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Ghana (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1713 Collections and/or Records:

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Wolseley to Senior Naval Officer, Cape Coast, 1873-12-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/6/123
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.

Dates: 1873-12-31
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).
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Women of Ghana, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/4/3/2
Scope and Contents

Unpublished draft of work (circa 18,000 words) by Lady Smedley entitled, ‘Women of Ghana’, dated 9 March 1966, accompanied by draft sheets and notes; letters with comments on the draft from Dr Letitia Obeng (Zoologist, Ghana), 17 August 1966; Don Taylor, 14 August 1966 and Docia A.N. Kisseih; and correspondence with Curtis Brown Literary Agency and Longmans regarding attempts to publish the work, 1966.

Dates: 1966
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).
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Women's work, Obuasi, 1938 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/54
Scope and Contents

85 x 60 mm. Woman and child by cooking fire.

Dates: 1938 - 1939
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).
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World Health Day, 1963. Part of student show, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/156
Scope and Contents From the File:

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

Dates: 1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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World Health Day, 1965, 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/160
Scope and Contents

Akin Oda?

Dates: 1965
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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World Health Day 1965, 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/163
Scope and Contents

Smallpox, school bus.

Dates: 1965
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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Wumbei Bimbila, son of the chief of Bimbila, is already a skilled mason, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/231
Scope and Contents

Showing Wumbei Bimbila constructing a masonry house wall.

Dates: 1945
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).
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Yaba: an approaching tornado, 1930 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/70
Scope and Contents

310 x 250 mm. 'It hit us about 3’ hours later'. This photograph was taken about an hour after Y30448G/69.

Dates: 1930 - 1947
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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Yaw Wusu, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/127
Scope and Contents

135 x 85 mm. Sepia. Young African.

Dates: 1939
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).
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Yeji ferry (now in Volta Lake), 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/44
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of 197 negatives and 6 modern prints. The negatives measure 60 x 60 mm, save for 160-163 which are 35 mm. Apart from nos. 60-112 which are in a negative album, they are all in small envelopes with the subject written on by Mr Cansdale, some have also been numbered by Cansdale. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions...
Dates: 1939
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).
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Young Avicennia nitida mangrove, Keta, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448V/75
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Many images of woodland and logging scenes. The original numbering of the images has been followed.

Dates: 1939
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).
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Zoology Laboratory: a lesson in human anatomy, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/40
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of photographs taken by the Ministry of Information West African Photographic Service, giving a comprehensive record of the varied aspects of the College's work. These pictures have been extensively reproduced in books and articles. As Dr. R.W. Stopford is shown as Principal, a post he held from 1941 to 1945, they must date from this period. The Library has three different groups of photographs drawn from this series, two of which form this collection:(A) 55, 260 x...
Dates: 1945
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).
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Zuarangu-Bawku road, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/104
Scope and Contents

Stored in negative album envelope number '60'.

Dates: 1939
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).