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Coloured slides, 50 x 50 mm, mostly Kodak, originally stored in a carrying case. They relate to nursing in Nigeria and Ghana.

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.

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.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The Institute has its own clinic where a qualified African matron is in attendance. In addition to seeing that the boys are kept fit, the Matron looks after their clothing. The Matron is taking the temperature of a boy suspected of having fever'.

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Undated notes.

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210 x 161 mm. Showing the scene in a cocoa warehouse. In the foreground, a group of African labourers are seated on full sacks of cocoa while beyond, another group is in the process of filling the bags from the large pile of beans heaped against the wall.

Scope and Contents From the File: Photographs of masks, dress, dances, musical instruments and prospecting work, accompanied by descriptive captions and notes (82 x 57 mm). Benson introduces the album by writing, 'The photographs and notes which follow were collected during a prospecting trip covering 700 miles mainly in the north of Abakaliki Division, part of the west of Ogoja Division and along the Ogoja-Idoma boundary. The notes etc. refer to the natives, who have not come under the European or outside influence. The...

Scope and Contents From the File: Photographs of masks, dress, dances, musical instruments and prospecting work, accompanied by descriptive captions and notes (82 x 57 mm). Benson introduces the album by writing, 'The photographs and notes which follow were collected during a prospecting trip covering 700 miles mainly in the north of Abakaliki Division, part of the west of Ogoja Division and along the Ogoja-Idoma boundary. The notes etc. refer to the natives, who have not come under the European or outside influence. The...

Scope and Contents From the File: Photographs of masks, dress, dances, musical instruments and prospecting work, accompanied by descriptive captions and notes (82 x 57 mm). Benson introduces the album by writing, 'The photographs and notes which follow were collected during a prospecting trip covering 700 miles mainly in the north of Abakaliki Division, part of the west of Ogoja Division and along the Ogoja-Idoma boundary. The notes etc. refer to the natives, who have not come under the European or outside influence. The...

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148 x 108 mm. glossy print.

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148 x 108 mm. glossy print.

Scope and Contents This unpublished manuscript was probably written by Burns sometime after 6 January 1973 and was transcribed by his grandson Andrew FitzGerald between 2013 and 2016. The formatting and content of each page have been reproduced as faithfully as possible to the original manuscript, and every effort was made to retain its style of presentation. The illustrated cover, however, was not part of the original manuscript. The scope of Burn’s history is set out in the table of contents:I....

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This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.

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

Scope and Contents Collection of 35mm colour slides of countries of the Commonwealth. When the 'Commonwealth in Focus' exhibition was being prepared it was felt that the strong emphasis on the historical aspect, and the fact that the only section on the contemporary Commonwealth dealt with broad issues and organisations rather than individual countries, made some additional material on contemporary developments desirable. Accordingly it was decided to have a continuous slide projection of contemporary...

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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'.

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.