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            63 Archival description results for Africa

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            Abyssinia.
            SCA367-GA423-3 · File · 1780
            Part of Edgar William Pyke coin collection.

            Silver proof thaler from Abyssinia showing on the obverse the head of Empress Maria Theresa and on the reverse the Hapsburg coat of arms. Restrike.

            Pyke, Edgar William
            Africa.
            SCA367-GA423-163 · File · 49-44 BCE
            Part of Edgar William Pyke coin collection.

            Silver denarius from a moving military mint in North Africa showing on the obverse the head of Venus and on the reverse Aeneas holding the Palladium and carrying Anchises on his shoulder. Coin was minted during the reign of Julius Caesar.

            Pyke, Edgar William
            African trip 1.
            SCA161-GA134-14-14.9-1 · File · December 1970
            Part of Schneider family collection.

            One carousel of slides. The box is labelled "African trip". The carousel is labelled "Rio de Janeiro". The carousel contains slides identified as both, all dated Dec. 1970.

            Schneider family
            African trip 4.
            SCA161-GA134-14-14.9-4 · File · 1970-1971
            Part of Schneider family collection.

            One carousel of slides. The carousel is labelled Africa - Paris. The "Africa" slides are dated Dec. 1970; the "Paris" slides are dated Mar. 1971.

            Schneider family
            Alexandria.
            SCA367-GA423-86 · File · 65 BCE
            Part of Edgar William Pyke coin collection.

            Silver tetradrachm from Alexandria (Egypt) showing on the obverse the head of Ptolemy I and on the reverse an eagle standing on a thunderbolt with the date IIZ in the left field.

            Pyke, Edgar William
            Alexandria.
            SCA367-GA423-89 · File · 294-305
            Part of Edgar William Pyke coin collection.

            Bronze follis from Alexandria (Egypt) showing on the obverse the head of Maximian I and on the reverse Genius holding paterna and cornucopia.

            Pyke, Edgar William
            SCA27-GA368 · Accession · 1862-[193-?]
            Part of Alice Riggs Hunt fonds.

            Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by Alice Riggs Hunt and her family. Includes correspondence to and from Alice, locks of hair, and photographs. The photographs document other members of the Hunt family including her mother Mary Osgood Riggs Hunt (1860-1953) and her brother Charles Warren Hunt Jr. (1888-1953). Also present are over 500 slides documenting Charles Warren Hunt Jr.'s trip around the world.

            Hunt, Alice Riggs
            Angolan missionary letters.
            SCA429-GA500 · Fonds · August 23, 1887-July 22, 1902

            Three letters written by Marion Webster during her time as a missionary in Angola for the Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola. Her letters detail the history and geography of Angola, as well as activities undertaken by her. Also includes 5 envelopes from Marion Webster that do not correspondence with the letters.

            Webster, Marion
            Anne Innis Dagg fonds.
            SCA171-GA146 · Accession · 1942-2002
            Part of Anne Innis Dagg fonds.

            Material relating to the activities, career, research and writings of Anne Innis Dagg. Files contain extensive annotations and commentary by Anne Innis Dagg.

            Dagg, Anne Innis
            SCA5-WA3 · Fonds · 1954-1960

            Fonds consists primarily of correspondence, 116 letters, from Beulah Alloway to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Misener of Brantford, Ont. The letters describe her journey to Africa and her daily life and work as a missionary in Kenya. Also included are newsletters sent out by the Alloways, correspondence relating to Beulah's death, and 4 photographs.

            Alloway, Beulah Misener
            Bolender Ball family fonds.
            SCA280-GA304 · Accession · 1937-2013
            Part of Bolender Ball family fonds.

            Material relating to the personal and professional life of the Bolender and Ball families. Includes photographs, correspondence, ephemera including material relating to the Second World War and missionary work done in Nigeria in the 1950's.

            Bolender Ball Family
            Bolender family in Nigeria.
            SCA280-GA304-4 · File · [195-]
            Part of Bolender Ball family fonds.

            Photographs showing the Bolender family, their friends, and colleagues during their time working as missionaries in Nigeria from 1946-1958. Included in photos are Nigerian children and adults. Some identifications present.

            Bolender Ball Family
            Carthage.
            SCA367-GA423-159 · File · [ca. 264 BCE]
            Part of Edgar William Pyke coin collection.

            Electrotype coin from Carthage showing on the obverse the head of the Goddess Tanit and on the reverse a pegasus. The coin was created at the British Museum and bears the incuse initials RR on the edge for Robert Ready.

            Pyke, Edgar William
            Carthage.
            SCA367-GA423-170 · File · [ca. 300 BCE]
            Part of Edgar William Pyke coin collection.

            Electrotype coins (one showing each side) from Carthage (modern day Tunisia). Shows the head of Tanit and a standing horse.

            Pyke, Edgar William
            SCA195-GA424-3-22 · File · May 1942-October 1942
            Part of Cameron Clare Hill fonds.

            Snapshots likely taken by Cameron Hill while he was stationed near El Alamein, Egypt with the No. 40 Squadron of the Royal Air Force in 1942. The photographs feature Cameron Hill, fellow aircrew, local civilians, landscapes, camels, and historic landmarks such as the Great Sphinx of Giza. The photographs were likely taken near El Alamein, Egypt but may also have been taken near the cities of Giza and Cairo in Egypt as well as Malta and Gibraltar.

            Hill, Cameron Clare
            Drawing : map of Africa.
            SCA243-GA244-2-12 · File · [191-]
            Part of W.H.E. Schmalz collection.

            File consists of one drawing of a map of Africa signed by Willie Schmalz. The map is divided into countries and areas of occupation and is coloured accordingly.

            Schmalz, W.H.E.
            Egypt.
            SCA367-GA423-152 · File · 54-53 BCE
            Part of Edgar William Pyke coin collection.

            Silver tetradrachm from Egypt showing on the obverse the head of Ptolemy XII and on the reverse an eagle.

            Pyke, Edgar William
            Girrafe.
            SCA5-WA3-12-4 · Item · [195-?]
            Part of Beulah Misener Alloway fonds.

            Photograph of a giraffe eating grass with legs splayed at either side.

            Alloway, Beulah Misener
            H.B.N. Hynes fonds.
            SCA219-GA205 · Fonds · 1938-1990

            Material relating to the career of H.N.B. Hynes, from his work as a student at the University of London in the late 1930s through his time as a professor of biology at the University of Waterloo until his retirement in the 1980s. Includes material relating to his work on stoneflies in the British Isles, his work for the British government in Trinidad and East Africa, his time at the University of Liverpool including work on river pollution, and his career at the University of Waterloo, including his sabbaticals in Australia.

            Fonds includes notebooks containing field notes, ms. and ts. notes, publications authored by Hynes and by others, reports, correspondence, maps, and photographs.

            Hynes, Hugh Bernard Noel
            SCA27-GA368-12 · File · 1952-1953
            Part of Alice Riggs Hunt fonds.

            File consists of slides taken by Charles Warren Hunt Jr. documenting his trip around the world in 1952-1953. Locations include: Mozambique, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Panama, Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Saigon, Thailand, Sumatra, Singapore, Mauritius. Also included is a DVD with scans of the slides.

            Hunt, Alice Riggs
            SCA164-GA138-2-100 · File · 1929
            Part of Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family fonds.

            Photograph taken during a Kaufman family trip to Egypt in 1929 showing (left to right) Emma Kaufman, Louisa Breithaupt, Mary Kaufman, Edna Augustine on camels with a pyramid and the Great Sphinx of Giza in the background, and local adult and child tour guides at front.

            Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family
            Mauretania.
            SCA367-GA423-117 · File · 25 BCE
            Part of Edgar William Pyke coin collection.

            Silver drachma from Mauretania (modern day Northern Africa) showing on the obverse the head of Juba II and on the reverse a cornucopiae and sceptre.

            Pyke, Edgar William
            My Mediterranean cruise.
            SCA431-GA532-1-10 · File · 1930
            Part of Buchanan family fonds.

            Trip scrapbook album kept by Lydia McEwan Woelfle for a Mediterranean cruise in 1930. Lydia, Wellington and Olive took the trip through the James Boring tour company. The scrapbook includes a trip booklet, a list of passengers, the daily cruise bulletins, photographs, ephemera, a diary and a book on the history of the near east. Countries visited included Portugal, Morocco, Spain, Gibraltar, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria [Lebanon], Palestine, Egypt, Albania, Jugo Slavia [Montenegro, Croatia], Italy, Monaco, France and England.

            Buchanan, Barbara
            Overseas deployment.
            SCA195-GA424-3 · Series · 1941-1942
            Part of Cameron Clare Hill fonds.

            Material created or accumulated by Cameron Hill during the Second World War while he was deployed overseas in England and Egypt.

            Hill, Cameron Clare
            SCA450-GA540 · Fonds · 1951-1955

            Photograph album prepared in celebration of African Inland Mission's (AIM) 60-year Diamond Jubilee in 1955. The album is divided into three sections: “Jubilee 1955” contains photographs of the anniversary celebrations; “African Groups” contains photos of the organization’s churches, schools, hospital, clergy, teachers, students, and members involved in mission activities; and “Special Occasions” includes images of weddings, immunization programs, outdoor services, a leadership conference, and what appears
            to be the construction and dedication of a new church.

            African Inland Mission
            SCA195-GA424-4-32 · File · [194-]
            Part of Cameron Clare Hill fonds.

            Press clippings from various publications primarily regarding Cameron Hill, fellow aircrew, and prisoners of war likely collected by Cameron's parents, Britton and Grace Hill, during the Second World War. Also includes one holiday greeting card from Bob Spence and two photographs. The first photograph features Cameron and fellow aircrew at their British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) Wings Parade on June 7, 1941 in Toronto, Ontario. The second photograph features Bob Spence and Jack Wood near El Alamein, Egypt in 1942.

            Hill, Cameron Clare
            SCA161-GA134-14-14.7-154 · File · [197-]
            Part of Schneider family collection.

            Two snapshots and one piece of ephemera from a trip to South Africa. One snapshot is of the "famous blue train, Johannesburg to Capetown," and the other is of the South African flower, the Protea.

            Schneider, Norman Christoph
            Slides.
            SCA233-GA231-9-139 · File · [19--]
            Part of Kay Rex fonds.

            File consists 324 of slides. Slides shows Kay Rex's trips to Mexico, Africa, Greece and Yugoslavia as well as images of friends and family and Ontario. Some slides belong to Kenneth Rex.

            Rex, Kay
            SCA233-GA231-8-112 · File · 1976-1977
            Part of Kay Rex fonds.

            File consists of materials relating to a 1976-1977 trip taken by Kay Rex to Nigeria to write on agricultural practices for the Globe and Mail. This file contains nineteen items of correspondence between Rex and others regarding her trip. Correspondents include

            • Arnott, Edythe ;
            • Arnott, Thomas ;
            • Gantzer, Ulrike ;
            • Rex, Kenneth.
            Rex, Kay
            Trip to Nigeria : notes.
            SCA233-GA231-8-113 · File · 1976-1977
            Part of Kay Rex fonds.

            File consists of materials relating to a 1976-1977 trip taken by Kay Rex to Nigeria to write on agricultural practices for the Globe and Mail. This file contains notes and writtings by Rex on Nigeria and drafts of articles and reports she submitted for publication.

            Rex, Kay
            SCA233-GA231-8-114 · File · 1976-1977
            Part of Kay Rex fonds.

            File consists of materials relating to a 1976-1977 trip taken by Kay Rex to Nigeria to write on agricultural practices for the Globe and Mail. This file contains photographs, negatives and slides of Nigeria and Kenya as well as clippings of articles that Rex published regarding the trip.

            Rex, Kay
            SCA233-GA231-8-115 · File · 1976-1977
            Part of Kay Rex fonds.

            File consists of materials relating to a 1976-1977 trip taken by Kay Rex to Nigeria to write on agricultural practices for the Globe and Mail. This file contains publications and ephemera relating to the trip including brochures, journals, receipts, etc.

            Rex, Kay