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Nigeria (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1838 Collections and/or Records:

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[View in Duke Town, Calabar], 1912 - 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043O/3
Scope and Contents

207 x 141 mm. A view looking down a street in Duke Town (the African quarter of Calabar) with a row of thatched houses on the left and the waterfront and Calabar River visible in the background. The tower of the Duke Town Church can be seen projecting above a clump of trees at the right of centre.

Dates: 1912 - 1913
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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[View in the Anchau slums, 1930s], 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/38
Scope and Contents

Showing a woman spinning cotton in front of a mud and thatch hut in Anchau. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The hub of the resettlement scheme is the town of Anchau. In 1939 the foul and congested slums of the town were cleaned up. Three wide roads were driven through the town and the 600 people thus dispossessed were moved to a new site - Takalafiy, three-quarters of a mile away. The picture shows a woman of Anchau slums before the town was cleaned up'.

Dates: 1930 - 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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View of camp, Ishiago, 1908 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/1
Scope and Contents

108 x 63 mm. A general view of rows of thatched huts and a few tents at Ishiago.

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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View of Civil Station, Okigwi, 1908 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/30
Scope and Contents

103 x 61 mm. A general view of the civil station of Okigwi, with three African women walking along the road in the foreground.

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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View of CMS Bookshop in Lagos, 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/3/152
Scope and Contents

80 x 54 mm. glossy print with 115 x 72 mm. copy.

Dates: 1947
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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View of forest to be cleared for group farm, 1950 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/57
Scope and Contents

154 x 118 mm. glossy print with 84 x 59 mm. glossy print. Location unidentified.

Dates: 1950 - 1969
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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View of hills from officers' quarters [Okigwi], 1908 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/29
Scope and Contents

103 x 62 mm. An uninformative view of hills in the Okigwi area.

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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View of lines, S.N. Regt., Okigwi, 1908 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/40
Scope and Contents

103 x 61 mm. A general view of the rows of thatched houses comprising the Southern Nigeria Regiment lines at Okigwi, with the parade ground at the right of the print.

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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View of lines, S.N. Regt., Okigwi, 1908 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/41
Scope and Contents

103 x 61 mm. A view of the military lines from the parade ground.

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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View of military station, Okigwi from civil lines, 1908 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/26
Scope and Contents

102 x 59 mm. A general view of the military encampment.

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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[Village], 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/106
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: 1951
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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[Village], 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/88
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: 1955
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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Village, 1928 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/21
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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Village between Lagos & Ibadan (photo from car), 1946-12 - 1947-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK(GS)29
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).
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Village Centre, Wusasa: Room of Fellowship, 1951, 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/50
Scope and Contents

157 x 111 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.

Dates: 1951
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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Village chief of Wusasa with his wife, 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/53
Scope and Contents

109 x 154 mm. glossy print with copy.

Dates: 1956
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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Village girl selling fruit between Lagos & Ibadan, 1946-12 - 1947-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK(GS)31
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).
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Village midwife. Daughter of escaped enslaved person, 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/33
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: 1953
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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Village on Victoria Beach, 1936 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/22
Scope and Contents

190 x 140 mm. View of huts, fishing nets and trees, with village inhabitants in the foreground.

Dates: 1936 - 1937
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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Village where we get canoe; Rex (dog) in front, 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/28
Scope and Contents

82 x 55 mm.

Dates: 1937
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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Visit of Sir Gawain Bell, Governor of Northern Nigeria, 1957-62, to Wusasa Hospital in Jan. 1958, 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/4/89
Scope and Contents

127 x 78 mm. glossy print with 84 x 51 mm. negative. Figures from left to right are: Miss L. Morson, Relief Sister, Rev. Noel Sandford, Dr. Theo. Mess, Lady Bell, Sir Gawain Bell and Mr. Warford, Resident, Zaria.

Dates: 1958
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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Visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, to Northern Nigeria, Sept. 1960, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/2/19
Scope and Contents

118 x 82 mm. glossy print. Showing the Archbishop with Bishop Mort and his cook.

Dates: 1960
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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[Visit to Nigeria], 1975

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 29
Scope and Contents

Album.

Dates: 1975
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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Volta ferry crossing: Akure, 1957 - 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/117
Scope and Contents

Negative.

Dates: 1957 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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W. E. Cole to Turton, 1872-11-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/163
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: 1872-11-09
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).