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Ghana (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1719 Collections and/or Records:

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Talking Drums heralding the Processions, 1961-11-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448F/2
Scope and Contents

140 x 105 mm.

Dates: 1961-11-25
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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Talking to teachers about the value of visual aids to "Learn by doing and teach by showing", 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/220
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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Tamale market, 1957 - 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/86-89
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of prints and negatives chiefly taken by Frank E. Joselin while on the staff of Achimota College, Ghana, between Jan. 1930 and Nov. 1947. This material falls into five groups: aerial views of Achimota taken in Jan.1931, later views including some taken from the tower, scenes following the Accra earthquake of 23 June 1939, the visit of the Asantehene in 1946, and portraits of the college’s first principal Rev. Alexander Garden Fraser and Assistant Vice Principal J.E.K. Aggrey. ...
Dates: 1957 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access: Missing.
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Tano ferry, Enchi Road, 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/182
Scope and Contents

The negative envelope is numbered '64'.

Dates: 1941
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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Taquah & Abosso Mines from Bush Bungalows, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448L/53
Scope and Contents

Coloured postcard.

Dates: 1911
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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Tarkwa - Gold City of the Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1940 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/31
Scope and Contents

116 x 137 mm. The caption on the reverse reads '(See Feature Set Intro. No. 506). (2). Ore from the five shafts of the A.B.A. company comes to the central mills by rope railways winding up the wooded valleys around Tarkwa. Main Reef is about 2,000 ft. down'.

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).
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Teacher Training Department: instruction in human anatomy, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/15
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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Teachers in Training arriving on the College lorry at one of the primary schools in Accra, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/203
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse continues 'seven miles from the college, where they do their teaching practice'.

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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Teachers in training arriving on the College lorry at one of the primary schools in Accra for teaching practice, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/12
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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Teaching (learning) team Students, Akim Oda, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/184
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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Teaching team, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/188
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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Teaching team, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/196
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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Teaching with flannel graphs. Students had to make their own and use them, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/221
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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[Telecommunications Branch, Kumasi College, Ghana], 1940 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/36
Scope and Contents

153 x 116 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'Students watch a demonstration of the working of the Automatic Telephone system at the Tele-communications Branch of the Kumasi College of Technology'.

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).
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Telegram to Sir Gordon Guggisberg received in London 10 June 1927, 1927-06-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448P/7
Scope and Contents 'Ever unfading gratitude to Your Excellency and all you have done for me and my country. Ofori Atta’. Guggisberg left the Gold Coast for the last time in April 1927. Nana Sir Ofori Atta (1881-1943) became Omanhene of Akyem Abuakwa in 1912, and was the most influential traditional ruler in the Gold Coast, a member of the Legislative Council 1916-1943, and of the Executive Council shortly before his death. He led the group of African leaders from the Gold Coast which visited...
Dates: 1927-06-10
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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Telegraphists’ department, General Post Office, Accra, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448B/9
Scope and Contents

200 x 149mm. Showing a row of desks in the post office laid out with transmitting equipment.

Dates: 1915
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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Temporary Supreme Court, Accra, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448L/35
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Built as a residential club for Europeans at cost of £38,000. 'Opened Feb 17th 1922. Crampton's chambers lower storey of block on extreme left. Law Offices upper story.' The inscription is contemporary, probably Lady Smyly's.

Dates: 1922
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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Temporary Supreme Court, Accra, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448L/36
Scope and Contents

200 x 150 mm. Built as a residential club for Europeans at cost of £38,000. ‘Opened Feb 17th 1922. Crampton's chambers lower storey of block on extreme left. Law Offices upper storey.’ The inscription is contemporary, probably Lady Smyly's.

Dates: 1922
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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Teshie lagoon, Accra, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448V/80
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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Testimonial, 1965-05-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 350/4
Scope and Contents

One page testimonial describing Dorothy Wilkinson's career in teaching and the Girl Guides.

Dates: 1965-05-12
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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Tests on electrical machinery and switchgear, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/57
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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Tests on electrical machinery and switchgear, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/58
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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The Accra Earthquake, 1939: A steel rod pushed into the fissure in the reservoir; slabs visible in background, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/21
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of prints and negatives chiefly taken by Frank E. Joselin while on the staff of Achimota College, Ghana, between Jan. 1930 and Nov. 1947. This material falls into five groups: aerial views of Achimota taken in Jan.1931, later views including some taken from the tower, scenes following the Accra earthquake of 23 June 1939, the visit of the Asantehene in 1946, and portraits of the college’s first principal Rev. Alexander Garden Fraser and Assistant Vice Principal J.E.K. Aggrey. ...
Dates: 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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The Accra Earthquake, 1939: A wall of the old Kingsway Stores, below the cocktail bar, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/31
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of prints and negatives chiefly taken by Frank E. Joselin while on the staff of Achimota College, Ghana, between Jan. 1930 and Nov. 1947. This material falls into five groups: aerial views of Achimota taken in Jan.1931, later views including some taken from the tower, scenes following the Accra earthquake of 23 June 1939, the visit of the Asantehene in 1946, and portraits of the college’s first principal Rev. Alexander Garden Fraser and Assistant Vice Principal J.E.K. Aggrey. ...
Dates: 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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The Accra Earthquake, 1939: Collapsed roof of the U.T.C. car showroom, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/39
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of prints and negatives chiefly taken by Frank E. Joselin while on the staff of Achimota College, Ghana, between Jan. 1930 and Nov. 1947. This material falls into five groups: aerial views of Achimota taken in Jan.1931, later views including some taken from the tower, scenes following the Accra earthquake of 23 June 1939, the visit of the Asantehene in 1946, and portraits of the college’s first principal Rev. Alexander Garden Fraser and Assistant Vice Principal J.E.K. Aggrey. ...
Dates: 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.