Nigeria (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1838 Collections and/or Records:
Series
A pictorial record of life in the Colonial Service in West Africa, 1953-1966, 2001
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 317/2a
Scope and Contents
A collection of nearly 900 labelled photographs and maps compiled by J.M.A. Sly, relating to his years on Colonial Service Courses and in the Colonial Service in West Africa. The text lists events month by month. It is mostly concerned with southern Nigeria, but also covers tours to the Cameroons, Dahomey, Togoland, Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia. There are indexes of persons, places and events, animals and plants. There is an introduction by A.G.E. Sly explaining the background to...
Dates:
2001
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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A pictorial record of life in the Colonial Service in West Africa, 1953-1966, 2001-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 317/2b
Scope and Contents
A collection of nearly 900 labelled photographs and maps compiled by J.M.A. Sly, relating to his years on Colonial Service Courses and in the Colonial Service in West Africa. The text lists events month by month. It is mostly concerned with southern Nigeria, but also covers tours to the Cameroons, Dahomey, Togoland, Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia. There are indexes of persons, places and events, animals and plants. There is an introduction by A.G.E. Sly explaining the background to...
Dates:
2001-03
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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A round house in course of building [?Ogoja], 1908 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/69
Scope and Contents
102 x 59 mm. Showing partially constructed round houses, with the two tiered thatched roof completed but with the walls as yet unfinished.
Dates:
1908 - 1910
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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A sickly tree, Mamu, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/63
Scope and Contents
78 x 98 mm. A view showing a sickly ten year old tree covered with fruit at Mamu.
Dates:
1903 - 1910
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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A sickly young tree, Mamu, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/64
Scope and Contents
78 x 99 mm. A view showing the leaves of a sickly young tree with profuse flower development.
Dates:
1903 - 1910
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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A start from camp, early morning, Aya River, 1908 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/56
Scope and Contents
102 x 59 mm. Showing porters picking up their loads in a woodland clearing near the Aya River.
Dates:
1908 - 1910
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).
File
A tribute to Prof. Norman Stanley Alexander, 1997
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 401/5
Scope and Contents
A eulogy to Alexander written by one of his two pioneer special honours students in Physics at the University College, Ibadan (now University of Ibadan) Professor Akpanoluo I.I. Ette.
Dates:
1997
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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A typical house in Kano, Northern Nigeria, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/1
Scope and Contents
210 x 165 mm. Showing a white roadside building with a patterned facade before which there are people with stalls selling their wares. There are also women or girls at a water point to the left.
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).
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[A typical house in Northern Nigeria], 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/2
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 mm. Showing a large white building with a patterned facade, perhaps in Kano.
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).
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[A typical house in Northern Nigeria], 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/3
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 mm. Showing a white building with a patterned facade, perhaps in Kano.
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).
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[A typical house in Northern Nigeria], 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/4
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 mm. Showing a building with a white patterned facade, perhaps in Kano.
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).
File
A West African record: The Gambia and Nigeria, 1920-1931, 2000
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 317/1a
Scope and Contents
A collection of around 230 labelled photographs and maps relating to A.G.E. Sly's eleven years in the Colonial Service, compiled by J.M.A. Sly from his father's photograph album. Each section begins with the relevent year from the Colonial Office List for the Gambia, 1920-1931, and includes memories and references to Sly's colleagues. The postscript includes a biography of Sly and an obituary of his wife Doris. These are followed by indexes of people and places. There is a foreword by...
Dates:
2000
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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A West African record: The Gambia and Nigeria, 1920-1931, 2003-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 317/1b
Scope and Contents
A collection of around 230 labelled photographs and maps relating to A.G.E. Sly's eleven years in the Colonial Service, compiled by J.M.A. Sly from his father's photograph album. Each section begins with the relevent year from the Colonial Office List for the Gambia, 1920-1931, and includes memories and references to Sly's colleagues. The postscript includes a biography of Sly and an obituary of his wife Doris. These are followed by indexes of people and places. There is an introduction...
Dates:
2003-11
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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A Yaron Sarki (sent from Emir of Kano) [Yaron Sarki – Emir’s representative], 1928 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/151
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Group photograph and amateur snapshots, presumably mostly taken by E.A. Rothery, mounted on 23 card sheets from a disbound album. Unless otherwise noted, the photographs are of varied up to 110 x 70 mm, black and white or sepia.The photograph relate to Rothery's career as a surveyor up to 1939, and have been captioned by him. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. A few additions,...
Dates:
1928 - 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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Abakaliki, 1928 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/81
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Group photograph and amateur snapshots, presumably mostly taken by E.A. Rothery, mounted on 23 card sheets from a disbound album. Unless otherwise noted, the photographs are of varied up to 110 x 70 mm, black and white or sepia.The photograph relate to Rothery's career as a surveyor up to 1939, and have been captioned by him. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. A few additions,...
Dates:
1928 - 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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Abeokuta, 1936-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/14
Scope and Contents
80 x 54 mm. View of thatched houses and African people.
Dates:
1936-10
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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Abeokuta, 1936-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/15
Scope and Contents
54 x 80 mm. View of the town from above.
Dates:
1936-10
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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Abeokuta Centenary Celebrations, 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 29/45
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions.
Dates:
1930
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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Aburi: avenue of royal palms, Fyfe & the Haywards, 1946-12 - 1947-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK(GS)33
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The slides are 25 x 25 mm. Y3011KKK(GS)1-12 are boxed with Y3011WW Eastham. The remainder are in three separate slide boxes.
Dates:
1946-12 - 1947-01
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
A.C. Barnes collection on East Africa, Nigeria, and Fiji, 1914-1933
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468CC
Scope and Contents
Collection of photographs on 64 album sheets with 24 loose prints. 225 relate to British East Africa (Kenya), German East Africa (Tanganyika) and Uganda, 55 to Nigeria, 4 to the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 16 to Zanzibar and 35 to Fiji (including some duplicates).The album sheets appear to have come from five albums, as follows:A Light brown, 230 x 275 mm. (Plates 1-56 on nine sheets)B Dark grey, 220 x 268 mm. (Plates 57-134 on nineteen sheets)C Dark brown,...
Dates:
1914 - 1933
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
Item
Accession Proclamation of King George V by Podevin the Acting D.C. [Ogoja], 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/73
Scope and Contents
102 x 59 mm. Showing Podevin, in a white suit addressing soldiers of the Southern Nigeria Regiment drawn up on the parade ground at Ogoja. George Sibbit Podevin (1878-1918) served in the South African Constabulary 1901-08 and was Acting District Commissioner, Ogoja May-August 1910 and later at Obudu. Podevin was a Transport Officer in the Cameroons during the Great War and was killed on December 2 1918.
Dates:
1910
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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[Acting Governor Denton and European group], 1891
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043PP/6
Scope and Contents
195 x 130 mm. The group of sixteen men seated under an awning.
Dates:
1891
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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Address from merchants, traders and inhabitants of Lagos to Commander Glover, 1870-08-20
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/2/2
Scope and Contents
Two copies.
Dates:
1870-08-20
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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Address from the people of Bagagry and the Western District of Lagos, 1872-05-22
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/38
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.
Dates:
1872-05-22
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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Address to Chiefs, Kano, 1910-02 - 1910-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/138
Scope and Contents
125 x 83 mm. Showing Bell addressing a seated group of Chiefs at Kano. The photograph is undated but was probably taken during Bell's visit to Kano in February/March 1910. In Bell (1910), March 3, he describes his reception by a 'Guard of Honour of a half-company of the Mounted Infantry' and the Durbar held in which 'the Emirs of Kano, Katsena, and other minor ones ... all came up, and sat on the ground on carpets, in a semi-circle, around me and my officers, and I made a speech to...
Dates:
1910-02 - 1910-03
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).