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Nigeria (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1776 Collections and/or Records:

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Commercial Association of Abeokuta to the Commercial Association of Lagos, 1872-05-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/30
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: 1872-05-01
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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Commission appointing Commander John Hawley Glover to be Administrator of the Government of Lagos, 1866-02-21

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/19
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1866-02-21
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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Commonwealth Prime Minister’s Meeting on Rhodesia, Lagos, Nigeria, July 1966, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/507
Scope and Contents

202 x 155 mm.

Dates: 1966
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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Commonwealth Universities, 1980 - 1990

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 401/1
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...
Dates: 1980 - 1990
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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[Commonwealth Universities], 1946 - 1991

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK/1-434
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1946 - 1991
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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[Commonwealth Universities], 1946 - 1986

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/2
Scope and Contents

Includes material on Universities throughout the Commonwealth of Nations.

Dates: 1946 - 1986
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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Community Development in Eastern Nigeria, 1951-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/16
Scope and Contents

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'.

Dates: 1951-11
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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Community development in Eastern Nigeria, 1940 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/17
Scope and Contents

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'.

Dates: 1940 - 1959
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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Community Development in Eastern Nigeria [Atakka School], 1951-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/21
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...
Dates: 1951-11
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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Community Development in Nigeria. Installation of a water-point at Awgu, 1940 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/18
Scope and Contents

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'.

Dates: 1940 - 1959
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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Complaint made by Odunsi a native of Lagos, 1871-12-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/75
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: 1871-12-20
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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[Compost heap, Takalafiya, c.1939], 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/47
Scope and Contents

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'.

Dates: 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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[Compound at Takalafiya, c.1939], 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/43
Scope and Contents

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'.

Dates: 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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Compound of first house, 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/7
Scope and Contents

82 x 55 mm.

Dates: 1936
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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[Concrete-lined wells at Takalafiya, c.1939], 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/44
Scope and Contents

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'.

Dates: 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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Congregation leaving All Saints’ Church, Ebute-Metta, 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/15a
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1957
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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Congregation outside St. Michael’s Church, Odezi Enu, 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/32
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1957
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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Consecration of Bishop Odutola as Bishop of Ondo-Benin by Archbishop Vining, 3 Mar. 1952, 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/2/6
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1952
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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Consecration of E.T. Dimieari as Bishop of the Niger Delta, 1951

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

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.

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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Construction of the Baro-Kano Ry. 1911, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/129
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1911
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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Control Officers inspect the cattle, 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/48
Scope and Contents

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'.

Dates: 1940
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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Corner of sitting room, 1936 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/51
Scope and Contents

85 x 55 mm.

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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Coronation Day Regatta, Warri. Wharf from "Raven" 23 June 1911 (with print), 1911-06-23

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043OO/44
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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.

Dates: 1911-06-23
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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Coronation Day Sports, Warri from my verandah, 22 June 1911 (with print), 1911-06-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043OO/42
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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.

Dates: 1911-06-22
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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Coronation Day Sports, Warri. Pole Jump. 22 June 19 (with print)., 1911-06-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043OO/43
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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.

Dates: 1911-06-22
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).