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Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:

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Sierra Leone Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House, London, 1960-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/521
Scope and Contents

151 x 206 mm. General view of the conference with Mr Iain Mcleod, Secretary of State for the Colonies, giving the opening address.

Dates: 1960-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Central Office of Information photograph collection / Constitutional and Independence Conferences 1952-1983
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Sierra Leone Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House, London, 1960-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/522
Scope and Contents

151 x 206 mm. Mr H.N. Georgestone, Mrs E. Harris, Mrs C. Cummings-John and Mr. A.H. Demby at the conference.

Dates: 1960-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Central Office of Information photograph collection / Constitutional and Independence Conferences 1952-1983
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Sierra Leone Constitutional Talks Open in London, 1960-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/523
Scope and Contents 154 x 179 mm. Sir Milton Margai, Prime Minister of Sierra Leone (extreme right), the British West African dependency, is pictured with three other delegates at the opening session of the third and final Sierra Leone constitutional conference in Lancaster House. Left to right are Dr. J. Karefa-Smart, Minister of Mines, Lands and Labour since 1957; Mr. H.E.B. John, Minister of Education and Social Welfare since 1957; and M.S. Mustapha, Minister of Finance who had the honour of being the first...
Dates: 1960-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Central Office of Information photograph collection / Constitutional and Independence Conferences 1952-1983
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Sierra Leone Constitutional Talks Open in London, 1960-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/524
Scope and Contents 163 x 154 mm. Three of the all party delegates to the third and final Sierra Leone constitutional conference are pictured at the opening session in Lancaster House. Left to right are: Mrs. E. Harris, who is attending the conference in the Protectorate interests; she is an influential trader and was the only woman member of the former Protectorate Assembly; Mrs. Constance Cummings-John, a member of the Sierra Leone People’s Party and a leader of the women’s movement; and Mr. A.H. Demby,...
Dates: 1960-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Central Office of Information photograph collection / Constitutional and Independence Conferences 1952-1983
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Sierra Leone Constitutional Talks Open in London, 1960-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/525
Scope and Contents

153 x 203 mm. Mr. Iain Macleod, Secretary of State for the Colonies, shakes hands with Paramount Chief Vandi Mustapha, who represents the Kailuhun District Council in the House of Representatives, at the opening session of the third and final Sierra Leone constitutional conference at Lancaster House.

Dates: 1960-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Central Office of Information photograph collection / Constitutional and Independence Conferences 1952-1983
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Sierra Leone Constitutional Talks Open in London, 1960-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/526
Scope and Contents

150 x 154 mm. Mr. Iain Macleod, Secretary of State for the Colonies (standing), makes his opening speech at the first session of the third and final Sierra Leone constitutional conference in Lancaster House.

Dates: 1960-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Central Office of Information photograph collection / Constitutional and Independence Conferences 1952-1983
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Sierra Leone Diary, 1938-06-01 - 1938-12-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 362/2/3
Scope and Contents

Copy of a diary kept by Lanning while employed by Gold & Base Metal Mines of Nigeria Limited recording his work as a prospector and surveyor. Subjects include pay, accommodation, colleagues, road and camp organisation, drilling, dredging, soil samples, gold production, the supervision of labour, and mining prospects. Lanning also describes his social life and travel. The diary is accompanied by notes on the history of Sierra Leone and its African peoples (50 sheets).

Dates: 1938-06-01 - 1938-12-19
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Ernest Lanning Collection / Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone. Freetown. Howe Street, 1900 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/17
Scope and Contents

On the right appears the imposing Centenary House, built after the Sierra Leone centenary celebrations, 1887, and on the left the premises of Messrs Pickering and Berthoud. Pickering and Berthoud were on the site from 1883 but Dr. Christopher Fyfe does not know when the building shown here was built.

Dates: 1900 - 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Postcard Collection / Sierra Leone / [Sierra Leone postcards]
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Sierra Leone-Freetown-King Jimmy’s Wharf, 1895 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/82
Scope and Contents

137 x 88 mm. postcard by W. S. Johnston.

Dates: 1895 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Smyly Sierra Leone Collection, 1895-1911 / Loose prints and postcards
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Sierra Leone. Freetown. Water Street, 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/16
Scope and Contents

Showing the east end of the street, looking eastwards.

Dates: 1897
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Postcard Collection / Sierra Leone / [Sierra Leone postcards]
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Sierra Leone from the harbour, 1908 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/12
Scope and Contents

108 x 63 mm. Showing the harbour and waterfront buildings of Freetown with the military barracks visible on the hill in the background.

Dates: 1908 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Southern Nigeria photographs 1908-1910
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Sierra Leone Group, 1895 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/55
Scope and Contents

275 x 220 mm. The group apparently taken in a garden, with Europeans and Africans (including one lady) in uniforms and civilian clothes. Smyly, in wig and gown, sits in the front row.

Dates: 1895 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Smyly Sierra Leone Collection, 1895-1911 / Smyly photograph album
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Sierra Leone hairdressing, 1895 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/75
Scope and Contents

137 x 88 mm. sepia postcard with tinted colour.

Dates: 1895 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Smyly Sierra Leone Collection, 1895-1911 / Loose prints and postcards
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Sierra Leone Letters, 1937-01 - 1938-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 362/2/1
Scope and Contents A series of letters written by Lanning while employed by Gold & Base Metal Mines of Nigeria Limited. They discuss his work as a prospector and surveyor working in Makele, Makari and on and around the Pampana and Tebenko Rivers. Subjects include pay, accommodation, colleagues, road and camp organisation, drilling, dredging, soil samples, gold production, the supervision of labour, and mining prospects. Lanning also describes his social life and travel, and the region’s African peoples...
Dates: 1937-01 - 1938-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Ernest Lanning Collection / Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone letters, 1895 - 1996

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 137/1
Scope and Contents One hundred and eight typescript and manuscript letters from Smyly to his mother, Lady Smyly, on his way to and while living in Sierra Leone, 1895-1900, and one letter to Smyly from his mother, 25 August 1897. The series appears to be reasonably complete, although there are a few unfinished letters and one or two gaps. Some of the letters are accompanied by photocopied duplicates or notes by Grace Smyly. Miss Smyly has also included the beginning of a list of Smyly's letters of 1895 (1...
Dates: 1895 - 1996
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Correspondence and papers of Sir Philip Smyly
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Sierra Leone Mining Papers, 1936 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 362/2/2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports and notes relating to Lanning's employment with Gold & Base Metal Mines of Nigeria Limited. They discuss his work as a prospector and surveyor working in Makele, Makari and on and around the Pampana River. Subjects include pay, accommodation, colleagues, road and camp organisation, drilling, dredging, soil samples, gold production, the supervision of labour, and mining prospects (50 sheets).

Dates: 1936 - 1938
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Ernest Lanning Collection / Sierra Leone
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[Sierra Leone postcards], 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/13-15
Scope and Contents

Monochrome postcards published by A. Lisk-Carew, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Dates: 1920 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Postcard Collection / Sierra Leone
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[Sierra Leone postcards], 1897 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/16-24
Scope and Contents

Sepia postcards published by W.J. Johnston and Sons, Freetown. They were printed in Treves (Trier) - many cards in this period were printed in Germany. The collection has been studied by Dr. Christopher Fyfe and the postcard descriptions are based on his notes.

Dates: 1897 - 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Postcard Collection / Sierra Leone
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[Sierra Leone postcards], 1890 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/25-34
Scope and Contents

Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone. Numbers 25-31 are tinted, 32-34 are sepia. Numbers 25-28 appear to be by the same publisher, 29-32 by another and 33-34 possibly by a third.

Dates: 1890 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Postcard Collection / Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone Protectorate. A street in Bo, 1898 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/21
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Sepia postcards published by W.J. Johnston and Sons, Freetown. They were printed in Treves (Trier) - many cards in this period were printed in Germany. The collection has been studied by Dr. Christopher Fyfe and the postcard descriptions are based on his notes.

Dates: 1898 - 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Postcard Collection / Sierra Leone / [Sierra Leone postcards]
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Sierra Leone Protectorate. Moyamba, 1898 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/24
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Sepia postcards published by W.J. Johnston and Sons, Freetown. They were printed in Treves (Trier) - many cards in this period were printed in Germany. The collection has been studied by Dr. Christopher Fyfe and the postcard descriptions are based on his notes.

Dates: 1898 - 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Postcard Collection / Sierra Leone / [Sierra Leone postcards]
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Sierra Leone Protectorate. Natives playing Warri, 1898 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/23
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Sepia postcards published by W.J. Johnston and Sons, Freetown. They were printed in Treves (Trier) - many cards in this period were printed in Germany. The collection has been studied by Dr. Christopher Fyfe and the postcard descriptions are based on his notes.

Dates: 1898 - 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Postcard Collection / Sierra Leone / [Sierra Leone postcards]
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Sierra Leone Protectorate. The Main Roa, Bo, 1898 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/20
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Sepia postcards published by W.J. Johnston and Sons, Freetown. They were printed in Treves (Trier) - many cards in this period were printed in Germany. The collection has been studied by Dr. Christopher Fyfe and the postcard descriptions are based on his notes.

Dates: 1898 - 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Postcard Collection / Sierra Leone / [Sierra Leone postcards]
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Sierra Leone Protectorate. Threshing-huts for rice, 1898 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/22
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Sepia postcards published by W.J. Johnston and Sons, Freetown. They were printed in Treves (Trier) - many cards in this period were printed in Germany. The collection has been studied by Dr. Christopher Fyfe and the postcard descriptions are based on his notes.

Dates: 1898 - 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Postcard Collection / Sierra Leone / [Sierra Leone postcards]
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Sierra Leone. The Lighthouse, Cape Sierra Leone, 1900 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/19
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Sepia postcards published by W.J. Johnston and Sons, Freetown. They were printed in Treves (Trier) - many cards in this period were printed in Germany. The collection has been studied by Dr. Christopher Fyfe and the postcard descriptions are based on his notes.

Dates: 1900 - 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Postcard Collection / Sierra Leone / [Sierra Leone postcards]

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