Scope and Contents
A collection of prints produced by the Central Office of Information. The prints measure approximately 165 x 115 mm and have typewritten captions pasted onto the reverse. A sheet of paper with the prints gives the title: 'Progress in the Colonies. Rejected photographs'. This selection appears to be part of a larger series of prints -the captions are often numbered and frequently make references to 'Feature Sets'. The photographs illustrate post-war developments in agriculture, industry, education, housing, etc. in the British colonial dependencies and were presumably produced for publicity purposes. The geographical locations featured in these prints are as follows: 1-15 Malaya, Singapore, Borneo and Sarawak; 16-23 Nigeria; 24-25 Sierra Leone; 26-43 Gold Coast (Ghana); 44-50 Uganda; 51-54 Kenya; 55-56 Tanganyika (Tanzania); 57 Zanzibar; 58-59 Nyasaland (Malawi); 60-61 Northern Rhodesia (Zambia); 62 Basutoland (Lesotho); 63-74 Caribbean; 75-78 Fiji.
Dates
- Creation: 1940 - 1959
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).
Extent
1 file(s) (78 images in 1 file)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Good condition.
Existence and Location of Copies
This collection is available on microfiche: General Collections, fiche number 15-16. The photographs relating to Ghana (catalogued as RCS/Y3011R/26-41) have been digitised and are available to view on Cambridge Digital Library.
General
This collection level description was entered by KS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
Originator(s)
Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Central Office of Information
Subject
Geographic
- Africa (continent)
- Asia (continent)
- Barbados (nation)
- Brunei (nation)
- Fiji (nation)
- Ghana (nation)
- Greater Antilles (island group)
- Guyana (nation)
- Jamaica (nation)
- Kenya (nation)
- Leeward Islands (island group)
- Lesotho (nation)
- Lesser Antilles (island group)
- Malawi (nation)
- Malaysia (nation)
- Nigeria (nation)
- North and Central America (continent)
- Oceania (continent)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (nation)
- Sierra Leone (nation)
- Singapore (inhabited place)
- South America (continent)
- Tanzania (nation)
- Trinidad and Tobago (nation)
- Uganda (nation)
- West Indies (archipelago)
- Zambia (nation)
- Date
- 2003-07-29 14:06:19+00:00
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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