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Kongwa (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

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Bungalow for staff of St Philip’s College, Kongwa, 1966, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/141
Scope and Contents

80 x 80 mm. General view with wooded hills in the background.

Dates: 1966
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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Grave of Nellie Doulton, Kongwa, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/269
Scope and Contents

156 x 107 mm. She died at Kongwa 25 Feb. 1909.

Dates: 1909
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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Group of African teachers, Kongwa, 1914, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/132
Scope and Contents

151 x 88 mm. Group portrait of African Christians, identified on the reverse as standing: Pawulo of Mvumi, Yusufu of Berega, Haruni of Berega, Musa of Kongwa, Noha of Mamboya; seated: Yohana of Bugiri, Joshua of Berega, Andereya Lungwa of Mvumi, Rewbeni of Bugiri, Luka of Begera, Andereya of Kissokwe, Eliezer of Ibwaga. See also print 138.

Dates: 1914
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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Group of African teachers, Kongwa, 1914, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/138
Scope and Contents

100 x 73 mm. Group portrait taken on the same occasion as print 132.

Dates: 1914
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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Group of church elders at Kongwa, January 1936, 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/140
Scope and Contents

77 x 56 mm. Showing Dorothy Westgate in the centre of a group of African Christians.

Dates: 1936
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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Group portrait, Kongwa, 1914, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/135
Scope and Contents

156 x 110 mm. Group portrait of Africans taken while the Huron Training College was under construction. A later print, probably made during the 1940s.

Dates: 1914
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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Huron Training College, Kongwa, in process of building, 1912-14, 1912 - 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/136
Scope and Contents

101 x 74 mm. View of the main façade. The college is a two storey stone building, with an arched colonnade along the ground floor and a veranda above.

Dates: 1912 - 1914
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).
 Series

Kongwa, 1912 - 1966

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/128-141
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of loose prints, lantern slides and glass negatives. The prints mostly relate to Westgate’s earlier work, but there are a few from the 1930s, including nos. 426-454 of visits to South Africa and African islands, all processed in February 1936. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. Many of the lantern slides and glass negatives are uncaptioned and...
Dates: 1912 - 1966
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 carrying lime for building Huron Training College, Kongwa, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/GN/139
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of loose prints, lantern slides and glass negatives. The prints mostly relate to Westgate’s earlier work, but there are a few from the 1930s, including nos. 426-454 of visits to South Africa and African islands, all processed in February 1936. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. Many of the lantern slides and glass negatives are uncaptioned and...
Dates: 1914
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 carrying lime for building Huron Training College, Kongwa, 1914, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/139
Scope and Contents

156 x 119 mm. Showing a line of porters.

Dates: 1914
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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Ruins of the mission house at Kongwa, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/GN/133
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of loose prints, lantern slides and glass negatives. The prints mostly relate to Westgate’s earlier work, but there are a few from the 1930s, including nos. 426-454 of visits to South Africa and African islands, all processed in February 1936. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. Many of the lantern slides and glass negatives are uncaptioned and...
Dates: 1914
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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Ruins of the mission house at Kongwa, 1914, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/133
Scope and Contents

100 x 76 mm. Two copies.

Dates: 1914
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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T.B.R. Westgate and a group of senior teachers at the Huron Training College, Kongwa, 1912-14, 1912 - 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/130
Scope and Contents

161 x 119 mm. Group portrait taken in the open air of Westgate seated in the centre of seven African teachers. Two copies.

Dates: 1912 - 1914
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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T.B.R. Westgate and a group of senior teachers at the Huron Training College, Kongwa, 1912-14, 1912 - 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/131
Scope and Contents

138 x 88 mm. Similar to the preceding print.

Dates: 1912 - 1914
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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T.B.R. Westgate as stone mason, Kongwa, 1914, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/137
Scope and Contents

74 x 98 mm. Half-length seated full-face portrait taken during the construction of the Huron Training College.

Dates: 1914
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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T.B.R. Westgate, Kongwa, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/GN/128
Scope and Contents

Showing Westgate seated on a chair in the open air, with an African servant standing in the background.

Dates: 1913
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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T.B.R. Westgate, Kongwa, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/GN/129
Scope and Contents

Westgate is seated with two servants standing behind.

Dates: 1914
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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T.B.R. Westgate, Kongwa, (1913?), 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/128
Scope and Contents

57 x 115 mm. Showing Westgate seated on a chair in the open air, with an African servant standing in the background.

Dates: 1913
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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T.B.R. Westgate, Kongwa, (1914?), 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/129
Scope and Contents

60 x 99 mm. Similar to the preceding print but with two servants.

Dates: 1914
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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Temporary quarters at Kongwa, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/GN/134
Scope and Contents

View of the Westgate’s temporary home in the ruined mission while he was building the Huron Training College.

Dates: 1914
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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Temporary quarters at Kongwa, 1914, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/134
Scope and Contents

100 x 74 mm. View of the Westgate’s temporary home in the ruined mission while he was building the Huron Training College. Two copies.

Dates: 1914
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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View from Deaconess Bullard’s bungalow at Kongwa: the first Christian services were held under the Baobab tree in the background, 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/15/2
Scope and Contents

154 x 108 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1956
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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Yohana Malecela of Bugiri, a teacher, c 1908, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/228
Scope and Contents

70 x 93 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of one of the teachers, Huron College, Kongwa.

Dates: 1908
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).