Ghana (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1719 Collections and/or Records:
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The crowd around the Asantehene’s coffin during funeral, June 2nd 1970, 1970-06-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448R/27
Scope and Contents
90x137mm. Otumfuo Sir Osei Agymen Prempeh II died on May 27th 1970.
Dates:
1970-06-02
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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The Dairy Herd returning to the Department of Animal Health Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], after grazing and watering, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/254
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The type of country seen in the background is typical of the Accra plains. It is only five miles from the sea, 50 feet above sea level and receives an annual rainfall of approximately 30 inches'.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
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 Dairy Herd returning to the Department of Animal Health Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], from grazing, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/255
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Supplementary feeding is given on arrival at the kraals. Types of cows other than the pure White Fulani can be seen. These are unimproved indigenous types from Northern Nigeria'.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
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 day at Achimota College begins with morning prayer, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/199
Scope and Contents
View looking along the chapel during morning prayers.
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 day begins with morning prayers, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/7
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 D.C. inspects, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/137
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm. 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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The English lady in this photograph is Mrs Armstrong, 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448L/42
Scope and Contents
140 x 190 mm. ‘Wife of an engineer in the Public Works Dept. Gold Coast Colony. During the lst World War (1 think, on some Committee or Work Party) she came to know Her Majesty Queen Mary. After the war, when on leave in England, Mrs Armstrong was always invited to tea with Queen Mary in Buckingham Palace. At one of these meetings the Queen entrusted Mrs Armstrong to bring to Accra, as a prize for a Baby Show, the silver bowl which the child is holding. I have no record of the names of...
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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 Essuma jahene, 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448Q/1
Scope and Contents
85 x 135 mm.
Dates:
1946
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 executioners (Abrafos) at the Asantehene’s funeral, 1970
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448R/24
Scope and Contents
90x137mm. Otumfuo Sir Osei Agymen Prempeh II died on May 27th 1970.
Dates:
1970
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 Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra which includes the future Accra Dairy Scheme, is being organised by the Department of Animal Health, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/269
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The Veterinary officer in Accra, Mr. S. Simpson, Mr.R.C.V.S. [sic] pays frequent visits to the farm to see that the stock is maintained in good health'.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
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
'The face in the mirror': autobiography of John Morley
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 44
Scope and Contents
The autobiography of John Morley, written during the 1970s, 122 pages.
Dates:
1970 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access:
The thesis may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the permission of the author.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Sub-Series
The fight against soil exhaustion in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1946 - 1954
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304E/139-159
Scope and Contents
Part of a set of 22 British Official photographs (reference numbers DW 411-432).In parts of the Northern Territories examples of what is probably general malnutrition and deficiency diseases are rife. This is caused by advanced soil exhaustion and extremely poor crop yield. Migration is now in progress from these areas - unfortunately to areas which are already over-populated. This has happened in the past over large areas as is evidenced by deserted and ruined compounds in the...
Dates:
1946 - 1954
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 first Gold Coast dairy farm, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/3/65
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: D.W. 1533. A pair of working bullocks pulling disc cultivators at the Department of Animal Health Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra Gold Coast. The farmland is heavy black cotton soil and does not produce good crops unless heavily manured and well cultivated: two crops in one year can be grown with a normal rainfall. The whole farm covers 2,500 acres, but so far, only 200 acres are cultivated. Bullocks are used on the farm to pull ploughs,...
Dates:
1933 - 1964
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
The first Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] dairy farm, 1940 - 1949
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/248-269
Scope and Contents
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). With the exception of 255A, they each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'In 1943, it was decided that a supply of clean wholesome milk was required for the Gold Coast Colony. Fresh milk is not a normal article of diet of the people in the Gold Coast, although near Accra and in certain areas in the Northern Territories, milk from the indigenous cows is consumed in small quantities. The first...
Dates:
1940 - 1949
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 Fort, Coomassie, Gold Coast [i.e. Kumasi, Ghana], 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gold Coast/11
Scope and Contents
The caption on the reverse reads: 'The Fort at Coomassie. This fort is the one which was held by a handful of Europeans and African troops for over 100 days during the Ashanti War of 1900; the Garrison being ultimately relieved by the forces under the command of Sir James Willcocks'.Guggisberg stated: 'Leaving the Colony, we come to Ashanti where the oil painting of the old Fort at Coomassie nestling amongst its palms and brightly coloured shrubs and looking a very different place...
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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The girls of St. Monica's march past, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/138
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm. 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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The Gold Butte and Pendant. ‘Pithirius Pubis’. Liberated from Kumasi in 1884, 1938 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448P/1
Scope and Contents
100 x 122 mm. The writing on the reverse of the photograph is not in Canham’s handwriting. The object has not been identified.
Dates:
1938 - 1950
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 Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] Volta River Project, 1940 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/33
Scope and Contents
150 x 115 mm. Aerial view of the Volta River. The caption on the reverse reads 'The Volta River project in the Gold Coast is an ambitious scheme for the joint development of resources of water power and bauxite and the production of aluminium by the United Kingdom and the Gold Coast Government'.
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).
Fonds
'The golden stool': a novel
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 135
Scope and Contents
A novel giving a version of the Ashanti Campaign of 1900, 512 pages. The work was left unfinished at the author's death, but was completed by his widow, Mrs Helen Victoria Montagu Hall. There are inserted illustrations, including some from 'The great drama of Kumasi', and photographs supplied by the Basel Mission, including one of Hall.
Dates:
1950
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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The Golden Stool of Ashanti, 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448Q/9
Scope and Contents
165 x 105 mm.
Dates:
1946
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 Gong-gong Beater, Professor J.H. Nketia, announcing the Inauguration and Installation of the First Chancellor, 1961-11-25
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448F/6
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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The Governor is welcomed by the Chiefs at the Durbar, 1938 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/101
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm. Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodgson.
Dates:
1938 - 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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The Governor sits in state on the dais during the presentation of a gold plaque and a silver bell to H.M.S. 'Ashanti' at the Durbar, 1938 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/102
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm. Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodgson.
Dates:
1938 - 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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The Governor takes the salute at the Durbar, 1938 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/100
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm. Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodgson.
Dates:
1938 - 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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The Great North Road leads into Mampong, 1938 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/67
Scope and Contents
135 x 90 mm., sepia.
Dates:
1938 - 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).