Frederick Migeod: West African Papers
Scope and Contents
A collection of letter books and manifold books relating to the work of the Gold Coast Transport Department. Some of the manifold books relate to troop movements to and from Togoland in 1914. On donating the collection, Migeod explained the provenance: 'when I retired from the Gold Coast in 1919, the Transport Department of which I was in charge, having founded it in 1901, was closed down as an independent department (only to be resuscitated later) and I brought away a quantity of official correspondence for the purpose of answering enquiries, or because it was personal and confidential' (quoted in RCS 'Library Notes', no. 169, Mar. 1971, p. 1).
Dates
- Creation: 1898 - 1934
Conditions Governing Access
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).
Biographical / Historical
Frederick William Hugh Migeod (1872-1952) served in the Royal Navy and was assistant transport officer in the West African Frontier Force, 1898-1899. He entered the Colonial Service in 1900, serving in the Gold Coast [Ghana] and became head of the Transport Department. He was interested in ethnology and philology, and after retirement in 1919, he published a number of books relating to expeditions he had undertaken including ‘Across Equatorial Africa’ (1923), ‘Through Nigeria to Lake Chad’ (1924) and ‘A view of Sierra Leone’ (1926).
Extent
5 archive box(es)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), pp. 93-94.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented to the Royal Empire Society [Royal Commonwealth Society] Library by F.W.H. Migeod in March 1946.
Bibliography
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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