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Lesotho (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 232 Collections and/or Records:

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One of three slides of mountain road, 1967-07

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham S/16A
Scope and Contents From the File:

Kodachromes and Kodak Ready mounts arranged by processing number relating to the visit described above.

Dates: 1967-07
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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One of three slides of mountain road, 1967-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham S/16B
Scope and Contents From the File:

Kodachromes and Kodak Ready mounts arranged by processing number relating to the visit described above.

Dates: 1967-07
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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One of three slides of mountain road, 1967-07

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham S/16C
Scope and Contents From the File:

Kodachromes and Kodak Ready mounts arranged by processing number relating to the visit described above.

Dates: 1967-07
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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Pack horses on trek, Basutoland, 1910 - 1911

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/7
Scope and Contents 139 x 82 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). Showing groups of loaded horses moving across flat grassland with hills in the distance. Caption under photograph reads: 'The above photograph shows wool packs on 'trek.' The method adopted to keep the animals from passing each other, which would be extremely dangerous on narrow mountain paths, is to tie a rope, generally made from horse hair, from the tail of one pony to the bottom lip of the pony...
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).
 Series

Papers on Lesotho, 1964 - 1970

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 220/2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence; articles with annotations by Mrs Robinson and others; material on the Freedom from Hunger Project; material on the founding and organisation of the Lesotho Family Planning Assocation, of which Mrs Robinson was the first Secretary; map of Lesotho.

Dates: 1964 - 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).
 File

Papers on South Africa, 1971 - 1981

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 220/3
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, articles and other papers, including material concerning Zululand and Mrs Robinson's 1981 visit to Lesotho.

Dates: 1971 - 1981
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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Party of Basutos travelling up into the mountains, 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/91
Scope and Contents

200 x 152 mm. The caption continues: 'They have to ride three or four days sometimes to reach their homes. These men have adopted European dress. They all ride with the feet well forward. Near Leribe. 1941'. Although uncredited in this album, an identical photograph credited to [Lucy] Mignon Herring is held in an album at the Killie Campbell Africana Library under the reference Album D34/001-197. Basutoland Customs.BRN 310846.

Dates: 1941
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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Photographs, 1964 - 1976

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 220/1
Scope and Contents

A collection of photographs of Basutoland (now Lesotho) and Zululand taken or collected by Wren Robinson while engaged in educational and welfare work. Most have handwritten captions by Mrs Robinson either underneath or on the back.

Dates: 1964 - 1976
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).
 File

[Photographs of Basutoland/Lesotho 1964-70], 1964 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305S/1-15
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose glossy black and white prints, captioned on the reverse. The photographs were probably all taken by professionals.

Dates: 1964 - 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).
 Fonds

[Photographs of the peoples of southern Africa]

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O
Scope and Contents An album containing mounted prints, the majority sepia toned, with typescript captions and explanatory notes depicting the peoples of southern Africa. The captions and notes have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. The prints are of various sizes but the majority measure approximately...
Dates: 1930 - 1950
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).
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[Plane on the ground], 1966-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham S/11
Scope and Contents From the File:

Kodachromes and Kodak Ready mounts arranged by processing number relating to the visit described above.

Dates: 1966-02
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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Prime Minister Chief Lebua Johnathon on steps of his country house, 1963 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30547A/1
Scope and Contents

109 x 155 mm. A full length portrait of Prime Minister Jonathan (1914-1987) standing at the entrance to his country house. Jonathan had been Prime Minister of Lesotho since 1965, until ousted in 1986.

Dates: 1963 - 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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[Probably mountain road scene], 1965-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham S/22
Scope and Contents From the File:

Kodachromes and Kodak Ready mounts arranged by processing number relating to the visit described above.

Dates: 1965-12
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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[Probably mountain road scene], 1965-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham S/23
Scope and Contents From the File:

Kodachromes and Kodak Ready mounts arranged by processing number relating to the visit described above.

Dates: 1965-12
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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[Probably mountain road scene], 1965-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham S/24
Scope and Contents From the File:

Kodachromes and Kodak Ready mounts arranged by processing number relating to the visit described above.

Dates: 1965-12
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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[Probably mountain road scene], 1965-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham S/25
Scope and Contents From the File:

Kodachromes and Kodak Ready mounts arranged by processing number relating to the visit described above.

Dates: 1965-12
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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[Probably mountain road scene], 1965-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham S/26
Scope and Contents From the File:

Kodachromes and Kodak Ready mounts arranged by processing number relating to the visit described above.

Dates: 1965-12
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).
 Fonds

Progress in the Colonies, 1940s-1950s

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R
Scope and Contents A collection of prints produced by the Central Office of Information. The prints measure approximately 165 x 115 mm and have typewritten captions pasted onto the reverse. A sheet of paper with the prints gives the title: 'Progress in the Colonies. Rejected photographs'. This selection appears to be part of a larger series of prints -the captions are often numbered and frequently make references to 'Feature Sets'. The photographs illustrate post-war developments in agriculture,...
Dates: 1940 - 1959
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).
 Sub-Series

Protectorates, 1930-03 - 1937-07

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 334/7/3
Scope and Contents

Newscuttings on the States of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland. Where possible the folders have been marked up with the original classmarks used in the index (RCMS 334/14).

Dates: 1930-03 - 1937-07
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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Public Works Department labourers build a new road at Malea-Lea Bridge, 1963-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30547A/18
Scope and Contents

204 x 156 mm. Showing three Public Works Department labourers placing explosive on partially cleared land.

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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Public Works Department labourers built [sic] a new road at Malea-Lea Bridge, 1963-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30547A/17
Scope and Contents

157 x 204 mm. Showing an African worker operating a pneumatic drill while another removes broken pieces of rock from the hole thus made.

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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Qacha's Nek, 1966-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham S/10
Scope and Contents

[From the air].

Dates: 1966-02
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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Qacha's Nek : hill behind D.C.'s house, 1966-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham S/12
Scope and Contents From the File:

Kodachromes and Kodak Ready mounts arranged by processing number relating to the visit described above.

Dates: 1966-02
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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Qache's [i.e. Qacha's] Nek Camp, Basutoland, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/30
Scope and Contents

120 x 97 mm. A view looking down on the camp from a nearby hill, with cattle grazing in a field in the foreground, a cluster of houses at the right, and mountains in the distance. Situated in eastern Basutoland, the town was founded in 1888 as a site to facilitate the paying of taxes and the issuing of passes.

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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[Same hut as 33], 1965-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham S/35
Scope and Contents From the File:

Kodachromes and Kodak Ready mounts arranged by processing number relating to the visit described above.

Dates: 1965-12
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).