1/2
Scope and Contents

128 x 80 mm. matt print.

Dates: 1952
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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Rev. F.J. Bedford hands the Swahili Bible to Miss Cege, the representative of the peoples of Kenya, 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/1/7
Scope and Contents

147 x 106 matt print.

Dates: 1952
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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