Scope and Contents The caption on the reverse reads: 'Mining. This Mine was discovered by the Government Geologist in 1915 at the time when the allies were in great need of Manganese. Five million steel helmets were made from Manganese steel during the war'.Guggisberg stated: 'The rich red colouring of the face of the manganese ore mines at Nsuta, the deep browns and greys of the piles of ore on the right lend an artistic touch to the busy scene of everyday work of sweating miners and rattling...

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'A map of the Gold Coast, from Issini to Alampi by M.D' Anville, April 1729', an undated print of an engraving by G. Child, 'Plate 174, No. 100, Vol. 2, p. 362'.

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Salaga Market. A market scene on the great trade routes between Coomassie, the capital of Ashanti, and Timbuctoo'.

Guggisberg stated: '...the old market with its wealth of colouring, its movement, its sunshine and shade...' (Guggisberg, Gold Coast News, no.25).

Scope and Contents The caption on the reverse reads: 'Native Court. A scene depicting the trial of an offender by the Head Chief of the person's tribal division. The chief is surrounded by his counsellors'.Guggisberg stated: '...picture showing the Head-Chief of Juabeng administering justice in his native tribunal. To those who have never been out of England I think that the witness-box and prisoners' dock will go far to reveal the progress made in this country. The court crier with the gold plaque...

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Eighteen pairs of working bullocks are used on the farm. They pull ploughs, cultivators, hay rakes, and earth excavators and also cart grain, water, manure and gravel for the four miles of roads within the farm area'.

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(PC29).

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The caption on the reverse reads: 'A Palaver of Chiefs, Accra, Gold Coast. The scene depicts a meeting of chiefs under one of the great ficus trees in the courtyard of Christiansborg Castle, the official residence of the Governors of the Gold Coast. These durbars are a riot of colour owing to the great state umbrellas carried over the heads of the local potentates and the brilliant clothes worn by all in attendance'.

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 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 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...

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140 x 105 mm.

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Showing the teacher and her African assistant in conversation.

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...

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85 x 60 mm.

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(PC17).

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The caption on the reverse reads: 'A Steam Shovel at Takoradi, Gold Coast. These steam shovels were first used in the Gold Coast in 1922 in connection with the railway approaches to the new Harbour in Takoradi'.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved) measuring 255 x 210 mm. They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'Achimota College, in the Gold Coast seven miles inland from Accra is West Africa's great co-educational boarding school, where 600 West African boys and girls receive as complete an education as European or American children. It is a secondary school, teacher's training college and university rolled into one, and in planning,...

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...

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The thesis, submitted to the Teacher Training Department of Kumasi College of Technology, 1957, comprises one volume of text (123 pages), and two volumes containing c. 70 photographs. It is accompanied by the text of a play, 'A claim to the title' which was produced by a second year student on his Final Teaching Practice with Form Three boys in Kumasi.

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207 x 135 mm. Showing the crier sitting in the middle of a boat between two rowers.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The round type of stack is most satisfactory as the hay can then be cut and allowed to mature in the stack and no heating takes place. The stacks are then thatched'.

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Swaine provides the note: 'Now called A. leiocarpus.'

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200 x 150 mm.

Scope and Contents The caption on the reverse reads: 'African Hospital, Gold Coast. This hospital was opened at Accra in 1923. There is accommodation for over 200 patients and the building and its equipment is so completely up to date that it can claim one of the premier places among such establishments in our Tropical possessions'.Guggisberg stated: 'Then we come to the Gold Coast Hospital, as beautiful a painting as could be made of an interior lacking in such artistic possibilities. This is...

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The caption continues: '3 1/2 wide x 3" deep 2 page 3), Fan palm country near Vuto, Keta.' Swaine provides the note: 'The fan palm is Borrassus aethiopum.'