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KwaZulu-Natal, Province of (province)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 347 Collections and/or Records:

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Rorke's House, Rorke's Drift, 1879 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/35
Scope and Contents 208 x 131 mm. Showing the storehouse at Rorke's Drift which became the final stronghold after the hospital had been abandoned. Originally built by Jim Rorke, at the time of the campaign the buildings were occupied by a Swedish Missionary Otto Witt and his wife and child (Witt and his family had left, separately shortly before the Zulu attack), the storehouse seen here being his chapel and the hospital his living quarters. This week was taken some weeks after the fight, the solid,...
Dates: 1879 - 1880
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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Rorke's House, Rorke's Drift, 1879 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/37
Scope and Contents

209 x 139 mm. A view from the Oskarberg Terraces looking northwest down onto the storehouse at Rorke's Drift with the foundations of the destroyed hospital buildings at the left. It was on the Oskarberg Terraces that the Zulus placed most of their available firepower, pinning down the defenders while their main body attacked the hospital and storehouse. The print is stamped 'Lloyd Artist Natal.' [James Lloyd]

Dates: 1879 - 1880
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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Saturday morning sales, Durban, 1879 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/47
Scope and Contents

198 x 133 mm. Showing traders and customers gathered around goods laid out in the market square outside 'The Mart.'

Dates: 1879 - 1880
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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Saturday morning sales, Durban, 1879 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/48
Scope and Contents

193 x 131 mm. A view looking down on traders and customers outside the verandahed building of 'The Mart'.

Dates: 1879 - 1880
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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School feeding and teaching thro' Zulu Home-Maker Clubs, 1975 - 1976

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305S/24-48
Scope and Contents

A small album containing black and white and colour photographs. The cover of the album is annotated: 'Photos show School-Feeding and Teaching thro' Zulu 'Home-Maker Clubs' holding courses in Nutrition and Cooking at KwaNzimela Centre, KwaMagwaza Mission, Melmoth, Zululand. 1975-1976. These Zenzele Clubs have been assisted by Goodwill Convenors of Zululand Women's Institutes and money from F.F.H. Committee. Photos by Wren'.

Dates: 1975 - 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).
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School of agriculture, Cedara, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/160
Scope and Contents

164 x 101 mm. Showing the driveway and main façade of the Cedara Agricultural College in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, founded by the Colonial Government in 1902.

Dates: 1925
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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Scotch Church, Pietermaritzburg, 1875 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305A/17
Scope and Contents

153 x 97 mm. A view showing the stone building with square tower of the Scotch Church, partially obscured by trees in the foreground.

Dates: 1875 - 1880
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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Shipping in the bay, Durban, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/83
Scope and Contents

203 x 152 mm. A view showing shipping at anchor in the bay with wharves and moored shipping at the right. A view probably taken from Salisbury Island.

Dates: 1925
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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South African papers of Killie Campbell

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 333
Scope and Contents Papers gathered by Killie Campbell relating to the issue of race relations between the two world wars, under the nomenclature of the time referred to as the 'native question' or the 'colour question'. Includes draft and published articles, memoranda, minutes of meetings, newscuttings, notes and reports. The topics covered include government legislation, complaints from the townships, and issues to do with employment, including industry and forced labour, and the place of women. Some material...
Dates: 1919 - 1941
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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South end, Pietermaritzburg, 1875 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305A/27
Scope and Contents

170 x 107 mm. A view from the market square looking our over the rooftops of South Pietermaritzburg. Two distant buildings have been numbered '1' and '2' on the actual print, they are presumably of some import but are here unidentified.

Dates: 1875 - 1880
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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Spectators at Tshonque Show, Umbombo [Ubombo] District, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/69
Scope and Contents

151 x 102 mm. Showing men and women from various racial groups seated on the grass.

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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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Spot where Prince Imperial fell, 1879 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/38
Scope and Contents

196 x 135 mm. Showing the temporary wooden cross erected to mark the spot where Prince Louis Napoleon died in June 1879. The inscription reads: 'In Memoriam Louis Napoleon Prince Imperial of France who fell near this spot 1 June 1879. Erected by the Royal Scots Fusiliers.'

Dates: 1879 - 1880
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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St. Saviour's Church, Pietermaritzburg, 1875 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305A/23
Scope and Contents

182 x 112 mm. Showing the large brick church, with a span of oxen on Commercial Road in the foreground.

Dates: 1875 - 1880
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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Station master's house, Frere. Gen Bullers first headquarters, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305H/2
Scope and Contents

119 x 94 mm. Showing the station master's cottage standing on a small rise, with railway goods trucks in the foreground. General Sir Redvers Buller was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, but was superceded by Lord Roberts after defeats at Colonso, Spion Kop and Vaalkrans. The print is numbered '8509'.

Dates: 1900
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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Stock farm in Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/158
Scope and Contents

203 x 152 mm. Showing cattle grazing in a field with a house on the hill in the background.

Dates: 1925
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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Sugar mill and plantation, Umzinto, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal], 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/66
Scope and Contents

192 x 124 mm. A view from a neighbouring hillside looking down on the sugar mill buildings, with cultivated land beyond and the manager's bungalow on the hillside in the background.

Dates: 1888
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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Sugar plantation, S.C. [? south coast] Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/96
Scope and Contents

203 x 152 mm. A view looking across fields high with sugar towards plantation buildings in the background.

Dates: 1925
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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Sugar refinery, near Durban, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/98
Scope and Contents

202 x 151 mm. A view looking across a water reservoir towards the factory buildings of the South African Sugar Refineries Limited.

Dates: 1925
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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'Sultan', July 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/11
Scope and Contents

137 x 104 mm. Showing Mrs. Olivia Redwood seated side-saddle on the horse 'Sultan' in the garden of the bungalow 'Fairleigh'.

Dates: July 1879
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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'Surprise' ashore and Back Beach, Durban, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/5
Scope and Contents

195 x 136 mm. Showing the sailing ship 'Surprise' beached on Back Beach on in 1880, with spectators on the sands in the foreground standing beside salvaged cargo.

Dates: 1880
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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Swazi woman at Tshonque Show, District Umbombo [Ubombo], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/68
Scope and Contents

151 x 102 mm. The caption continues: 'showing finely plaited hair, and using the gaily printed cotton clothes made in designs especially for this area.'

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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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Swimming Bath, Ocean Beach, Durban, 1916-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/30
Scope and Contents

139 x 88 mm. Coloured postcard, dated in Bell's hand, 'May 1916'.

Dates: 1916-05
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 Bar and Bluff, Port Natal [i.e. Durban], 1879 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/2
Scope and Contents

315 x 133 mm. Two prints joined. A view from the South Beach looking across the narrow entrance of the Bay of Natal towards the Bluff. With steamers and sailing ships lying outside the harbour bar.

Dates: 1879 - 1880
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 Bay, Port Natal [i.e. Durban], 1879 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/6
Scope and Contents

206 x 139 mm. A view looking down on ships at anchor at The Point in the Bay of Natal with warehouses and jetties on the shore, sandbanks beyond and part of the town of Durban in the background.

Dates: 1879 - 1880
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 beautiful south coast of Natal [KwaZulu-Natal]. Amanzimtoti, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/93
Scope and Contents

202 x 152 mm. A view looking onto the sandy beach at Amanzimtoti (Zulu for 'sweet waters'), a holiday resort eighteen miles south west of Durban.

Dates: 1925
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).