Skip to main content

Adan (governate)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 108 Collections and/or Records:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
 Item

The dhow anchorage, 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/49
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Up to 150 huge Arab dhows congregate at Zanzibar prior to their return to their homes in Arabia and the Persian Gulf with the south east monsoon.'

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).
 Item

The Dhow Harbour - Maalla - Aden [i.e. `Adan], 1965 - 1966

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3021B/3
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album containing scenes in the Federation, probably by official photographers. Most of the prints measure 210 mm x 160 mm, though a few are slightly smaller, and all are excellent photographs.Between 1959 and 1965 sixteen states and the British Colony of Aden joined to form the Federation of South Arabia. In 1965 Sir Ralph Hone and Sir Gawain Bell were appointed to make recommendations for a constitution for the Federation. They reported early in 1966, but the constitution...
Dates: 1965 - 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).
 Fonds

'The face in the mirror': autobiography of John Morley

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 44
Scope and Contents

The autobiography of John Morley, written during the 1970s, 122 pages.

Dates: 1970 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access: The thesis may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the permission of the author.
 Item

The salt pans, 1908

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1096
Scope and Contents

Between Aden and Sheik Othman - an Italian Company. The [wind] mills are pumping water in to the pans.

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).
 Item

The Signal Station and Coal Depot, Aden from a floating dock in the harbour. Note condensation works above the Coal Depot, 1908

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/1008A
Scope and Contents

Missing. Painting only.

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).
 File

Volume VII : Bombay, Hyderabad, Aden, Somaliland, 1908

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7
Scope and Contents The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 939-1073 (originally there were 134). Added numbers are: 967A, 995A, 1004A, 1071A, 1072A, 1008A (is a painting); spoiled 964-966 and 1055; not used 1063 and 1066; missing 1009, 1010, 1012, 1013, 1015, 1017, 1020, 1030, 1040, 1042, 1044 and 1060. The photographs are not totally in numerical order within the album so that: 967A follows 988. Subjects covered in this album are: Ahmednagar; Bombay: views from the Clock...
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).
 File

Volume VIII : Somaliland, Aden, Cyprus, 1908, 1908

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8
Scope and Contents This album now contains photographs numbered in the range 1074-1224 (originally there were 153). Added numbers: 1250-1255; unnumbered 1 following 1224 (now numbered 1224A); spoiled: 1091 and 1198; not used 1076, 1077 and 1187; missing: 1074, 1075, 1097, 1101, 1110, 1126, 1131, 1134, 1136, 1138, 1139, 1149, 1161, 1206, 1207 and 1218. Subjects covered in this album are:Somaliland: tribesmen and hot springs; Aden: coast police and Camel Corps, shipping; Perim; Cyprus:...
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).
 Sub-Fonds

Watercolour of Aden, 1880 - 1930

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/2
Scope and Contents

An undated watercolour, 7¾" x 4½", depicting a view from the sea. There are buildings and a flagstaff to the left and a tented camp to the right, with mountains in the background. 'Aden. [J]R' is written in the corner.

Dates: 1880 - 1930
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).
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5