Ghana (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1719 Collections and/or Records:
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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/40
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: Damaged treatment tanks showing cracks in the uprights, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/24
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: Damaged treatment tanks showing the temporary timber supports between the concrete uprights and the cracks in these uprights, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/23
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: Distorted rocks near the foot of the hill at Weija, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/22
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: In Jamestown, south of the Prison, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/32
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: In Jamestown, south of the Prison, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/33
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: In Jamestown, south of the Prison, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/36
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: In Jamestown, south of the Prison, including Mr Mensah's house, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/34
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: In Jamestown, south of the Prison, with Woerman's warehouses in the background, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/35
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: John Holt's new building - not completed, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/41
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.
Item
The Accra Earthquake, 1939: John Holt's new building - not completed, 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/42
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.
Item
The Accra Earthquake, 1939: John Holt's new building - not completed; shows cracked cement between windows, 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/43
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.
Item
The Accra Earthquake, 1939: Some damage at Achimota; an archway in one of the corridors; the shock-wave would be travelling from left to right in this picture, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/25
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.
Item
The Accra Earthquake, 1939: The C.I.D. building; it, and other nearby buildings, had to be evacuated, 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/27
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.
Item
The Accra Earthquake, 1939: The C.I.D. building; it, and other nearby buildings, had to be evacuated, 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/28
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.
Item
The Accra Earthquake, 1939: The C.I.D. building; it, and other nearby buildings, had to be evacuated, 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/29
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.
Item
The Accra Earthquake, 1939: The C.I.D. building; it, and other nearby buildings, had to be evacuated, 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/30
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.
Item
The Accra Earthquake, 1939: The damaged reservoir at Weija; concrete slab lining removed, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/19
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.
Item
The Accra Earthquake, 1939: The damaged reservoir at Weija; concrete slab lining removed, 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/20
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: The old Secretariat building; The triangular gable-ends now showing black were made of concrete blocks, and they had fallen; many vertical cracks can be seen, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/26
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.
Item
The Accra Earthquake, 1939: Wesley Chapel, Jamestown, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/37
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.
Item
The Accra Earthquake, 1939: West African Drug Co. building, Station Road, 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/38
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 Administration Block, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/1
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 Administration Block, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/194
Scope and Contents
General view of the building. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'On the ground floor are the Staff Common Room, and the offices of the Principal, the Assistant to the Principal and the Bursar; on the first floor are the Library and Museum; on the second floor is the Chapel. Pupils are seen dispersing to classrooms after morning chapel'.
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 African music master, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/85
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).