Correspondence, diary and report.

An album of views at Accra, Christianborg, Sekondi; refuse in Accra; young malaria victims.

This tour sailed from Liverpool on R.M.S. 'Karine' on December 1 1915 and arrived at Accra on December 18 1915. The return journey, on R.M.S. 'Abinsi', sailed from Accra on November 30 1916 and arrived at Plymouth on December 18 1916.

An album of views at Accra, Nsawan; medical patients (Guinea worm); insect breeding haunts.

This tour sailed from Liverpool on R.M.S. 'Mandingo' on April 30 1919 and arrived at Accra on May 14 1919. The return journey, on R.M.S. 'Exani', sailed from Accra on May 17 1920 and arrived at Liverpool on June 5 1920.

An album of views at Accra, Elmina; medical patients; insect breeding haunts.

This tour sailed from Liverpool on R.M.S. 'Abinsi' on October 20 1920 and arrived at Accra on November 4 1920. The return journey, on R.M.S. 'Appam', sailed from Accra on August 7 1921 and landed at Liverpool on August 22 1921.

An album of views at Accra, Akuse, Kasunya; medical patients; tsetse fly haunts.

This tour sailed from Liverpool on R.M.S. 'Appam' on January 25 1922 and arrived at Accra on February 22 1922. The return journey, on R.M.S. 'Aba', sailed from Accra on November 11 1922 and arrived at Liverpool on November 26 1922.

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions from K.H. Buxton, who is probably Kathleen Hannah Buxton (1905-1999), daughter of Reverend Leonard Buxton, the Vicar of North Mimms, Hertfordshire.

Showing tourists boarding a small launch on the Zambezi for a trip to the Victoria Falls.

210 x 283 mm. Showing a group of European tourists posed on the lower levels of a pyramid with their Egyptian guides.

Reports of Smedley’s tours through the Northern and Upper Regions; Cape Coast and Takoradi; the Western Region; the Volta Region; Keta; Pretsea; and Kumasi, Brong Ahafo and Abidjan (circa 100 sheets).

152 x 196 mm. A view looking along the rocky gorge near Oudtshoom with a passenger train passing along the base of the valley.

Coloured slides, 50 x 50 mm, mostly Kodak, originally stored in a carrying case. They relate to nursing in Nigeria and Ghana.

Measuring 175 x 215 mm, this album contains sepia photographs 170 x 115 mm in size. Album spaces 65 and 74 are blank. There are no captions, but some photographs can be identified as Tunis by comparison with postcards in Y304H. Others may be mentioned in the 1922 North Africa Diary (see Introduction), e.g. the Cathedral (p.7/plate 57), Carthage (pp.12ff/plate 59ff), camels (p.66/plates 83, 84), and Porte de France (p.78/plates 49-50), but no detailed research has been attempted.

Monochrome postcards showing views in Freetown. Photographer and publisher unknown.

Measuring 175 x 215 mm, this album contains sepia photographs 170 x 115 mm in size. Album spaces 65 and 74 are blank. There are no captions, but some photographs can be identified as Tunis by comparison with postcards in Y304H. Others may be mentioned in the 1922 North Africa Diary (see Introduction), e.g. the Cathedral (p.7/plate 57), Carthage (pp.12ff/plate 59ff), camels (p.66/plates 83, 84), and Porte de France (p.78/plates 49-50), but no detailed research has been attempted.

201 x 156 mm. A view looking towards the waterfront houses of Suakin Island with steamers moored near the shore.

198 x 147 mm. A view from the junction of Church Street and West Street, Durban, showing the west and north facades of the town hall. With motor cars parked on the street in the foreground.

Photograph by A.R.

Collection of monochrome postcards (original photographs) of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) scenes. Published by A.C. Gomes and Son, Dar es Salaam.

Photograph by Sapsco Real Photo.

190 x 124 mm. A view from the junction of Gardiner and West Streets looking across towards the town hall, a porticoed building surmounted by an over large clock tower. Built in 1885, it was converted into the Post Office in 1910 when the new city hall was completed.

203 x 152 mm. Showing the porticoed façade of the city hall, surmounted by a tower and a dome which stands at the corner of Market Square. The foundation stone of the building was laid by the Duke of Connaught on 29th November 1910. With trams in the foreground.

190 x 126 mm. A view looking across Market Square towards the Town Hall (completed in 1862), a solid stone building with a central clock tower. With a horse tram and hansom cabs in the square in the foreground.