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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 515 Collections and/or Records:

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Loads of manure stacked around the dumps awaiting measurement, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/324
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...
Dates: 1940 - 1949
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 to the Faculty of Agriculture building on the main university campus, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/13
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

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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Main entrance to the Faculty of Agriculture building on the main university campus, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/35
Scope and Contents

205 x 160 mm.

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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Main road to Kampala leaving Entebbe, 1906 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/4
Scope and Contents

199 x 143 mm. A view looking back along the wide Kampala road towards Entebbe with a group of Ugandans lined across the road in the foreground. The neatly laid out group of huts to the right of the road is the Police and Marine Lines.

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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[Maize crop], 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/335
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...
Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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[Maize crop], 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/337
Scope and Contents

Showing a European agricultural officer standing in a field of under-nourished maize plants, the result of a lack of proper manuring. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'This is the kind of crop which is all to[o] common in the native reserves. Nothing is being done to restore the fertility of the soil'.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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Makere [?Makerere] College, Uganda, 1940 - 1949

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/270-277
Scope and Contents Makerere was opened by the Government as a technical school in 1922, and two years later a class for training medical assistants was added. In 1926 responsibility for technical training transferred from Makerere to the Kampala Training College and Makerere became a general training college. A commission of inquiry into education in East Africa recommended in 1937 that steps should be taken to transform Makerere into a college of higher education and in 1950 Makerere became a university...
Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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Makerere, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/3
Scope and Contents

130 x 85 mm. A view from the road looking towards the Faculty of Arts building and the main administrative building.

Dates: 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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[Makerere College], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/49
Scope and Contents

205 x 155 mm. Elevated view of the college buildings and surrounding town.

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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[Makerere library], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4/77
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. Interior of the library, showing a man using the subject catalogue card index.

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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Makerere students, 1960, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/5/45
Scope and Contents

150 x 110 mm. Two men looking at a book.

Dates: 1960
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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[Makerere University buildings], 1952 - 1964

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/4
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of the university's faculty and college buildings.

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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Makerere University College, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1
Scope and Contents

Mainly black and white photographs of students and staff, and faculty buildings and classrooms.

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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Makerere University Farm, Kabanyolo, 1952 - 1964

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/1
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of university buildings, students and produce. In 1953 Professor Fergus Wilson negotiated the purchase of a 330 acre estate and embarked on the task of turning it into a standard university farm, now known as Kabanyolo farm.

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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[Makerere Zoology lab], 1962-02

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/2
Scope and Contents

Ten black and white photographs and eighteen negatives of students and professors at work in the classroom.

Dates: 1962-02
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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[Manure being brought in for sale], 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/339
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'African farmers with any manure surplus to their own requirements find a ready sale for it at the L.N.C. buying centre. The manure being brought in'.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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[Manure being brought in for sale], 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/340
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'African farmers with any manure surplus to their own requirements find a ready sale for it at the L.N.C. buying centre. The manure being brought in'.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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[Manuring the land], 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/326
Scope and Contents

Showing a group of women emptying tins of manure onto a plot of land prior to planting.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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Margaret Trowell School of Fine Art, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/5/67
Scope and Contents

210 x 155 mm.

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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Mary Stuart Hall, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/5/43
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Women students and members of an Extra Mural course at lunch.'

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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Mary Stuart Hall (Women's Hall of Residence), 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/5/43A
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. Women students and members of an Extra Mural course at lunch.

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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[Mary Stuart Hall - Women's Hall of Residence], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/5/43C
Scope and Contents

255 x 205 mm. Women students and members of an Extra Mural course at lunch.

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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[Mary Stuart Hall - Women's Hall of Residence], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/5/44
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. Women students and members of an Extra Mural course at lunch.

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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[Mary Stuart Hall - Women's Hall of Residence], 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/1/5/44A
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. Women students and members of an Extra Mural course at lunch.

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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[Mass literacy campaign, Mumbwa District, Zambia, 1940s], 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/467
Scope and Contents

Showing two women learning to read. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The women, with husbands away at work on the mines, take more enthusiastically to learning than the men. They want to be able to write to their husbands asking for more money, and what about that fancy piece he has been seen with round the Indian stores!'.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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).