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Abesim, 1967 - 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/4/2/9

Scope and Contents

Photograph album, measuring 260 x 240 mm, containing 76 black-and-white and colour photographs of various sizes (all annotated), documenting the Smedleys visits to Abesim in October 1967 and July 1980. There are images of welcome ceremonies, the ceremony of the Black Stools, the Chief, Elders and Queen Mother, the Palace, bands, schools and schoolchildren, the water works, a local pottery, the Women’s Group, a sawmill, the Cocoa Marketing Bungalow, and of a visit of a party from Abesim to England in 1981.

Dates

  • Creation: 1967 - 1981

Creator

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).

Extent

1 album(s) (1 album with 76 images) : photograph

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2016-05-03 12:09:49+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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