Maternity Home at Ogwofia, 1940 - 1949
Scope and Contents
A long single storey brick building with corrugated-iron roof. The typescript caption on the reverse reads 'Built by voluntary labour. Village subscribed about £160 and Co-operative shop £65. N.A. [Native Administration] gave £100 for roof, £30 for roof, and wages of carpenters and bricklayers'. The pencilled annotation on the reverse reads 'See earlier note'.
Dates
- Creation: 1940 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access
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Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Fair condition, holed where previously pinned.
General
SG.
Date information
DateText: Dated '1940s' in the original typescript catalogue..
Originator(s)
Unknown
Finding aid date
2003-10-22 17:05:45+00:00
Geographic
Repository Details
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