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Congo (general region)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

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Lakes Tanganyika and Nyasa Expedition, 1925-02 - 1929-03-29

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/7
Scope and Contents

Diaries and notes written by Christy during his leadership of the British Museum exploring and zoological expedition to Lakes Tanganyika and Nyasa.

Dates: 1925-02 - 1929-03-29
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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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Sleeping Sickness Expedition to the Congo, 1903-09-25 - 1903-12-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/5/1
Scope and Contents

Diary (circa 60 pages) recording the progress of the expedition, which includes medical notes.

Dates: 1903-09-25 - 1903-12-30
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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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Sleeping Sickness Expedition to the Congo, 1904-01-01 - 1904-03-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/5/2
Scope and Contents

Diary (circa 25 pages) recording the progress of the expedition, which includes medical notes.

Dates: 1904-01-01 - 1904-03-14
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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Lutete Expedition, 1903-11-04 - 1904-02-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/5/3
Scope and Contents

Diary (circa 70 leaves) describing the progress of the expedition, including medical notes on sleeping sickness. Lutete [or Gombe-Lutete] is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the Baptist mission station of Wathen was located at Lutete.

Dates: 1903-11-04 - 1904-02-01
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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Mangbettu ? (Dungu), 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/297
Scope and Contents

Portrait of a young woman.

Dates: 1934
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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Maps of Africa, 1902 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/10
Scope and Contents

33 maps

Dates: 1902 - 1921
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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Notes on fishes, 1926 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/7/8
Scope and Contents

36 leaves describing the fish collected from Lake Tanganyika and the locations where they were found.

Dates: 1926 - 1927
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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On the distribution of Filaria perstans and of enlarged glands (cervical and parotid) in equatorial East Africa, 1904-11-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/4/9
Scope and Contents

A report (46 leaves) by Christy discussing the findings of his research, including charts of data and a map.

Dates: 1904-11-04
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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On the distribution of Filaria perstans in Uganda and elsewhere in tropical Africa, 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/4/8
Scope and Contents

Two annotated copies of a report by Christy discussing the findings of his research, including charts of data and a map.

Dates: 1903
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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On the Rutshura river, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/221
Scope and Contents

90 x 120 mm. General view up the river. There are two largely submerged hippopotamus in the foreground.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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On the Rutshura river, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/218
Scope and Contents

130 x 95 mm. General view of the river and far bank. There are largely submerged hippopotamus in the foreground.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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On the Rutshura river, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/219
Scope and Contents

115 x 85 mm. General view of the river and far bank. There are largely submerged hippopotamus in the foreground.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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Poissons recueillis au Congo Belge par l'expédition du Dr C. Christy, 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/5/12
Scope and Contents

Book describing the fish collected by Christy for the Museum of the Belgian Congo.

Dates: 1920
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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Publications and reports, 1903 - 1929

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/9
Scope and Contents

Works written by Christy or collected by him relating to medicine, zoology and travel.

Dates: 1903 - 1929
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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Research notes on the Uganda-Congo boundary Commission in relation to Lake Albert, 1970 - 1978

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 362/7
Scope and Contents

15 sheets.

Dates: 1970 - 1978
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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Review of 'Zwischen Weissem nil und Belgisch-Kongo' by Hugo Adolf Bernatzik, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/9/3
Scope and Contents

Annotated proofs of a review written by Christy for an unidentified journal.

Dates: 1929
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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Robert Maddocks Collection

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 361
Scope and Contents

Maddocks has written many articles on postal history, the majority reflecting his primary interest in the history of the Cameroons, particularly during the colonial period. He is the author of a monograph examining postal arrangements during the conquest of German Kamerun by the British and French during the First World War. His works also cover Nigeria, West Africa, Gambia, Zambia, German East and South West Africa, Togo, Ascension, St. Helena, Papua New Guinea, Jamaica and Barbados.

Dates: 1959 - 2013
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).
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St Salvador, 1817 - 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 343/18
Scope and Contents

'The bansa, or residence of the King of Kongo called St Salvador', an undated print of an engraving by G. Child from a picture by Olfert Dapper, 'Plate 188, No. 108, Vol. 2, p. 400'.

Dates: 1817 - 1866
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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Sudan Sleeping Sickness Commission letter book, 1915-02-10 - 1916-01-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/6/1
Scope and Contents

Copies of letters (100 leaves) written by Christy during his work for the Sudan Sleeping Sickness Commission. Some also relate to the specimens he collected during the Congo Zoological Mission. An alphabetical index of recipients is included.

Dates: 1915-02-10 - 1916-01-29
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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Sudanese diary, 1915-02-12 - 1915-10-26

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/6/2
Scope and Contents

The diary (300 pages) records regional sleeping sickness inspection tours and the mapping of the Nile-Congo boundary for the Sudanese Government. It includes considerable zoological notes, and descriptions of the terrain, missionary stations, and the African peoples that Christy encountered. In many entries, Christy has underlined key words in the text or written summaries in the margins.

Dates: 1915-02-12 - 1915-10-26
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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Sudanese papers, 1915-02-10 - 1915-10-26

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/6
Scope and Contents

Diary and letters written by Christy during his work for the Sudanese Government.

Dates: 1915-02-10 - 1915-10-26
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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Taken from Kipia, looking towards Kinete. The morning mists are still lying in the folds of the hills, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/468
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...
Dates: 1934
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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The Rutshuru River, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/214
Scope and Contents

125 x 125 mm. A view looking along the river, with thick vegetation either side.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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Three year old lava, 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/203
Scope and Contents

120 x 75 mm. A view of Mrs Hebbert sat on the hardened lava flow.

Dates: 1941
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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Typical village between Lubero and Butembo, 1939 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/217
Scope and Contents

185 x 90 mm. A view of huts on top of a hill.

Dates: 1939 - 1941
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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