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Elgon, Mount (mountain)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

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Bamboo Forest, Mt Elgon, 1890-02-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)1/28
Scope and Contents

Showing tall bamboo groves in the forest near Mt Elgon. A print of this picture is not included in the original RCS collection and the Royal Geographical Society possesses a print but no negative.

Dates: 1890-02-22
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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Cavern looking out into forest, 1890-02-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)1/27
Scope and Contents

A view looking out from the mouth of the cave towards the dense forest with Jackson and the guide standing at the left. This appears to be the same cave seen in Y30468K/67. Duplicate of Y30468K/68.

Dates: 1890-02-20
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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Diary of visit to Mount Elgon, 1915 - 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 150/2/3/1/1
Scope and Contents

'A fortnight's holiday in Uganda, the summit and foothills of Mt Elgon', a diary account for 29 December 1915 to 12 January 1916, with a map.

Dates: 1915 - 1916
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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Edge of Elgon crater, 1890-02-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)1/25
Scope and Contents

A view looking along the crater rim with a sheer rock spur in the foreground. Gedge briefly mentions his photography in his diary entry for the day. Duplicate of Y30468K/65.

Dates: 1890-02-17
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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Entrance to cave, Mt Elgon, 1890-02-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)1/26
Scope and Contents

Showing Jackson and James Martin at the entrance to one of the Elgon Caves, with creepers hanging down over the mouth and a small hut in the foreground. Duplicate of Y30468K/67.

Dates: 1890-02-20
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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In Bukedi - Mt. Elgon [1909], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/73
Scope and Contents

101 x 78 mm. Showing Bukedi huts on the wooded slopes of Mt. Elgon.

Dates: 1909
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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Kenya and East Africa, 1909 - 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 316/2/5
Scope and Contents

Undated photographs of countryside and people. Three of the photographs are captioned on the reverse, and two of these were taken at Mount Elgon, Kenya. The envelope in which the photographs were stored is labelled in pencil 'Kokanjiru'(?).

Dates: 1909 - 1917
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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Kenya: Mount Elgon, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/1/150-57
Scope and Contents From the File:

Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.

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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Letters, 1908-01-07 - 1908-12-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/4/3
Scope and Contents

Subjects include financial estimates, building plans and the opening of Government House; entertaining and visitors; the hurricane insurance scheme; development of railways, roads, and a new port for Kampala; support for the cotton industry; visits to a Sleeping Sickness camp and an appeal for relief funds in Britain; the outbreak of famine; a visit to the CMS King’s School at Budo; a tour of the eastern provinces of the Protectorate; and a visit to British East Africa (67 sheets).

Dates: 1908-01-07 - 1908-12-22
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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Mount Elgon, 1952 - 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 150/5/1/19
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding ascents.

Dates: 1952 - 1957
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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Mt Elgon Crater looking N, 1890-02-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)1/24
Scope and Contents

A duplicate of Y30468K/63 which is captioned ‘Upper north facing slopes of Mt Elgon approaching rim of crater.’ See H.B. Thomas, ‘Early ascents of Mount Elgon’ ('Uganda Journal', Vol 20, 113-128).

Dates: 1890-02-17
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).