Scope and Contents A collection including scenes from Ascension, Canary Islands, Madeira, Egypt, Brazil, New Zealand, Japan, Senegambia, Sierra Leone, the U.K., Gibraltar and Norway. The arrangement is a random one, but is seems likely that the left-hand photographs, one of Norway, the remainder definitely or probably New Zealand, were inserted later than those on the right. 108-113 are loose prints. The following is a list of the locations:New Zealand: 1, 12, 14, 16, 18Possibly New Zealand: 3, 7,...

Scope and Contents The collection comprises twenty-three boxes of photographs and thirty boxes plus one file of negatives. The majority of photographs are of Heads of Government, meetings and other conferences held in the U.K; conferences leading to constitutional progress and, in most cases, independence, of individual countries; visitors from overseas including those training in the U.K; and organisations, exhibitions etc., in the U.K. relating to the Commonwealth. Most were taken by COI...

Scope and Contents Collection of 35mm colour slides of countries of the Commonwealth. When the 'Commonwealth in Focus' exhibition was being prepared it was felt that the strong emphasis on the historical aspect, and the fact that the only section on the contemporary Commonwealth dealt with broad issues and organisations rather than individual countries, made some additional material on contemporary developments desirable. Accordingly it was decided to have a continuous slide projection of contemporary...

Scope and Contents A collection of loose prints. The prints are mainly British official photographs representing aspects of development in the colonies and are chiefly 250 x 200 mm. Captions on the reverse, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The prints fall into subject collections.Nigeria: 1 - 8 Udi Village; 9-20 Ogwofia...

Scope and Contents Typescript and manuscript documents relating to West Africa, 127 pages. The papers were probably assembled by Gray for his proposed edition of Frances Moore's 'Travels into the inland parts of Africa' for the Hakluyt Society, which he was unable to complete due to illness. It is not known when they were compiled. There is an accompanying letter from A.T. Matson to D.H. Simpson, R.C.S. Librarian, 17 June 1975, and Simpson's reply of 18 June.1. Biographical note regarding Francis...

Scope and Contents One print, measuring 157 x 204 mm, with identifications on the reverse. A group portrait taken on the steps of Government House, Bathurst on the occasion of Gambian Independence in 1965. Included in the photograph of five past Governors and the Governor-General are:Sir John Warburton Paul (b. 1916); ADC and Private Secretary to Governor of Sierra Leone 1945; Colonial Administrative Service, Sierra Leone 1947-1962; Governor of The Gambia 1962-5; Governor-General 1965-6; Governor and...

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Photographs and memoirs of J.M.A. Sly's training and employment in the Colonial Service in West Africa and a record of his father's time in the service.

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Maddocks has written many articles on postal history, the majority reflecting his primary interest in the history of the Cameroons, particularly during the colonial period. He is the author of a monograph examining postal arrangements during the conquest of German Kamerun by the British and French during the First World War. His works also cover Nigeria, West Africa, Gambia, Zambia, German East and South West Africa, Togo, Ascension, St. Helena, Papua New Guinea, Jamaica and Barbados.

Scope and Contents An album of photographs measuring, unless otherwise stated, 80 x 55 mm. Following the photographs are seven neatly handwritten pages containing some facts and figures about the Gambia and the note quoted below. All are captioned and short descriptive notes have been given where appropriate. A few details have been added from the Gambia Blue Books and Who's Who (1943).The Survey of the Gambia River is described in the following extract from the album:'Lieutenant G. Spicer...

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A collection of loose amateur photographs, mainly measuring approximately 165 x 115 mm, with typewritten captions on the reverse. Photographs by David P. Gamble (3-13) and C. Daryll Forde (1-2).

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A collection of collodio-chloride prints, measuring 200 x 145 mm. These photographs, by the Lisk-Carew Brothers of Freetown, are captioned in pencil on the back and also numbered up to XX; numbers XIV, XV, XVI and XVIII are missing.

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A collection of prints, by various photographers, of various sizes and the majority with captions on the reverse. The prints break down geographically thus:

1-60 Nigeria
61-79 Sierra Leone
80-83 The Gambia
84-109 Ghana
110-116 Miscellaneous.