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Cameroon (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 506 Collections and/or Records:

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Akonko girl, Akonko, 1940-03-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/336
Scope and Contents

63 x 109 mm. neg and contact print. An Akonko girl folds her 'dress' before putting it on in the morning.

Dates: 1940-03-03
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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'Alexander', Mankon, 1937-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/58
Scope and Contents

67 x 89 mm. ‘Alexander' the assistant surgeon at Bamenda Hospital. About 4ft. high he is a 'character' and has had a most interesting life under German and British rule.

Dates: 1937-12
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

A.R.H. Mann Collection, 1935

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468N
Scope and Contents Collection of negatives, contact prints and enlargements. Mann travelled from London, which he left on 20 June 1935, via Egypt to the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa and the Cameroons to South Africa, arriving in Johannesburg on 31 October. 1-516 are enlargements of Mann's photographs and 517-575 are photographic postcards, chiefly of the Sudan. In addition there is a box containing the original negatives 45 x 45 mm with contact prints, but these have...
Dates: 1935
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).
 Fonds

Articles from 'The Field'

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 322
Scope and Contents Ten volumes of cuttings from 'The field', including a few articles from other publications, and loose cuttings concerning the Malay Peninsula. The volumes concern countries throughout the world, but in particular Australia, British East Africa (Kenya), Canada, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Rhodesia, South Africa, Uganda, United States and the West Indies. The articles cover a wide range of subjects, including administration, agriculture, the British Empire, climate, colonisation,...
Dates: 1888 - 1921
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

Articles Vol. 1:, 1976 - 1996

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 361/1/1
Scope and Contents 1 Stamps of the Cameroons trace the Country’s History2 Johann-Albrechtshohe First Day Cover 19043 ‘Arrived after Departure of Steamer’ and ‘Sch.l3’ Cachets4 ‘Cameroons Occupation Francaise’ Stamp Booklet5 Photo of Governor Ebermaier in Kamerun World War I6 Ebolowa or what?7 Cancellers of Occupied Kamerun8 German New Guinea and Klink’s Invention: An Intrusion into British Papua9 Kamerun-French Equatorial Africa: Franco-German...
Dates: 1976 - 1996
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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Articles Vol. 2:, 1996 - 2001

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 361/1/2
Scope and Contents 76 Italian Prisoners of War in West Africa in World War II and Postal Censorship77 Vestiges of German East Africa 78 The Origins of the Cape Triangular?79 A Togo Telegram [From Sokode to Lome 11.7.1912]80 Ost Afrika Linie Memorabilia81 Communications between Nigeria and Enemy Territory [World War II]82 The Cleft Stick Endures [Ethiopia]83 Sierra Leone Postal Services Ltd 84 Censored Senegal Postcard [World War I]85...
Dates: 1996 - 2001
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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Articles Vol. 3:, 2002 - 2007

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 361/1/3
Scope and Contents 151 Tombel, Cameroons Postmark Poser152 Federal Republic of Cameroun: the Case of the Withdrawn Reunification Stamps153 R.M.S. ‘Ebani’ on Red Cross Service in World War I154 R.M.S. ‘Mendi’ the Last and Fated 1917 Voyage155 Southern Cameroons in Postal Transition156 Nigeria 1925 RAF Pioneer Kano Flight to Cairo157 French Military Postal Franchise Cachets Used in the Cameroons Campaign158 Where is Kumbo? A Cameroons Identity...
Dates: 2002 - 2007
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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Articles Vol. 4:, 1959 - 2011

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 361/1/4
Scope and Contents 214 Victoria, B.C.215 President Ahidjo Visits Bamenda216 A Centenary: Chipundu lst May 1973 [Livingstone’s Death in Zambia]217 The Cameroons218 HMAS Shropshire: Japanese Surrender at Tokyo Bay, 2 Sep 1945219 Why Posting a Letter in Calvina, South Africa is such a tall story220 Jamaica’s Post Offices Offer ‘New Mail’ Products in New Millennium221 Admiral John Benbow’s Grave in Kingston, Jamaica222 What Constitutes a Correct...
Dates: 1959 - 2011
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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Articles Vol. 5:, 2012 - 2015

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 361/1/5
Scope and Contents 271 French West Africa: France Combattante: Aide a la Resistance 11.11.1943272 The West African Currency Board: Some Notes with a Nigerian Bias 273 Sir Gilbert Thomas Gilbert-Carter 1848-1927274 Kamerun-Congo Border Delimitation Vignettes 1908275 A Fitful Appearance of the ‘Courrier Ordinaire/Ordinary Mail’ Cachet276 An Additional Observation on the Karissimbi Provisionals of German East Africa in World War I277 The Last Post from Fort Stuart,...
Dates: 2012 - 2015
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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At entrance to Banso Market, 1939-06-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/201
Scope and Contents

62 x 40 mm. At the entrance to the market, a very serious discussion between a palm wine seller, his wine in the calabash and the goat sellers.

Dates: 1939-06-18
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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At Kumbo. In Banso chief's compound, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/583
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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At Pinane[?]. A small lad in his summer suiting, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/369
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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[Avenue of Funtumias, Molive Plantation, Victoria, Cameroon]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/139
Scope and Contents

228 x 167 mm. A view looking along an avenue bordered with rubber trees. A narrow guage trolly line runs between the trees.

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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Avenue of Funtumias, Molive Plantation, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon], 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/94
Scope and Contents

77 x 96 mm. A view looking along a pathway through the plantation, lined with rubber trees. The caption reads 'One of the fine Funtumia avenues of seven-year-old trees for which Molive is famous'.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
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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Bafam girls, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/556
Scope and Contents

Scene on day of public celebrations.

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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[Bafam girls] took a great interest in the celebrations, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/557
Scope and Contents

Scene on day of public celebrations.

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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Baffreng woman and child, Bamenda, 1937-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/23
Scope and Contents

57 x 84 mm. Baffreng woman with her child, she has her head shaved at the sides to show she has conceived and wears the strings in front to show she is suckling a child. The baby girl also has her head shaved as it is taken for granted that as soon as she marries she will also conceive immediately. This is the fervent desire of every girl among the pagans.

Dates: 1937-12
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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Bafut boy, 1941-09-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/388
Scope and Contents

64 x 96 mm. A little Bafut boy with a home made crown of banana leaves of which he is inordinately proud.

Dates: 1941-09-19
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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Bafut girl, 1941-11-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/395
Scope and Contents

40 x 62 mm. The women all effect strings of white unglazed beads with native designs on blue and red both round the neck and waist. Also numerous bangles adorn each wrist.

Dates: 1941-11-19
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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Bafut girl, Mankon, 1937-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/66
Scope and Contents

76 x 103 mm. A proud young lady at the dance, showing off her numerous black jiggedars and a band of hide decorated with old German military buttons. Her sexual taboo is well advertised by the number of black strings she has hanging in front.

Dates: 1937-12
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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Bafut woman and child, 1941-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/387
Scope and Contents

46 x 95 mm. 'A Bafut woman with her child, these women all wear numerous necklaces of large beads with the largest and longest bead in the centre. Some of the beads are really old and said to come from Genoa and each could purchase 10 slaves each. All these women have cowrie shells suspended from their girdles in front' [historic caption].

Dates: 1941-09
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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Bafut woman, Mankon, 1937-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/62
Scope and Contents

76 x 103 mm. A Bafut woman guest at the ceremonies with her shaved head and girdle of cowrie shells as a fertility fetish.

Dates: 1937-12
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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Bafut woman, Mankon, 1937-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/64
Scope and Contents

76 x 103 mm. A Bafut woman dressed for the party with her necklaces of German beads, her brass bangles and anklets and her cowrie shell jiggedar for fertility though the two little strings with cowrie shells attached and hanging in front show she is still sexually taboo on account of suckling a child.

Dates: 1937-12
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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Bafut woman, Mankon, 1937-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/65
Scope and Contents

76 x 103 mm. A Bafut woman dressed for the party with her necklaces of German beads, her brass bangles and anklets and her cowrie shell jiggedar for fertility though the two little strings with cowrie shells attached and hanging in front show she is still sexually taboo on account of suckling a child.

Dates: 1937-12
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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Bafut woman, Mankon, 1937-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/69
Scope and Contents

76 x 103 mm. Another well dressed lady at the dance. She proudly displayed her hide hip-band studded with old German buttons and her numerous jiggedars of soft black stick joined with grass rings. Her legs were coloured red with powdered red cam wood.

Dates: 1937-12
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).