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Nile River (river)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Christy collection of photographs on Africa

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A
Scope and Contents Contains loose photographs relating to various of Christy's travels; some photographs are his own and some are by professional photographers. Subjects include: scenes on the Nile including pyramids; railway views in Kenya; rubber trees and cultivation in Nigeria, Uganda and the Cameroons; scenes in the Congo including sufferers of sleeping sickness and ethnic groups of Central Africa of shorter than average height described as Pygmies; scenes in India; scenes from travels in Norway,...
Dates: 1880 - 1913
Conditions Governing Access: 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).
 Fonds

Photographic diaries of Thomas Donald ('Don') Simon

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304R-Z
Scope and Contents

A collection of nine photographic diaries compiled by Thomas Donald Simon, measuring approximately 220 x 155 mm, with photographs as separate pages measuring generally 205 x 145 mm. The diary entries are typed, and each entry is accompanied by a number of photographs, presumably all taken by Thomas Donald Simon himself.

Dates: 1930 - 1986
Conditions Governing Access: 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).