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 place or tribal names have not been traced in works of reference. The following guide to...

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Showing Powell's canoe being unloaded on the shore of the Ubangi River.

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The caption below the photograph continues: 'He is the Sultani of Medje, and paramount Chief of the Mangbetu'.

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Between the Ubangi and Congo (Zaire) rivers (formerly the Belgian Congo). The caption reads: 'Two days through flooded forest pushing our little canoes through the undergrowth, and under roots of huge trees'.

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Between the Ubangi and Congo (Zaire) rivers (formerly the Belgian Congo). The caption reads: 'A few square feet of damp soil where I spent the night'.

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Showing canoes being loaded or unloaded. The caption on the album page reads: 'The Giri Swamps lie between the Ubangui and the Congo Rivers. A greater part of the swamp is flooded primeval forest'.

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Full-length profile of a woman.

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Showing a river, vegetation and hills in the Parc National de Maiko, Upper Zaire.

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Showing two carvers at work in the studio of Mr. Laloux. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Dans ses ateliers de Léopoldville, un colon belge, Mr. Laloux, a entrepris de faire revivre les arts indigènes. Voici deux de ses sculpteurs noirs au travail (1947)'.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'Although they wear no clothes except a fongor (skin behind) they are very shy, and the men always hide their private parts between their legs'.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'More of my Banana carriers who took me from Gagzou to the Manguem country and back'.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'More of my Banana carriers who took me from Gagzou to the Manguem country and back'.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'More of my Banana carriers who took me from Gagzou to the Manguem country and back'.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'Although they wear no clothes except a fongor (skin behind) they are very shy, and the men always hide their private parts between their legs'.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'At Gabrui'.

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Showing a woman from the waist up.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'Batwa (pigmies) in the Eturi Forest'.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'More of my Banana carriers who took me from Gagzou to the Manguem country and back'.

Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of photographs on 41 album sheets. Typed on a piece of paper stuck on one album sheet is: 'ALBUM 2. All the photographs in this album were taken by me, on a safari from Victoria (B. Cameroons) to Port Sudan. This journey lasted from April 7/35 till August 2/36. The photographs are of anthropological interest only, and deal mostly with the Mangbetu tribe in the northern Congo; the Karamojong in Northern Uganda, and various tribes in the southern Sudan. I was using only a...

Scope and Contents A collection of loose prints. The prints are mainly British official photographs representing aspects of development in the colonies and are chiefly 250 x 200 mm. Captions on the reverse have been recorded as found. The prints fall into subject collections.Nigeria: 1 - 8 Udi Village; 9-20 Ogwofia Village; 21-23 Obinofia Village; 24-30 Nkanu Lepers Village; 31-33 Ewene Lepers Village; 34-62 Sleeping Sickness experiment, Anchau; 63-67 Mass Literacy Experiment, Southern Nigeria; 68-72...

Scope and Contents A collection of photographs (various dates, sizes and photographers) and slides with a few leaflets, a file of correspondence, and some title cards as described below. The collection appears to have been assembled chiefly for publicity purposes and there is a file of correspondence requesting photographic and other material. Some of the photographs are mounted on cards for display, but the majority are loose prints stored in folders. There are also a few albums. The main subjects are the...

Scope and Contents A collection of coloured slides, 18 of which measure 40 x 40 mm, the remainder 35 mm, all mounted 50 x 50 mm, relating to Commonwealth Universities, with the exception of 33 of non-Commonwealth Universities which were, however, associated with the Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas (IUC). Many, though not all, were taken by Ian Maxwell, formerly Deputy Director of IUC. Though some have minimal identification, others have substantial annotations on the mounts. ...

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The caption on the album page reads: 'Lobula huts are more like dog kennels all under one roof. (at Imese)'.

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Showing a crying baby being held by a woman.

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102 x 81 mm. A view showing one of Christy's camps in the Congo. In the foreground one of his servants holds a large elephant tusk towards the camera.