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Ethiopia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 299 Collections and/or Records:

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Dareshgie [Diresghie?] in the Semiam Mountains [Simen Mountains National Park?], 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/80
Scope and Contents

125 x 140 mm. A note on the opposite page reads: " The photo opposite with the two soldiers, was taken on Ras Bushit (14850 feet) looking down across Ras Desciano at about 15200 feet.

Dates: 1943
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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Dareshgie [Diresghie?] in the Semiam Mountains [Simen Mountains National Park?], 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/81
Scope and Contents

130 x 90 mm. A welcoming group of villagers. Some wear elaborate robes and carry filigree crosses, others have musical instruments, including drums.

Dates: 1943
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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Dareshgie [Diresghie?] in the Semiam Mountains [Simen Mountains National Park?], 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/82
Scope and Contents

125 x 90 mm. A welcoming group of villagers. Some wear elaborate robes and carry filigree crosses, others have musical instruments, including drums.

Dates: 1943
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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Debra Marcos [i.e. Debre Mark'os], 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/138
Scope and Contents

165 x 120 mm. Showing cattle grazing beneath tall trees.

Dates: 1943
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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Debra Marcos [i.e. Debre Mark'os], 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/139
Scope and Contents

125 x 100 mm. A general view of the village.

Dates: 1943
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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Debra Marcos [i.e. Debre Mark'os], 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/140
Scope and Contents

125 x 100 mm. Showing an automobile parked outside a building. There are people in uniform apparently welcoming the occupants.

Dates: 1943
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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Debra Sena [i.e. Debre Sina], 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/148
Scope and Contents

115 x 80 mm. View looking down at Debre Sina from a height.

Dates: 1943
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).
 Series

Dessie [i.e. Dese], 1935-12-28 - 1936-01-16

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304296A/67-80
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of loose prints and duplicates, by various photographers, and three associated volumes.At the age of 56 John Macfie volunteered to join the British Ambulance Service in Ethiopia (B.A.S.E.), which was being organised by Dr John Melly, who had paid two visits to Ethiopia before the Italian invasion with the aim of establishing a hospital there. Macfie was appointed second in command to Melly.The B.A.S.E. arrived at Berbera, British Somaliland, at the beginning of...
Dates: 1935-12-28 - 1936-01-16
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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Dessie [i.e. Dese] ?Sug, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/149
Scope and Contents

130 x 110 mm. A view of the many buildings in Dese.

Dates: 1943
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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Dessie [i.e. Dese] to Waldia [i.e. Weldiya], 1936-01-16

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304296A/81-87
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of loose prints and duplicates, by various photographers, and three associated volumes.At the age of 56 John Macfie volunteered to join the British Ambulance Service in Ethiopia (B.A.S.E.), which was being organised by Dr John Melly, who had paid two visits to Ethiopia before the Italian invasion with the aim of establishing a hospital there. Macfie was appointed second in command to Melly.The B.A.S.E. arrived at Berbera, British Somaliland, at the beginning of...
Dates: 1936-01-16
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

Diary, 1935-01-01 - 1935-12-17

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/2/14
Scope and Contents

Prominent subjects include Bell’s social life, interests, personal affairs and travel; spiritualism; and letters to the press on the League of Nations, disarmament, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, and the administration of justice in Africa (circa 80 sheets).

Dates: 1935-01-01 - 1935-12-17
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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Diresghie Church (Treasures displayed), 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/2/1/26
Scope and Contents

A view of the church, on whose steps all the carpets from the interior have been laid out.

Dates: 1943
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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Door of Saint Gabrial, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/178
Scope and Contents

95 x 120 mm. Showing the entrance to the church which is carved out of living rock

Dates: 1943
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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[Elderly person], 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/62
Scope and Contents

65 x 65 mm. Showing an elderly person leaning on their walking stick.

Dates: 1943
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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Emperor Monelick, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/141
Scope and Contents

90 x 85 mm. Statue of a man on horseback.

Dates: 1943
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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End of Madani Allum, Lalibela, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/185
Scope and Contents

90 x 120 mm. A view of a building carved out of living rock. The caption continues: 'Externally 33,50 x 23.50 metres.'

Dates: 1943
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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Enda Selassie, Adowa [i.e. Adwa], 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/27
Scope and Contents

130 x 90 mm. Showing a road with a few buildings either side. There is a bus and an automobile parked here.

Dates: 1943
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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Entoto (overlooking Addis Ababa [i.e. Adis Abeba]), 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/118
Scope and Contents

130 x 120 mm. General view.

Dates: 1943
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).
 Fonds

Ernest Lanning Collection

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 362
Scope and Contents

Archives relating to Lanning's work in Kenya and Sierra Leone, and as a colonial administrator in Uganda.

Dates: 1932 - 1978
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).
 File

Ethiopia, 1943

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5
Scope and Contents

Photographs of local scenery, buildings and the native people taken during a trip by Col. and Mrs Hebbert, with a map of their journey at the start of the album. The captions are taken from either the reverse of the image, or that which is written on the album page beside the image.

Dates: 1943
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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Ethiopia, 1969 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 162/4/1/2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Correspondence, arranged by subject, relating to Fergus Wilson's work for the F.A.O., with a few related papers.

Dates: 1969 - 1970
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-Series

Ethiopia trip, 1943

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/2/1
Scope and Contents

Numbered and labelled slides from the Hebberts' trip to Ethiopia.

Dates: 1943
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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Fassilides [Fasilides] Library, Gondar [i.e. Gonder], 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/46
Scope and Contents

120 x 95 mm. General view.

Dates: 1943
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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Father Jeronimo Lobo, ‘Relation Historique d’Abissinie', 1728, 1950 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/11/4
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.

Dates: 1950 - 1970
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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Fitarasi Berhen Mascal's camp between Geneta Mariam and Yalla (Lasta Province), 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/207
Scope and Contents

135 x 125 mm. Showing a camp in the valley, surrounded by hills and mountains.

Dates: 1943
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).