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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Cows in milk and with calves are kept separate from the calf cows and fed accordingly. A marked improvement has been observed in the milk yield of the cows and the birth weights of the calves as the result of feeding the cows well or 'steaming' up before calving'.

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90x137mm. Otumfuo Sir Osei Agymen Prempeh II died on May 27th 1970.

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Showing an African assistant demonstrating food selection to two pupils. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The selection of food is as important as preparing it'.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of silver prints, originally in an album. No date or other details are known of the origin of the album. The photographs, of high quality, were taken by K.L. Syed, State Photographer, Palanpur, and show scenes in Udaipur, but there are no captions. Each print has a number preceded by 'V' on the back. Collections of photographs and published works have been used to caption these views of the complex of magnificent palaces and other buildings of and adjoining the Pichola lake,...

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'All pupils take Central Science as part of their course'.

Scope and Contents An undated, typescript account, with manuscript annotations, of a murder trial in the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast, November 1944, as recorded in the notes of Mr Justice Mustafa Fuad, edited by Madge Field, 230 pages. The eight defenders were found guilty of the murder of Akyia Mensah, who disappeared after the funeral rites of Paramount Chief Omanhene Nana Sir Ofori Ata of Akyem Abuakwa. This was alleged to be a case of ritual sacrifice. There is a glossary, notes on the historical...

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120 x 100 mm. Modern copy of an old photograph, title written on the original, showing King Kwaku Dua II, Prempeh I (1873-1931), seated with onlookers and an official. This is the same as a poor reproduction in Ivor Wilks, 'Asante in the nineteenth century' (1975), plate II. It is there identified as the visit of Commissioner H.M. Hull in 1891, when he took an offer of British protection (which was rejected).

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'The Gold Coast Colony is divided up into seventeen Administrative Districts. In the Volta River District in the Eastern Province, it consists of five native states with a total population of about 860,000 and spread over an area of some 1,258 square miles. One of these states is Manya Krobo. Manya Krobo has a population of 84,797 and covers an area...

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Water and wells are most important to the State during the dry season. The Konor inspects a well built by themselves from the Native Administration funds. A lidded, concrete lined well, twenty five feet deep, it cost the State about twenty six pounds to built[sic]'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Water and wells are most important to the State during the dry season. The Konor inspects a well built by themselves from the Native Administration funds. A lidded, concrete lined well, twenty five feet deep, it cost the State about twenty six pounds to build'.

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Showing girls ironing, with the Konor and one of the Moir sisters standing in the background. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'It is adapted to suit African life and custom'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'They are run and paid by the State or [sic] Manya Krobo'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Mr. Norton-Jones has come to Odumasi from Accra to discuss school feeding'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The Konor was educated at Achimota College and before being elected Konor, on the death of his father, was a member of the Gold Coast Police, starting in the ranks and rising rapidly to the rank of Sub-Inspector. As the Paramount Chief of Manya Krobo he rules the State with the help of his Elders'.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'The Gold Coast Colony is divided up into seventeen Administrative Districts. In the Volta River District in the Eastern Province, it consists of five native states with a total population of about 860,000 and spread over an area of some 1,258 square miles. One of these states is Manya Krobo. Manya Krobo has a population of 84,797 and covers an area...

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Showing the Konor watching his son Mate being bathed in a tin tub in a courtyard. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'His son, Mate, is eighteen months old'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Behind him can be seen a portrait of his famous father, Sir Emmanuel Matekole'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'She is paid by the State. She was trained at the Maternity Hospital, Korle Bu, Accra'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'She is paid by the State. She was trained at the Maternity Hospital, Korle Bu, Accra'.

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Head and shoulders portrait of the Konor holding his son in his arms.

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85 x 60 mm.

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138x90mm. Photo taken about three months before his death. The Asantehene is being carried on a litter.

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. ...

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135 x 85 mm. Sepia. Back Row: Otupiri, Obuobi, Danso, Beeko, Fosu, Aboagye, Owusu, Odame, Agyeman and Karikari. Centre: Mayne, Pullan, Fuller, Canham, Obeng. Front Row: Anane and Adu.

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85 x 60 mm.