Ghana (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1719 Collections and/or Records:
Item
The Mamponghene holds a palaver outside the palace, 1938 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/94
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
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 Mamponghene speaks, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/135
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 many members of the College who are members of the Junior Red Cross run dispensaries and carry out other welfare activities in the neighbouring villages, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/222
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved) measuring 255 x 210 mm. They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'Achimota College, in the Gold Coast seven miles inland from Accra is West Africa's great co-educational boarding school, where 600 West African boys and girls receive as complete an education as European or American children. It is a secondary school, teacher's training college and university rolled into one, and in planning,...
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 market [Akim Oda?], 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/178
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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The mid-day meal in the dining-hall, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/31
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 Misses Moir run the Krobo Girls' School, and are members of the Scottish Mission, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/169
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'they have been in Manya Krobo for sixteen years. These two women have wielded much influence on the women of Manya Krobo and have played their part in the enlightenment of the female population. The Konor's father, the late Sir Emmanuel Matekole, gave them the land for the school and helped in erecting the first school buildings'.
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 Moir sisters with the Konor, Manya Krobo, c.1945], 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/170
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The two Miss Moir are great friends of the Konor. They are photographed on the balcony of the school, with the Konor'.
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 Museum, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/69
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 Museum: curator demonstrating the working of type of drill used in the Gold Coast, 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/72
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).
Item
The Museum: curator demonstrating the working of type of drill used in the Gold Coast, 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/73
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 Museum's curator comparing a Nigerian pot with others from the Gold Coast, 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/70
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).
Item
The Museum's curator comparing a Nigerian pot with others from the Gold Coast, 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/71
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 Native Administration butchers' shop in the market is built and flyproofed from the Treasury revenue, 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/186
Scope and Contents
Interior view of the butcher's shop.
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 Native State runs a State slaughter house from which revenue is added to the Treasury from the fees, 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/157
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The fee for slaughtering is sixpence for sheep, and three shillings for cows'.
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 Official Residence of Manya Krobo is situated in the centre of Odumasi, the capital of the State of Manya Krobo, 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/141
Scope and Contents
The residence is a long, two storied house with corrugated-iron roof.
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 Old Achimotan's Association Night School, Kumasi, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/193
Scope and Contents
Group portrait of former pupils of Achimota College. Achimota was opened in 1924 as a residential college catering for pupils from kindergarten level upwards, and in 1929 the university department was sanctioned, with students sitting external degrees from London University.
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 old boat harbour, Seccondee, Gold Coast [i.e. Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana], 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gold Coast/5
Scope and Contents
The caption on the reverse reads: 'Seccondee Port. One of the principal ports of the Gold Coast. 340,000 tons of exports and imports were handled in 1923 in spite of restricted wharfage'.
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 Old Contemptibles; Four of the Original first party of six; Dr Aggrey and Mr Phillips are gone, 1931
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/8
Scope and Contents
Those present are A.G. Fraser, front right, "Sandy" Fraser, rear left, Dr F.R. Irvine, rear left, and W.E. Ward, front right. J.E.K. Aggrey, Assistant Vice Principal, died in 1927, and Charles Phillips, Bursar, in 1925.
Dates:
1931
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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The opening of the dispensary at Attabubu, 1938 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/129
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
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).
Item
The opening of the dispensary at Attabubu, 1938 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/130
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
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).
Item
The opening of the dispensary at Attabubu, 1938 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/131
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
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).
Item
The Peace Palaver at Whydah, 1938 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448P/5
Scope and Contents
260 x 375 mm. extract from the ‘Illustrated London News’ 7 July 1877, page 13.
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).
Item
The picture shows a sample of blood being taken by the Veterinary Assistant for laboratory diagnosis at the Department of Animal Health Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/265
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Frequent blood tests are made on the adult cow for the presence of contagiou abortion. Blood tests are also made periodically to detect the presence of Trypanosomiasis and tick borne diseases'.
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).
Item
The picture shows a sample of blood being taken by the Veterinary Assistant for laboratory diagnosis at the Department of Animal Health Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/266
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Frequent blood tests are made on the adult cow for the presence of contagious abortion. Blood tests are also made periodically to detect the presence of Trypanosomiasis and tick borne diseases'.
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 picture shows some of the heifers at the Department of Animal Health Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/260
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'These are progeny of the pedigree bulls and the cows brought from the Fulani in Northern Nigeria, and brought to the farm in 1942-43'.
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).