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Ghana (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1719 Collections and/or Records:

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Sartorius to Glover, 1873-12-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/6/93
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).
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Sartorius to Glover, 1873-12-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/6/97
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: 1873-12-06
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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Sartorius to Glover, 1873-12-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/6/114
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: 1873-12-22
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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Sartorius to Glover, 1874-01-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/7/3
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: 1874-01-02
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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Savelugu Dam, N. Ts [?Northern Territories], 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/106
Scope and Contents

Stored in negative album envelope number '64'.

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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Savelugu Dam, N. Ts [?Northern Territories], 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/107
Scope and Contents

Stored in negative album envelope number '65'.

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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Scene at West African airport, 1940 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/42
Scope and Contents

155 x 114 mm. Showing passengers unloading their belongings from the hold of a cargo plane.

Dates: 1940 - 1959
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

[Scenes in the Gold Coast i.e. Ghana], 1930 - 1939

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gold Coast/30-43
Scope and Contents

Monochrome postcards (original prints) of scenes in the Gold Coast (now Ghana). Published by the Methodist Book Deports, Cape Coast.

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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School Band 85 x 60 mm. Empire Day, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/134
Scope and Contents From the File: Black album, measuring 255 x 190 mm, containing photographs; one is loose and there is an empty space by one caption. The majority are amateur photographs, presumably taken by Canham or his associates during his early days in the Gold Coast. He travelled with a number of colleagues also on their first appointment to the Colony and many like Canham served until Independence. Brief biographical details of these and other members of the Gold Coast administration who appear in these...
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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School Board, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/146
Scope and Contents

140 x 90 mm. Sepia. Empire Day.

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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[School bus with students and slogans], 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/176
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: 1966
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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School compound. Once thick forest, Ghana, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/216
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: 1966
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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School compound, W.H.O. Ghana, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/192
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: 1966
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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Schoolboys Boakye, Afare, Kyere and Dankwa, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/170
Scope and Contents

85 x 60 mm.

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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Science Lecture Theatre at Achimota, 1900 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 24/43
Scope and Contents

See Y3044H/32

Dates: 1900 - 1947
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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Scouts, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/139
Scope and Contents

140 x 90 mm. Sepia. Empire Day.

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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Scrap Book, 1889 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/1
Scope and Contents The notebook contains cuttings of many reviews of Bell’s publications, including ‘Obeah : witchcraft in the West Indies’ (London, 1889) and ‘A witch's legacy’ (London, 1893) which appeared in British, African and West Indian periodicals, along with copies of:‘The Fetish-mountain of Krobo’, ‘Macmillan’s Magazine’, July 1893, 210-19‘His Highness Prince Kwakoo’, ‘The Idler Magazine’, Dec. 1896, 685-96‘History, trade, resources, and present condition of the Gold Coast...
Dates: 1889 - 1899
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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Scrapbook, 1963 - 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/4/1/1
Scope and Contents Large scrapbook chronologically documenting Smedley’s time in Ghana, principally consisting of newspaper cuttings and photographs (colour and black and white, many annotated by Smedley). The volume includes Smedley’s formal appointment by the Queen, on 4 November 1963; various newspaper cuttings announcing his appointment; Smedley’s arrival and presentation of credentials to Dr Kwame Nkrumah; newspaper cuttings of various business and diplomatic trips; the visit of Arthur Bottomley...
Dates: 1963 - 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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Scrapbook, 1966 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/4/1/2
Scope and Contents Large scrapbook chronologically documenting Smedley’s time in Ghana from his reappointment in March 1966, containing documents, newspaper cuttings and photographs (black and white, many annotated by Smedley). Items include the formal presentation of letters of credential 14 April 1966; copy of programme and speech delivered by Smedley at a prize-giving day at Takoradi School, 2 July 1966; official functions; newspaper reports regarding the decision of the Home Secretary not to allow the...
Dates: 1966 - 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).
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Section of library, Achimota College, 1900 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 24/40
Scope and Contents

See Y30448H/68

Dates: 1900 - 1947
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

Selected postcards of the Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1924

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gold Coast/1-29
Scope and Contents 'Oilette' postcards of the Gold Coast, published for the British Empire Exhibition of 1924 by Raphael Tuck and Sons, in their original envelopes. The postcards, which were made at the request of Sir Gordon Guggisberg, are coloured reproductions from paintings by Edith Cheesman and were issued in six sets of six. This collection comprises Series I, II (lacking 1 card), IV, V and VI.Each postcard has two numbers annotated on the reverse, usually in the top right-hand corner, one in...
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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Selected postcards of the Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], West Africa 1924 : series I, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gold Coast/1-6
Scope and Contents

Captions have been recorded as found.

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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Selected postcards of the Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], West Africa 1924 : series II, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gold Coast/7-11
Scope and Contents

This set originally contained six postcards. The postcard 'The Railway Workshops, Seccondee, Gold Coast' is missing.

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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Selected postcards of the Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], West Africa 1924 : series IV, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gold Coast/12-17
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: 'Oilette' postcards of the Gold Coast, published for the British Empire Exhibition of 1924 by Raphael Tuck and Sons, in their original envelopes. The postcards, which were made at the request of Sir Gordon Guggisberg, are coloured reproductions from paintings by Edith Cheesman and were issued in six sets of six. This collection comprises Series I, II (lacking 1 card), IV, V and VI.Each postcard has two numbers annotated on the reverse, usually in the top right-hand corner, one in...
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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Selected postcards of the Gold Coast, West Africa 1924 : series V, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gold Coast/18-23
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: 'Oilette' postcards of the Gold Coast, published for the British Empire Exhibition of 1924 by Raphael Tuck and Sons, in their original envelopes. The postcards, which were made at the request of Sir Gordon Guggisberg, are coloured reproductions from paintings by Edith Cheesman and were issued in six sets of six. This collection comprises Series I, II (lacking 1 card), IV, V and VI.Each postcard has two numbers annotated on the reverse, usually in the top right-hand corner, one in...
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).