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Central (district (national))

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

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A crop of bullrush millet, a traditional crop, on the Mahalapye [i.e. Mahalatswe] Agricultural Experimental Station, which was established in 1947, 1960-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549B/15
Scope and Contents

204 x 156 mm. Showing an African examining a plant in a field of Bullrush millet. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

Dates: 1960-07
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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A watering point at Serowe, 1960-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549B/4
Scope and Contents

203 x 155 mm. Showing villagers filling metal drums at a Serowe watering point with a bullock team pulling a large barrel of water in the background. The caption on the reverse reads 'Water is pumped from bore-holes - of which there are several in the village'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

Dates: 1960-07
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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A worker at the Mahalapye [i.e. Mahalatswe] Agricultural Experimental Station, which was set up in 1947, 1960-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549B/13
Scope and Contents

156 x 198 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'Maize, sorghum, millet, beans and cotton are grown. Maize is the favourite food in Bechuanaland, but sorghum is the crop best suited to the droughty climate. Shown here is a field of sorghum, with plants covered by envelopes to control pollination'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

Dates: 1960-07
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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Dr Fisher and Ann Fisher with the Limuru Girls’ School Choir, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/12/2/30
Scope and Contents

202 x 153 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1955
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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General view of Serowe, 1960-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549B/1
Scope and Contents

203 x 157 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'tribal capital of the Bamangwato. It is one of the four villages in the Protectorate with a population of more than 10,000. This photograph was taken from the Khama Memorial above Serowe'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

Dates: 1960-07
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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Housing for clerks and other Government employees at Serowe, tribal capital of the Bamangwato Reserve, 1960-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549B/3
Scope and Contents

204 x 156 mm. Showing a row of small government houses with a family working on a vegetable patch in the foreground. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

Dates: 1960-07
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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Huts at Palapye, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/145
Scope and Contents

Showing thatched huts within a wooden enclosure at Palapye.

Dates: 1890
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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Inside Sashi Tannery, Serowe, 1963-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549B/12
Scope and Contents

201 x 156 mm. Showing a worker feeding a length of hide into machinery at Sashi Tannery.

Dates: 1963-08
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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Machaneng: Villagers take their place in the lorry which provides a local bus service, 1960-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549B/20
Scope and Contents

203 x 155 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'The round hut in the background is the Post Office'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

Dates: 1960-07
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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Pupil nurses outside the Sekgoma Memorial Hospital, Serowe, 1963-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549B/19
Scope and Contents

201 x 156 mm. Showing three pupil nurses standing in front of the hospital entrance.

Dates: 1963-08
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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Serowe - Bech. Protect, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/61
Scope and Contents

140 x 83 mm. A view looking over the circular thatched huts of Serowe, the chief town of the Ngwato and first occupied by them in 1902 after the abandonment of Felepye.

Dates: 1910 - 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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Telegraph and Post Office, Palapye, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/146
Scope and Contents

Showing a group of six Europeans gathered in front of the small corrugated-iron Telegraph and Post Office at Palapye with an enclosure of thatched huts in the background. The group of men, all unidentified, are probably in BSA Co. service.

Dates: 1890
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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The Council Chamber, Serowe, 1963-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549B/2
Scope and Contents

202 x 156 mm. Showing the small single storey council chamber at Serowe.

Dates: 1963-08
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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The old and the new at Mahalapye [i.e. Mahalatswe] Agricultural School, 1963-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549B/14
Scope and Contents

203 x 157 mm. Showing two horse-drawn ploughs at work beside one drawn by a tractor.

Dates: 1963-07
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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Women going to the pits for water, Serowe 1907, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/77C
Scope and Contents

85 x 85 mm. Negative only.

Dates: 1907
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).