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Rift Valley (province)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:

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Kapenjuria [i.e. Kapenguria]. Administrative centre for Turkana, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/131
Scope and Contents

The caption continues: 'is a National Park thorns trees and mown grass'.

Dates: 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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Karuna Convention, Jan. 1953: Canon Bewes singing with children, 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/81
Scope and Contents

156 x 115 mm. glossy print with two copies and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1953
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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Kenya and East Africa, 1909 - 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 316/2/5
Scope and Contents

Undated photographs of countryside and people. Three of the photographs are captioned on the reverse, and two of these were taken at Mount Elgon, Kenya. The envelope in which the photographs were stored is labelled in pencil 'Kokanjiru'(?).

Dates: 1909 - 1917
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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Kenya, tribesmen start tree plantations, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/386-393
Scope and Contents A series of Official photographs (Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'The African in this picture set is Arap Kipkoske, a member of the Kipsigis tribe of Kenya. He and his fellow tribesmen are benefitting from the advice and help given them by the Kenya Agricultural Department in developing their land and in trying new methods of production. In this case, the new idea was to plant quick-growing wattle trees, which would give fuel...
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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Lake Elmenteita, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/2
Scope and Contents

In Rift Valley Province, Kenya.

Dates: 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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Leaving the Church of the Good Shepherd, Isinya, 1973

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/58
Scope and Contents

Glossy 56 mm. contact print with negative.

Dates: 1973
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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Lodwar, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/132
Scope and Contents

A panorama, consisting of two photographs, of Lodwar in the Turkana district of the Rift Valley, Kenya.

Dates: 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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Maasai Rural Training Centre, Isinya: controlled grazing, 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/50
Scope and Contents

79 x 80 mm. glossy print and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 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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Maasai Rural Training Centre, Isinya: leather and skin goods for sale, 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/49
Scope and Contents

79 x 80 mm. glossy print and 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 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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Maasai Rural Training Centre, Isinya: leather and skin goods stall, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/54
Scope and Contents

Glossy 56 mm. contact print with negative.

Dates: 1969
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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Maasai Rural Training Centre, Isinya: Robin Slade in his office, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/56
Scope and Contents

Glossy 56 mm. contact print with negative.

Dates: 1969
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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Maasai Rural Training Centre, Isinya: Robin Slade with herdsmen, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/52
Scope and Contents

Glossy 56 mm. contact print with negative.

Dates: 1969
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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Maasai Rural Training Centre, Isinya: service in the chapel, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/53
Scope and Contents

Glossy 56 mm. contact print with negative.

Dates: 1969
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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Maasai Rural Training Centre, Isinya: the centre’s store, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/51
Scope and Contents

Glossy 56 mm. contact print with negative.

Dates: 1969
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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Maasai Rural Training Centre Store, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/55
Scope and Contents

Glossy 56 mm. contact print with negative.

Dates: 1969
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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Mail train in the Rift Valley, 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468M/15
Scope and Contents

188 x 244 mm. View from a rise looking down onto a mail train on its way from Uganda to Nairobi. A photograph taken at a similar location to the preceding print, showing the extinct volcano Longonot.

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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Masai herdsmen on the Kajiado Plains, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/75
Scope and Contents

51 x 76 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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[Mau Plateau], 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/57
Scope and Contents

77 x 55 mm. A group of Africans, probably on the Mau Plateau.

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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[Mau Plateau], 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/58
Scope and Contents

79 x 56 mm. A crowd of people and a boat, probably on the Mau Plateau.

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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Mount Elgon, 1952 - 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 150/5/1/19
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding ascents.

Dates: 1952 - 1957
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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Mr and Mrs Maina, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/160
Scope and Contents

208 x 136 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 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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Mr Laban Maina, Director of the village polytechnic, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/158
Scope and Contents

208 x 136 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 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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Mr Maina with his family, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/14/159
Scope and Contents

208 x 136 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 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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My host at Kitale and Juanita, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/128
Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...
Dates: 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 - 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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