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Jinja (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Diary, 1906-01-22 - 1909-03

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/2/3
Scope and Contents

The diary records Bell's years as Commissioner (later Governor) of Uganda, notable for his efforts to combat a sleeping sickness epidemic, develop cotton cultivation among other economic initiatives, and to improve the protectorate's transportation network. Bell describes his official duties and colleagues, Uganda’s peoples and landscape, and his social life and personal affairs. The diary contains one photograph (circa 150 sheets).

Dates: 1906-01-22 - 1909-03
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

Jinja, 1949 - 1950

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/3/66-73
Scope and Contents

Views of the Ripon Falls and Nile River.

Dates: 1949 - 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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Jinja Pier with Ry.[Railway] Steamer and steam ferry alongside, 1906 - 1911

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/12
Scope and Contents

200 x 142 mm. A view from the canoe landing west of the Pier showing the 'Clement Hill' and a smaller steam ferry moored at Jinja Pier. A group of passengers stands on the pier itself while in the foreground two Africans can be seen punting a long wooden canoe.

Dates: 1906 - 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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Jinja? Uganda, 1928

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/61
Scope and Contents

79 x 55 mm. A hut.

Dates: 1928
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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Kampala mail train crossing the Nile Bridge at Jinja, 1950 - 1967

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468M/17
Scope and Contents

245 x 191 mm. Showing a long mail and passenger train on the steel girder bridge.

Dates: 1950 - 1967
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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'My 60 class [Garratt] engine which was driven on long distance sections Eldoret, Tororo, Jinja, Kampala', 1952 - 1963

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469L/1/6
Scope and Contents

210 x 200 mm. Showing Suman standing in the doorway of the locomotive with an unidentified fireman.

Dates: 1952 - 1963
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

No. 5. Rejaf to Jinja, 1928

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/2/5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Photographs and negatives of Eastern and Southern Africa.

Dates: 1928
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

No. 6. Jinja to Nairobi, 1928

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/2/6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Photographs and negatives of Eastern and Southern Africa.

Dates: 1928
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-sub-class

Owen Falls and the dam, Jinja, 1955

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045W/62-65
Scope and Contents

55 x 50 mm.

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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Owen Falls - Jinja, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/52
Scope and Contents

77 x 52 mm.

Dates: 1928
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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Ripon Falls - Jinja, 1928

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/53
Scope and Contents

139 x 86 mm.

Dates: 1928
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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[Ripon Falls - Jinja], 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/1/23
Scope and Contents

85 x 62 mm.

Dates: 1928
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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Source of the Nile, leaving Lake Victoria at Jinja, 1934

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/118
Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...
Dates: 1934
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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[Source of the Nile, leaving Lake Victoria at Jinja], 1934

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/122
Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...
Dates: 1934
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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To Kampala, 1950-01

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/3/16-32
Scope and Contents

Views of stations, landscapes and people from the train during the journey to Kampala, including Ripon Falls and the River Nile.

Dates: 1950-01
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).