Sahara (desert)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Item
[A camel caravan], 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/53
Scope and Contents
In the desert.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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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A camel caravan in the desert, 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/52
Scope and Contents
The caption continues: 'Unfortunately taken with an old film'.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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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A deep well between Dausa and Tahota in the Southern Sahara, 1930 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/2
Scope and Contents
It is possible that the places referred to are Dosso and Tahoua, both of them departments in south-western Niger. The major settlement of each department is called by the same name.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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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[A mummified camel carcass], 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/27
Scope and Contents
The handwritten caption by the photograph reads: 'There is so little moisture in the air that bodies do not decompose but [illegible - naturally ?] mummify - A camel'.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Down an escarpment with hundreds of miles of desert ahead of us, 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/28
Scope and Contents
View across the desert.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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
French North Africa, 1931-07 - 1938-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 334/2
Scope and Contents
Newscuttings concerning Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and the Sahara.
Dates:
1931-07 - 1938-08
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Newscuttings on Africa
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Johnstone, lunch in the Sahara, 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/25
Scope and Contents
A view showing a man sitting beside a vehicle.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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).
Item
Leather bucket, 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/3
Scope and Contents
Presumably used for collecting water from a well. In the southern Sahara (Niger).
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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
Morocco, Algeria, Niger, 1930 - 1939
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs on 7 album sheets. Plate 58 is of Morocco, 11-20, 23-24, 29-51, 54-57, 59-61 are of Algeria, 25-28, 52-53 of unspecified scenes in the Sahara, and 1-10, 21-22 of Niger.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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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[Passers-by in the desert], 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/26
Scope and Contents
A view showing several people walking by the vehicle.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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).
Item
[People of the southern Sahara], 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/8
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of photographs on 7 album sheets. Plate 58 is of Morocco, 11-20, 23-24, 29-51, 54-57, 59-61 are of Algeria, 25-28, 52-53 of unspecified scenes in the Sahara, and 1-10, 21-22 of Niger.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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).
Item
[People of the southern Sahara], 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/5
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of photographs on 7 album sheets. Plate 58 is of Morocco, 11-20, 23-24, 29-51, 54-57, 59-61 are of Algeria, 25-28, 52-53 of unspecified scenes in the Sahara, and 1-10, 21-22 of Niger.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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).
Item
[People of the southern Sahara], 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/6
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of photographs on 7 album sheets. Plate 58 is of Morocco, 11-20, 23-24, 29-51, 54-57, 59-61 are of Algeria, 25-28, 52-53 of unspecified scenes in the Sahara, and 1-10, 21-22 of Niger.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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).
Item
[People of the southern Sahara], 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/7
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of photographs on 7 album sheets. Plate 58 is of Morocco, 11-20, 23-24, 29-51, 54-57, 59-61 are of Algeria, 25-28, 52-53 of unspecified scenes in the Sahara, and 1-10, 21-22 of Niger.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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).
Item
[People of the southern Sahara], 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/9
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of photographs on 7 album sheets. Plate 58 is of Morocco, 11-20, 23-24, 29-51, 54-57, 59-61 are of Algeria, 25-28, 52-53 of unspecified scenes in the Sahara, and 1-10, 21-22 of Niger.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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).
Item
[Working at the well], 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/1
Scope and Contents
In the Southern Sahara (Niger).
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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).
Item
[Working at the well], 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/4
Scope and Contents
In the southern Sahara (Niger).
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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).