Scope and Contents The caption on the reverse reads: 'Ashanti Weavers, Gold Coast. Examples of the Ashanti Weavers' Art are on sale at Wembley where craftsmen may be seen at work on the curious looms depicted hereon'.Guggisberg stated: 'From Coomassie running up the long red motor-road we plunge into real native customs in the pictures painted at Mampong. Two of the most striking pictures are the types of priest and drummer, the former with the background of harmattan mist in the great forest. The...

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90 x 60 mm.

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'No. 89' printed on bottom right corner.

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210 x 155 mm. Unmounted duplicate of Y30448L/38, with pencilled identifications on back.

Scope and Contents 210 x 160 mm. on mount. Photograph by R.S.G. Aggrey. Described by Miss Smyly as ‘Photo taken in the courtyard of the old fort in Coomasi, of the Coomasi Council of Chiefs, who were there to meet Sir Crampton Smyly, Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony, who was in Coomasi on a visit to Mr John Maxwell, Chief Commissioner’. The unmounted duplicate at Y30448L/39 has pencilled identifications on the back, which have been transcribed by Dr T.C. McCaskie. From his notes, and those of Miss Smyly,...

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85 x 60 mm.

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Portrait of three unknown women students featured in Y3043UU/175.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Worm powders, Cod Liver Oil and tonic mixtures are mixed in milk or gruel and given to them. This little calf has been under treatment of a few days and has been receiving medicine mixed in milk hence the attraction for the bottle'.

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A collection of autograph letters with a list compiled by Bell. Those of particular interest include eight letters from Neville Chamberlain, whom Bell met in the Bahamas in 1895, and nine letters from Robert Dolbey, the army medical officer and Professor of Surgery at the University of Cairo, whom Bell appointed as his literary executor (circa 150 sheets).

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:'In the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, the Local Treasuries run by Native Authorities are a complete success. Native Authorities are made responsible with their District Commissioner acting as guide and friend, not only for the collection of local revenue but also for its expenditure. In the Kassena-Nankenni Division, the Native Authority...

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Head and shoulders portrait. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'He alone possesses the key to the Native Treasury safe, it never leaves his possession. Any discrepancies in the Treasury are made good by him as he alone is responsible. He is one of the senior elders of the Chief of Navrongo'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'he alone possesses the key, which never leaves his person'.

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He was later the Representative in London of the West African Examinations Council. 155 x 150 mm.

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This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.

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This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.

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This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.

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Copies of despatches received from Kimberley.

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Copies of despatches received from Kimberley.

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This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.

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Forwards despatch from Commodore W. Hewett.

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This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.

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This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.

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...

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Many images of woodland and logging scenes. The original numbering of the images has been followed.

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A handwritten note, in the same hand as the envelope captions, reads 'Accra 1939 or 1940. March past of Gold Coast Regiment before going to E Africa. Salute taken by H.E. Sir Arnold Hodson, Governor. Regiment com. [?commanded] by Brigadier Richards. This was the only series of photographs taken of it occasion [sic]'. The negative envelope is numbered '22'. The negative itself is numbered '29'.