Ghana (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1715 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Earl of Kimberley to Sir Garnet Wolseley, 1873-11-18
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/6/91
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:
1873-11-18
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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Earl of Kimberley to Wolseley, 1873-12-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/6/92
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:
1873-12-03
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).
Fonds
Early views of the Gold Coast
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448U
Scope and Contents
Little is known of the provenance of this album of photographs, but an inscription on the inside of the front cover, 'W. H. Himbury, Grosvenor Club, Piccadilly', suggests that its owner was Sir William Himbury (1871-1955). Himbury had a very successful career in the cotton industry and served as Chairman of the Council of the British Cotton Growing Association. In 1918, he was appointed to the Empire Cotton Growing Committee, and did much to promote cotton cultivation within the Empire and...
Dates:
1900
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Earthenware pots, 1930 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gold Coast/39
Scope and Contents
'No. 103' printed on bottom right corner.
Dates:
1930 - 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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Eastern Compound Dining Hall, 1950 - 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448I/102
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of loose prints with duplicates measuring, unless stated, approximately 210 x 160 mm. The collection contains a variety of photographs, some of them taken by the Information Services of the Gold Coast/Ghana, while others are amateur photographs. Nos 1-5, showing Fraser in the Principal's house are clearly pre-1935, when he left Achimota. The majority date from Mr Winlaw's Headship and include a number of views of buildings put up in that period, particularly the Assembly Hall...
Dates:
1950 - 1957
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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Eastern Compound Dining Hall; pupils at mealtime, 1950 - 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448I/101
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of loose prints with duplicates measuring, unless stated, approximately 210 x 160 mm. The collection contains a variety of photographs, some of them taken by the Information Services of the Gold Coast/Ghana, while others are amateur photographs. Nos 1-5, showing Fraser in the Principal's house are clearly pre-1935, when he left Achimota. The majority date from Mr Winlaw's Headship and include a number of views of buildings put up in that period, particularly the Assembly Hall...
Dates:
1950 - 1957
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).
Sub-Series
Eastham Collection, 1946-12 - 1952
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/1 Eastham
Scope and Contents
A series of small snapshots which, according to a note on one envelope, were taken by Professor Eastham.Professor Eastham was a member of a delegation under the chairmanship of Sir William Hamilton Fyfe, whose other members were Professor H.H. Bellot, Professor T.H. Davey, and Mr Walter Adams, sent by the IUC to consider educational developments in West Africa. It left London at the end of December 1946, visited all four British territories, and returned in mid-January. 48 of the...
Dates:
1946-12 - 1952
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).
Item
Edmund Bourke to Glover, 1873-11-29
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/6/86
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:
1873-11-29
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).
Item
Effects of tapping, ? Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/127
Scope and Contents
76 x 96 mm. A view showing scarring on a rubber tree resulting from deep tapping on African principles.
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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Effects of tapping on Funtumia elastica, Ashanti, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/102
Scope and Contents
76 x 93 mm. A view showing deep scarring caused by overtapping with African gouges ('a very common sight').
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).
Item
Effects of tapping on Funtumia elastica, Ashanti, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/103
Scope and Contents
77 x 94 mm. A view showing a rubber tree with raised scars along the tapping lines of a tree 'an occasional result of deep excision tapping with native gouge'.
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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Eight-year-old Funtumias, Botanic Gardens, Aburi, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1903 - 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/85
Scope and Contents
99 x 77 mm. A view showing a plantation of Funtumias planted on a rocky site.
Dates:
1903 - 1910
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).
Item
Electrical Laboratory: cathode-ray oscillograph, 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/63
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).
Item
Elmina Castle, 1930 - 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/62
Scope and Contents
60 X 85 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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Elmina Castle, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1924
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gold Coast/28
Scope and Contents
The caption on the reverse reads: 'Elmina Castle, Gold Coast. Elmina Castle is the finest and one of the most romantic forts on the Gold Coast. Built originally with materials brought from Europe in 1482 by Diego d'Azambuja, it was held in turn by the Portuguese and Dutch being finally transferred to the British in 1872'.
Dates:
1924
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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Elmina : Fort St Jago, 1950 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/12
Scope and Contents
160 x 105 mm. View of the fort from Elmina Castle.
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
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Elmina : Fort St Jago, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/13
Scope and Contents
Closer view showing entrance steps and tower.
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
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Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/3
Scope and Contents
General view showing the Gateway, drawbridge and moats from within the castle.
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
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Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/4
Scope and Contents
Similar view, but with the round tower more clearly visible on the right.
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/5
Scope and Contents
Dutch drawbridge and doorway viewed from outside the castle showing the round tower and colonnade.
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/6
Scope and Contents
Governor's quarters in the Great Court.
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/7
Scope and Contents
Dutch architecture, with staircase in the Great Court.
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/8
Scope and Contents
Dutch architecture of chapel with Portuguese round tower.
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/9
Scope and Contents
Portuguese architecture : arches in the inner court.
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/11
Scope and Contents
Market for sale of enslaved persons.
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection