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The description of 'an ascent to the glaciers of the Ruwenzori Mountains'.

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Showing members of the Macongwa people.

Scope and Contents Ten volumes of cuttings from 'The field', including a few articles from other publications, and loose cuttings concerning the Malay Peninsula. The volumes concern countries throughout the world, but in particular Australia, British East Africa (Kenya), Canada, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Rhodesia, South Africa, Uganda, United States and the West Indies. The articles cover a wide range of subjects, including administration, agriculture, the British Empire, climate, colonisation,...

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216 x 166 mm.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'The Bwamba life on the West side of the Ruwenzori Mountains (Bwamba Valley is densely populated by these little people). They provide a source of labour for the cotton plantations (also coffee and tea) in the Toro district in Uganda'.

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Showing a group of people resting in a clearing with trees in the background. On the western slopes of the Ruwenzori mountains. The caption reads: 'Change bananas for fish. We passed hundreds and hundreds coming back from the lake with baskets and baskets of polluted fish'.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'The Bwamba life on the West side of the Ruwenzori Mountains (Bwamba Valley is densely populated by these little people). They provide a source of labour for the cotton plantations (also coffee and tea) in the Toro district in Uganda'.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'The Bwamba life on the West side of the Ruwenzori Mountains (Bwamba Valley is densely populated by these little people). They provide a source of labour for the cotton plantations (also coffee and tea) in the Toro district in Uganda'.

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216 x 166 mm.

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216 x 166. View from the shore showing fishermen.

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216 x 166 mm.

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Showing Bell and Frank Burton seated on the bodies of two dead hippopotamus on the shore of Lake Kikorongo. See Bell (1907), February 15.

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These letters record Bell’s tour of southern and western Uganda, including visits to the kingdoms of Ankole and Toro. They describe the terrain, natural history, African peoples and European missionaries he encountered during his travels (28 sheets).

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A head and shoulders portrait. A caption on the page reads: 'The Macongwa live on the Ruwenzori Mountains, and I have seen some of their huts built over 11,000 ft high'.

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The caption below the photograph reads: 'They wear leather skirts and live on bananas largely'. A caption on the page reads: 'The Macongwa live on the Ruwenzori Mountains, and I have seen some of their huts built over 11,000 ft high'.

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A caption on the page reads: 'The Macongwa live on the Ruwenzori Mountains, and I have seen some of their huts built over 11,000 ft high'.

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The caption below the photograph reads: 'They wear leather skirts and live on bananas largely'. A caption on the page reads: 'The Macongwa live on the Ruwenzori Mountains, and I have seen some of their huts built over 11,000 ft high'.

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Showing three people walking in a stream. The caption reads: 'Leaving Kasenigo[?] market for her mountain home. She will probably climb 6000 feet on to with this huge bunch of bananas on her back'.

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...

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...

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101 x 72 mm. A view looking along a forested gorge towards distant snow-capped mountains. The Ruwenzori Mountains in the Zaire-Uganda border stretch from Lake Albert in the north to Lake Edward in the south. Exact location unidentified.

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100 x 72 mm. A similar view to the preceding print.

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Showing a group of people resting in a clearing with trees and mountains in the background. The caption continues: 'Western slopes of the Ruwenzori. Bwamba on their way to Lake Albert'.

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From the house.

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A diary account for 1-11 March 1923 and five pages of notes.