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Doctor’s house and compound, 1905 - 1927
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions.
Letters, 1910-01-10 - 1910-12-27
These letters document Bell’s early service as Governor of Northern Nigeria, describing his arrival at Zungeru and official duties, including the encouragement of railway development and tin mining, finance and the planning of new towns, as well as his colleagues, accommodation and social life. Bell embarked upon several tours of inspection, reporting upon local rulers, people, climate, terrain and wildlife (109 sheets).
Letters, 1910-01-10 - 1910-11-08
These letters likely were written to Bell’s sister Eleanor or Ellen, who was managing his Dominican plantation Sylvania. Those which deal with Nigerian subjects are similar to letters addressed to Bell’s aunt in RCMS 36/4/4 (68 sheets).
Malam Audu (d. 1968), one of the original converts of the Hausa Church, Gedagi, 1957
56 mm. glossy contact print with negative and two enlargements.
Miss Jane Blackhouse visiting in the village, Kujara, 1961
154 x 103 mm. glossy print with two copies.
Mrs Smylie at the door of the hut in which she lived for a month, Gedagi, 1967
56 mm. glossy contact print with negative.