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The commission is signed by Queen Victoria. Two rough typewritten transcripts are included.

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202 x 155 mm.

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Includes material on Universities throughout the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Includes material on Universities throughout the Commonwealth of Nations. Many, though not all, of the slides were taken by Ian Maxwell.

Scope and Contents This is an unedited draft of a book in which Alexander set out to give 'a personal account of my contacts with universities in the developing countries of the Commonwealth.'It begins with the background of Alexander’s own university education at Auckland, Cambridge and London; describes Raffles College and the University of Malaya; and his work at the University of Ibadan and the contribution of its Physics Department during the International Geophysical Year 1957-58. Considerable...

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165 x 115 mm. General view of a ward, with mothers, babies and visitors. The caption on the reverse reads 'The Ibo people of Eastern Nigeria, among the most progressive in British West Africa, are setting the pace in community development. (See Feature Set Intro. No. 590). (5). This maternity home in Orlu District has 15 beds, and the fee of 10/- per confinement includes ante-natal care. Few mothers stay more than eight days but the home is always full. 11/51'.

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117 x 143 mm. The caption on the reverse has a brief introduction reads 'The Ibo people of Eastern Nigeria, among the most progressive in British West Africa, are setting the pace in community development. (See Feature Set Intro. No. 590). (19). Constructing the new road by voluntary labour up the face of the 400 ft. escarpment near Uvuru, Eastern Nigeria. Great trees have to be felled to cut the road. There is no way of hauling away the timber so it is burned on site'.

Scope and Contents 165 x 116 mm. General view of the single storey school buildings, set against a jungle background. The caption reads: 'The Ibo people of Eastern Nigeria, among the most progressive in British West Africa, are setting the pace in community development. (See Feature set Intro. No. 590). (9). Villagers build and run schools; receive grants-in-aid if certificated teachers are employed. Infant tuition is free, primary fees are 24 shillings a year, rising to 48 shillings a year in standard...

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115 x 115 mm. Showing Nigerians filling earthenware pots with water at newly installed stand-pipes. The caption on the reverse reads 'Piped water has brought many improvements to these Nigerians at Awgu. They are now virtually free from waterborne disease and their women are saved miles of walking during the dry season'.

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Showing waste being dug into a compost heap for eventual use as fertiliser in the forest nursery. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Offal and other waste material from the butcher's slabs goes directly into a compost pit from which the cimpost [sic] is eventually taken for use as fertiliser in the forest nursery. In the nursery are grown fruit and shade trees for distribution to the people'.

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Showing two girls spinning yarn in a compound. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Here is a spotlessly clean compound in the newly planned town of Takalafiya. The two girls sit in the shade of an orange tree and spin. Contrast this picture with DW.2122 which shows the squalor of a compound in the old town'.

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82 x 55 mm.

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Showing two girls drawing water from the new wells. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The old insanitary wells which made breeding places for guinea worm have been replaced by new concrete-lined wells'.

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158 x 112 mm. glossy print with 87 x 46 mm. negative.

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110 x 113 mm. glossy print with copy and 56 mm. negative.

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164 x 118 mm. glossy print with two matt copies 155 x 110 mm. and 166 x 117 mm.

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210 x 160 mm. glossy print. Showing Dimieari (left) on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral, London, with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher.

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140 x 83 mm. Showing gangs of African labourers excavating the path of the railway.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'As part of the plan to introduce mixed farming, a stock farm is run by the Sleeping Sickness Service. Cattle are bred for distribution to the villages on a communal system whereby the whole village farmland benefits from the manure'.

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85 x 55 mm.