Ashanti Goldfields, 1938 - 1974

Sub-Series

Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 3/1

Scope and Contents

Papers relating to ELS's chairmanship (and later life presidency) of Ashanti Goldfields Corporation Limited, Gold Coast [later Ghana], and its allied companies, including the gold-mining Bibiani (1927) Limited, the Ashanti-Obuasi Trading Company and the West African Finance Corporation. Includes papers on the economic and political situation in Ghana.

Dates

Creation: 1938 - 1974

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

72 archive box(es)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

See also the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation Ltd archive at the London Guildhall Library, http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/, and for information on the history of the company, see http://www.ashantigold.com.