Nigeria (nation)
Found in 1838 Collections and/or Records:
W. Powell collection on Africa 1930s
Ward-Dawson Family History, 2009
This is a DVD containing digital copies of Mary Ward’s letters, and 177 images of her life and work (including her medals) from a photograph album which has remained with the family. The disk also includes other material relating to the wider Ward family history.
Warri, 1903 - 1913
Collection of 91 glass negatives, 106 x 80 mm; 3 negatives on film, 90 x 60 mm; and 3 modern prints, 150 x 120 mm. Many of the negatives lack descriptive captions. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.
Warri Market, 1903 - 1913
Collection of 91 glass negatives, 106 x 80 mm; 3 negatives on film, 90 x 60 mm; and 3 modern prints, 150 x 120 mm. Many of the negatives lack descriptive captions. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.
Warri School Gardens, 1903 - 1913
Collection of 91 glass negatives, 106 x 80 mm; 3 negatives on film, 90 x 60 mm; and 3 modern prints, 150 x 120 mm. Many of the negatives lack descriptive captions. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.
[Warrior in chain mail], 1934
Wash – day!, 1928 - 1939
Watts’ Beach, Old Calabar, 1870 - 1889
139 x 113 mm. Buildings by waterside.
Weaver, woman at loom, 1955
Coloured slides, 50 x 50 mm, mostly Kodak, originally stored in a carrying case. They relate to nursing in Nigeria and Ghana.
[Weaving class, ? Muslim School, Share], 1940 - 1949
Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Well-digging, Opomo, 1903 - 1913
Collection of 91 glass negatives, 106 x 80 mm; 3 negatives on film, 90 x 60 mm; and 3 modern prints, 150 x 120 mm. Many of the negatives lack descriptive captions. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.
West Africa, 1930-04 - 1938-06
Newscuttings on West Africa and articles concerning the Cameroons, Congo, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togoland.
West Africa Agricultural Conference, 1930
204 x 152 mm. View of the delegates.
West African collection of Thomas Dalrymple, 1937 - 1956
Material by Thomas Dalrymple and others relating to Plateau Province in Nigeria and the Cameroons.
West African photographs. 1950-60s
A collection of prints, by various photographers, of various sizes and the majority with captions on the reverse. The prints break down geographically thus:
1-60 Nigeria
61-79 Sierra Leone
80-83 The Gambia
84-109 Ghana
110-116 Miscellaneous.
West African Railways
West African tour, 1954 - 1958
A diary and albums of the tour of 1955-1956, including loose photographs.
West African trading activities
An album containing photographs showing aspects of European trade in the West African coast.
The photographs occupy 28 pages of an album; plates 21-27, 30-31 and 32-34 each occupy one page. There are a number of blank pages at the back. Most of the prints have brief captions, which have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. They are not always reliable: see, e.g., plates 10 and 15.
West Africans train for responsible posts, work of the Higher College, 1947
Western Aboyne River near Abakaliki, 1908 - 1910
102 x 59 mm. A view looking along the river, with Africans swimming in the foreground.
Western Nigeria: children going home from school, 1950 - 1969
109 x 154 mm. glossy print. Location unidentified.
Weston Collection 1, 1950 - 1966
Wharf, 1928 - 1939
Whitting Collection on Nigeria
Wild Funtumia elastica trees in a plantation, Ibadan State, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910
78 x 94 mm. A view showing two tall rubber trees in a plantation. The caption to the print states 'A common result of ringing cuts on the wild Funtumia elastica trees left standing in native plantations'. This presumably refers to the size of the trees.