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The many members of the College who are members of the Junior Red Cross run dispensaries and carry out other welfare activities in the neighbouring villages, 1945

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/222

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved) measuring 255 x 210 mm. They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:

'Achimota College, in the Gold Coast seven miles inland from Accra is West Africa's great co-educational boarding school, where 600 West African boys and girls receive as complete an education as European or American children. It is a secondary school, teacher's training college and university rolled into one, and in planning, design and equipment it bears comparison with any educational institution anywhere. Its erection in 1925 cost £660,000 and its maintenance costs are £50,000 annually. It possesses a swimming pool, extensive playing fields, a nature reserve, a demonstration farm and a model village for the college employees. It also has its own hospital, museum, library and printing press. The students live in residential blocks spaced round the grounds, each holding 60 students and divided into 4 dormitories'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1945

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good condition.

Former / Other Reference

DW.2040

General

SG.

Date information

DateText: Dated 'c.1945' in the original typescript catalogue..

Finding aid date

2003-11-06 10:11:39+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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