Nigeria (nation)
Found in 1776 Collections and/or Records:
University of Ibadan, 1948 - 1991
A series of photographs of the University of Ibadan. The University College of Ibadan was established in 1948 as the first of the IUC's completely new creations. It became the University of Ibadan in 1962.
University of Ibadan, 1948
A series of photographs, postcards, a Christmas card and a copy of an illustrated booklet all related to the University of Ibadan. The University College of Ibadan was established in 1948 as the first of the IUC's completely new creations. It became the University of Ibadan in 1962.
University of Ife, 1946 - 1991
A series of photographs of the University of Ife. The university was created in 1961.
University of Ife, 1961 - 1986
A series of photographs, postcards, a Christmas card and a booklet all related to the University of Ife. The university was created in 1961.
University of Ilorin
A coloured card of a coat of arms. The University College of Ilorin was established in 1975 and became a university in its own right in 1977.
University of Lagos, 1962 - 1991
A series of photographs of the University of Lagos, which was created in 1962.
University of Lagos, 1962 - 1986
A series of photographs, postcards, a Christmas card and a typescript all related to the University of Lagos, which was created in 1962.
University of Nigeria, 1960 - 1986
A series of items relating to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, which was established in 1960 but badly damaged during the Civil War (1967-70).
University of Nigeria Nsukka and Enugu, 1960 - 1991
A series of photographs of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Enugu campuses. The University was established in 1960 but the Nsukka campus was badly damaged during the Civil War (1967-70).
University of Port Harcourt
A coloured card of a coat of arms. University College, Port Harcourt, was established in 1975 and became a university in its own right in 1977.
Unsigned letter to Postmaster Charles Turton regarding closure of the river road to Lagos, 1872-03-13
This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.
Unsuspecting Minnehaha awaits canoe paddler at 6 AM, 1937
210 x 155 mm. View of Barnard and a male hunter sitting in a canoe armed with shotgun and rifle.
Vicar of Wusasa Church with villagers at Saulawa, 1960
154 x 107 mm. glossy print.
Victoria Beach, 1936 - 1937
195 x 150. View of the sand, trees and surf.
Victory College: carpentry class, 1960 - 1969
111 x 122 mm. glossy print with two copies.
Victory College, Ikare: Archdeacon Lennon and student on way to chapel, 1960 - 1969
113 x 155 mm. glossy print with copy and 56 mm. negative.
[View at Takalafiya, c.1939], 1939
Showing Africans posed in the open grass square at the centre of Takalafiya. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The town of Takalafiya was planned and built round a large grass square in the centre of which is a cement-lined well - one of the five new wells in the town. These new wells are a vast improvement on the old with adequate supplies which caused guinea worm infection. The photograph was taken from the top of a mosque'.
[View at Takalafiya, c.1939], 1939
View looking over the central grass square towards one of the residential compounds. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The newly planned town of Takalafiya, built to take the 600 inhabitants evacuated when wide streets were driven through the slums of Anchau. Compounds are spaced round a central grass square in the centre of which stands a cement-lined well'.
View from the top of Mt. Patti, 1910
206 x 148 mm. A view looking down on Lokoja.
[View in Calabar], 1912 - 1913
207 x 138 mm. A view from a grassy hillside looking down towards the Calabar waterfront and river.
[View in Duke Town, Calabar], 1912 - 1913
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.
[View in the Anchau slums, 1930s], 1930 - 1939
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'.
View of camp, Ishiago, 1908 - 1910
108 x 63 mm. A general view of rows of thatched huts and a few tents at Ishiago.
View of Civil Station, Okigwi, 1908 - 1910
103 x 61 mm. A general view of the civil station of Okigwi, with three African women walking along the road in the foreground.
View of CMS Bookshop in Lagos, 1947
80 x 54 mm. glossy print with 115 x 72 mm. copy.