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Mashonaland East Province (province)

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Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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Baobab tree, Mtoko [Mutoko] area, 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052G/33
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Collection of loose prints, most mounted on card and measuring approximately 205 x 150 mm with typewritten captions pasted to the mounts. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Prints 3 and 7 are by Ronald D.K. Hadden and British Overseas Airways Corporation (B.O.A.C.) respectively.

Dates: 1950 - 1967
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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Boat on Umfuli River, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/130
Scope and Contents

Showing the BSA Co. dinghy sailing on the Umfuli River a little less than midway between Fort Charter and Fort Salisbury. Photograph probably taken early September.

Dates: 1890
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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Hostels at the Goromonzi African Secondary School, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052I/11
Scope and Contents

Showing three Africans standing outside the buildings.

Dates: 1966
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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Kaffir Kraal, Mcabusi [Makabusi] River [historic title], 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/134
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Showing a group of Mashonas standing beside circular thatched huts with similar buildings perched on the granite boulders in the background. The original destination of the column had been Mount Hampden, but on crossing the Makabusi Pennefeather and the advance party found a kopje (suitable for fortification) surrounded by land far better than the marshy ground around Mount Hampden and here it was decided to make the settlement. Photograph taken about 10th–12th September.

Dates: 1890
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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Kaffir Krall, Mcabusi [Makabusi] River [historic title], 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/135
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Showing from a different view point of the Mashona village seen in Y3052A/134. Photograph taken about 10th – 12th September.

Dates: 1890
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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Ox-drawn sledge, Dendenyore Township, 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052G/23
Scope and Contents

Showing a team of four oxen drawing a wooden sledge with the thatched circular stone huts of the township in the background.

Dates: 1950 - 1967
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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Winter ploughing at Chatukuta, 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052G/24
Scope and Contents

Good condition apart from slight tears in two corners. Showing an African farmer operating an ox-drawn plough in the Wedza Native Reserve.

Dates: 1950 - 1967
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).