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Kalahari Desert (desert)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

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Kalahari dressed in Hartebeeste skin; well in desert, 1904 - 1905

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549A/22
Scope and Contents

65 x 41 mm. Showing a Kalahari man dressed in a hartebesste skin tunic, with men drawing water from a well in the background.

Dates: 1904 - 1905
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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Kalahari Nulliody carrying feathers of ostrich and springbok, 1904 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549A/29
Scope and Contents

65 x 41 mm. Showing Nulliody one of Hodson’s servants carrying a load of ostrich feathers and dragging a dead springbok. Reproduced in Hodson facing p 136 where the location is identified as Polanchow.

Dates: 1904 - 1905
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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Kalahari women, 1904 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549A/6
Scope and Contents

65 x 41 mm. Showing a group of Kalahari women drawn up in a line in front of a wagon.

Dates: 1904 - 1905
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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Kalahari women and children drying strips of melon for food, 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549A/11
Scope and Contents

65 x 41 mm. Showing two Kalahari women drying melon in a clearing with three young children looking on. Reproduced in Hodson facing p 51 where the location is identified as Otse, where Hodson was collecting hut tax in October 1904.

Dates: 1904
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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Kalahari women building a hut, 1904 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549A/20
Scope and Contents

65 x 41 mm. Showing a group of women moving a mound of dried grass to be thatched over the wooden framework standing in the background.

Dates: 1904 - 1905
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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Kalahari women with ostrich eggs full of water, 1904 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549A/21
Scope and Contents

65 x 41 mm. Showing two women seated on the ground with ostrich eggshells full of water and stoppered, spread out around them. Reproduced in Hodson facing p 354 where the location is identified as Kokong.

Dates: 1904 - 1905
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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Kalaharis bringing me wild melons - melon country, Kalahari, 1904 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549A/4
Scope and Contents

65 x 41 mm. Showing a group standing beside a pile of wild melons.

Dates: 1904 - 1905
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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Kalaharis bringing melons to my cart, Kalahari, 1904 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549A/36
Scope and Contents

65 x 41 mm. Showing a group beside a pile of melons (see Y30549A/4) with Hodson’s scotchcart in the background.

Dates: 1904 - 1905
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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'Kanarders Pits, Kalahara [Kalahari] Desert. Taken in 1872', 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 191/54
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

Dates: 1872
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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Kooi Pan Kalahari Desert, 1904-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549A/1
Scope and Contents

65 x 41 mm. Showing cattle drinking at the Pan with Hodson’s wagon in the background. Photograph taken during Hodson’s first trek into the Kalahari, August 1904. Reproduced in Hodson facing p 22.

Dates: 1904-08
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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Patrol of Arahoab Camel Corps: near the Kalahari Desert, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3057A/9
Scope and Contents

190 x 131 mm. Showing German officers mounted on Camels on patrol at the fringe of the Kalahari.

Dates: 1915
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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Patrol of Arahoab Camel Corps patrol resting, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3057A/10
Scope and Contents

190 x 141 mm. Showing German officers resting with their camels beneath a tree.

Dates: 1915
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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Ranching in the Kalahari, 1960 - 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549B/27
Scope and Contents

202 x 155 mm. Showing sandy scrubland interspersed with trees and bushes in the Kalahari. The caption on the reverse reads 'Official British mission investigates Bechuanaland's possibilities. An example of bush vegetation on the Kalahari'.

Dates: 1960 - 1965
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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Springbok, Kalahari, 1904 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30549A/28
Scope and Contents

65 x 41 mm. Showing four Africans holding up the body of a dead springbok for the photographer. Reproduced in Hodson facing p 22 where the location is identified as Kooi Pan.

Dates: 1904 - 1905
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 Briviers Mountains in the Kalahara [Kalahari] Desert. Hunting the ostrich, and the game flying away in all directions. Taken away in 1873. Looking west', 1873

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 191/43
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

Dates: 1873
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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'This sketch was taken in 1872 showing a large party of Bechuanaland [Botswana] natives going home to their Kraals after two month's hunt in the Kalahara [Kalahari] Desert, with their pack oxen loaded with dry flesh of the game they have killed', 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 191/63
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

Dates: 1872
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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'Tracking across the Kalahara [Kalahari] Desert in 1872 with many thousand head of game in all directions', 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 191/48
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

Dates: 1872
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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'Very ancient stone remains of huts built by a race long since passed away in the South Kalahara [Kalahari] Desert, 1873', 1873

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 191/49
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

Dates: 1873
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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Water colours and sketches of southern Africa

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 191
Scope and Contents

Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

Dates: 1868 - 1890
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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