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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.