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South Buganda (province)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

 Sub-Fonds

Account of the return of the Kabaka to Uganda, 1986

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/39
Scope and Contents

A copy of a letter written by Sir Ronald Bennett to his mother, 19 October 1955, describing in detail the ceremonies and celebrations for the return of the Kabaka of Buganda.

Dates: 1986
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

Ambatch trees in Lake Victoria near Tero Forest, Sango Bay, 1906 - 1911

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/110
Scope and Contents

Showing Ambatch trees growing in the lake at Sango Bay, Masaka District, Western shore of Lake Victoria.

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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Canoe, Sese Island, Victoria Nyanza, 1894 - 1912

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/38/3/5
Scope and Contents

105 x 74 mm. A long Ugandan canoe crowded with Africans and beached on Sese Island. The boat has a Uganda prow surmounted by a pair of antelope horns.

Dates: 1894 - 1912
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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Jetty at Sesse Island. People meeting the Commissioner of sleeping sickness, May 1909, 1909-05

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/128
Scope and Contents

107 x 77 mm. Showing a group of Ugandans crowded on the small wooden jetty at Sesse Island. The Sesse Islands, in north west Lake Victoria, was one of the areas most heavily attacked by sleeping sickness, but the inhabitants for some time resisted Sir Henry Hesketh Bell's attempts at evacuation.

Dates: 1909-05
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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Jetty (native built) at Sesse Island. Site of old Boma [stockade] just out of picture on left. This is a crowd of chiefs and people meeting the Commissioner of sleeping sickness in May 1909 to discuss evacuation of islands., 1909-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/129
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints of various sizes, with handwritten captions beneath the prints. It has a varied collection of excellent photographs illustrating scenery, trade, customs, agriculture and rural life in the young protectorate. The album contains the following list of people who supplied prints for inclusion: H. Batley, L.E. Caine, C.C. Gowdey, C.W. Hattersley, Captain Hutchinson, F.A. Knowles, A. McClure, Alison Russell, J.C.R. Sturrock, F. Spire, A.E. Weatherhead. It does not indicate...
Dates: 1909-05
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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Masaka, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/158
Scope and Contents

50 x 75 mm. A path leading up to a house, with a woman standing in front of it.

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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Native road near Masaka in a very wet season crossing a swamp, May 1910, 1910-05

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/125
Scope and Contents

104 x 78 mm. Showing the flooded road with most of the surface lost and only the wooden supporting structure remaining.

Dates: 1910-05
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).
 File

No. 13. Nairobi to Masaka, 1928

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/2/13
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).
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No. 14. Masaka to Bunyoni, 1928

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/2/14
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).