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156 x 203 mm. Mrs. Rachel Palmer, and Mr. M.E. Jallow of the Independent Party of Gambia, are pictured at the opening of constitutional talks on Gambia at the Colonial Office in London.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Group photograph and amateur snapshots, presumably mostly taken by E.A. Rothery, mounted on 23 card sheets from a disbound album. Unless otherwise noted, the photographs are of varied up to 110 x 70 mm, black and white or sepia.The photograph relate to Rothery's career as a surveyor up to 1939, and have been captioned by him. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. A few additions,...

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Photograph shows Mr. D.K.Jawara, the Prime Minister of Gambia, facing Mr. Duncan Sandys, British Commonwealth and Colonial Secretary, as he makes his address in reply to the opening address by Mr. Sandys.

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153 x 206 mm. Photograph shows a general view of the conference with British Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs Mr. Duncan Sandys making his opening address.

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157 x 203 mm. Photograph shows Mr. Duncan Sandys, the British Commonwealth and Colonial Secretary, talking to Mr. D.K. Jawara, the Prime Minister of Gambia, before the conference opened.

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152 x 207 mm. Photograph shows the British delegation with the Commonwealth and Colonial Secretary, Mr. Duncan Sandys, making his opening address. From left to right are: Mr. H. Steel, Mr. A.N. Galsworthy, the Marquess of Landsdown, Minister of State for Colonial affairs, Mr. Duncan Sandys, the Chairman, Mr. R.L. Mansfield, Secretary General of the Conference, Sir John Martin, Mr.C.G. Eastwood and Mr. J.M. Kisch.

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206 x 152 mm. Photograph shows the Prime Minister of Gambia, Mr. D.K. Jawara, arriving at Marlborough House for the Conference with Sir John Paul, the Governor of Gambia (right).

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152 x 206 mm. Members of the Gambia opposition at the Conference table. From left to right are Mr. M. Cham, Mr. P.S. N’Jie and Mr. I.A.S. John.

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152 x 206 mm. Photograph shows Gambian delegates Mr. A.B.N’Jie, the Minister of Works and Communications (left) and Mr. A. Kanyi, the Minister of Agriculture.

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154 x 207 mm. Photograph shows: The Prime Minister of Gambia, Mr. D.K. Jawara (left), and Mr. S. Sisay, the Gambian Minister of Finance, at the Conference table.

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153 x 206 mm. Photograph shows: Mr. S.M. Dibba, the Gambian Minister of Local Government and Lands (left) and Sir John Paul, the Governor of Gambia, at the Conference table.

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147 x 206 mm. Photograph shows Gambian delegates Mr. F.W. Touray (left) and Chief Omar M Baki, Minister Without Portfolio, at the Conference table.

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155 x 203 mm. Photograph shows a general view of the Conference with Mr. D.K. Jawara, the Prime Minister, making his opening address.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Group photograph and amateur snapshots, presumably mostly taken by E.A. Rothery, mounted on 23 card sheets from a disbound album. Unless otherwise noted, the photographs are of varied up to 110 x 70 mm, black and white or sepia.The photograph relate to Rothery's career as a surveyor up to 1939, and have been captioned by him. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. A few additions,...

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The girls from the nearby Convent Primary School come over each day to join in the meal'.

Scope and Contents From the Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'School feeding in the Gambia.To ensure that school children at Bathurst [now Banjul], capital of the Gambia, are properly nourished, the department of Education has introduced school feeding. The Gambia is the smallest and oldest of the British African territories. At the Bathurst school the pupils receive one nutritious midday meal per...

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Minute book relating to the Incorporation Committee, which was created on 31 Jan. 1882 to implement the incorporation of the RCI by Royal Charter. The book also contains minutes of two other committees formed in 1875 to discuss the proposed cession of Gambia to France, and in 1883 to support proposals for the annexation of New Guinea.

Scope and Contents A collection of nearly 900 labelled photographs and maps compiled by J.M.A. Sly, relating to his years on Colonial Service Courses and in the Colonial Service in West Africa. The text lists events month by month. It is mostly concerned with southern Nigeria, but also covers tours to the Cameroons, Dahomey, Togoland, Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia. There are indexes of persons, places and events, animals and plants. There is an introduction by A.G.E. Sly explaining the background to...

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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A photograph taken at Government House, Bathhurst, on the occasion of Gambian Independence, showing the Governor, Sir John Paul, and five of his predecessors, Lord Milverton, Sir Hilary Blood, Sir Andrew Wright, Sir Percy Wyn Harris and Sir Edward Windley. There is typescript note identifying the individuals in the photograph.

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'Pl. 151. No. 88. Vol. 2, p. 358', undated.

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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.