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Tamenghest (department)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

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A camp where we spent five days, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/38
Scope and Contents

In the Arak gorges in Algeria. The album page is captioned: 'The Arak Gorge in the Sahara'.

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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Johnstone [illegible] busy, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/12
Scope and Contents

In Algeria, on the border with Nigeria, where Powell camped. A view of a man who appears to be folding up a tarpaulin next to 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).
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Johnstone in camp. Gorge d'Arak, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/39
Scope and Contents

The album page is captioned: 'The Arak Gorge in the Sahara'.

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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Looking down on Arak after a difficult climb, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/34
Scope and Contents

A view between a narrow gap in the rocks down to the valley floor below.

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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Looking into the fort, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/17
Scope and Contents

In Tamenghest, Algeria, the fort where the 19th-century French explorer C.E. de Foucauld was killed.

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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M. Chatelot beside the car at Arak, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/31
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).
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Madame and M. Chatelot who run the Wireless Fort came to lunch, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/42
Scope and Contents

A view showing two men and a woman seated at a table with food laid out. In the Arak gorges in Algeria.

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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Miss Sheridan at Tamanrasset [i.e. Tamenghest] on the roof of Père de Foucauld's Fort where he was shot, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/16
Scope and Contents

In Algeria, the fort where the 19th-century French explorer C.E. de Foucauld was killed.

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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[Mountains between In Salah and Arak, Algeria], 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/23
Scope and Contents

The handwritten caption by the photograph reads: 'Weird [?] mountain ranges - rugged grandeur rise out of flat desert. We might have been in the moon. Between In Salah and Arak'.

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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[Mountains between In Salah and Arak, Algeria], 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/24
Scope and Contents

The handwritten caption by the photograph reads: 'Weird [?] mountain ranges - rugged grandeur rise out of flat desert. We might have been in the moon. Between In Salah and Arak'.

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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Our camp at In Guezzam, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/11
Scope and Contents

In Algeria, on the border with Nigeria, where Powell camped.

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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Self at Gorge d'Arak, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/35
Scope and Contents

A view showing a man (presumably Powell) standing on a road with hills in the background.

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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Self in an incongruous costume. Taureg Trousers and a Polo Sweater, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/45
Scope and Contents

In the Arak gorges in Algeria. Taureg is most likely an alternative spelling of 'Tuareg', nomadic people of western and central Sahara.

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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Tamanrasset [i.e. Tamenghest] in the Hoggar [i.e. Ahaggar] Mountains when it froze at night, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/15
Scope and Contents

A view showing a road and some buildings.

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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Taureg stick [?] dance, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/19
Scope and Contents

In Tamenghest, Algeria. A view showing a number of people by a fortified building, some of whom are holding sticks aloft. Taureg is most likely an alternative spelling of 'Tuareg', nomadic people of western and central Sahara.

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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The Gorge d'Arak in the Sahara, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/33
Scope and Contents

A panoramic view of the gorge comprising 3 joined photographs.

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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The pampas bush I slept under, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/44
Scope and Contents

In the Arak gorges in Algeria.

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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[View of Tamenghest], 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/20
Scope and Contents

A view taken through wire fencing showing the side of a building.

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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[View of Tamenghest], 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/18
Scope and Contents

A view showing a number of people by a fortified building.

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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[View of the Arak gorges in Algeria], 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/36
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).
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[View of the Arak gorges in Algeria], 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/37
Scope and Contents

The album page is captioned: 'The Arak Gorge in the Sahara'.

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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[View of the Arak gorges in Algeria], 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/40
Scope and Contents

The handwritten caption below the photograph reads: 'We actually find a pool and catch small fish, in the middle of the Sahara'. The album page is captioned: 'The Arak Gorge in the Sahara'.

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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[View of the Arak gorges in Algeria], 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/41
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).
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[View of the Arak gorges in Algeria], 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/43
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).
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Weird and exciting rock formations, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304O/29
Scope and Contents

In the Arak gorges in Algeria.

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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