Nigeria (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1850 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Despatch to the Duke of Newcastle from Glover discussing the expansion of Lagos and the enlargement of its police and military force, 1863-10-10
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/1/60
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:
1863-10-10
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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Despatch to the Duke of Newcastle from Glover regarding ex King Docemo, 1863-08-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/1/42
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:
1863-08-10
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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Despatch to the Duke of Newcastle regarding the request of a supply of arms, 1863-10-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/1/59
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:
1863-10-10
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).
File
Despatch to the Duke of Newcastle reporting improved relations with Porto Novo, 1863-08-10
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/1/43
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:
1863-08-10
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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Despatch to the Duke of Newcastle reporting opposition from Ex King Docemo and its resolution, 1863-10-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/1/58
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:
1863-10-10
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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Despatches to the Duke of Newcastle regarding Pocrah, Badagry and relations with the French, 1863-08-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/1/38
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:
1863-08-08
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).
Series
Developments in West Africa, 1946 - 1954
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304E/98-186
Scope and Contents
These photographs are chiefly portions of sets issued by the Central Office of Information and are British Official Photographs, measuring 255 x 195 mm unless otherwise stated. Most have serial numbers prefixed by 'DW', and these are given, as indicating the degree of completeness of the sets.
Dates:
1946 - 1954
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).
File
Diary extracts, 1899, 1899
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 134/7/3
Scope and Contents
The diary of a journey from Forcados to Aboutchi, 15-18 May 1899, written on pages from a duplicate book numbered 35 and 36.
Dates:
1899
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).
Fonds
Diary: 'From west to east through Africa'
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 123
Scope and Contents
An illustrated diary of Christopher Barlow's journey from Kano, 23 February 1928, through French Equatorial Africa, Belgium Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya, arriving at Mombasa on 27 March, a total of nearly 3,500 miles. On pages iii-iv is a list of journeys undertaken by Barlow, 9 March 1927-19 February 1928. The volume includes thirty inserted photographs, as well as a copy of Barlow's entry in the 'Nigeria Civil Service list', 1929, and a letter to the Librarian of the Royal Empire...
Dates:
1928 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Item
Dinner given by her Majesty’s Government to the Delegates and Advisers to the Nigerian Conference, 1953-07-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/360
Scope and Contents
153 x 205 mm. Secretary of State enjoys a joke with the leaders of the three Delegations to the Nigerian Conference. Left to right: Ahmadu Sardauna of Sokoto, Dr. Azikiwe, Mr. Lyttelton and Mr. Awolowo.
Dates:
1953-07-29
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).
Item
[Discussing construction of new villages near Takalafiya, c.1940], 1940
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/58
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The co-operation of the native administrations is necessary to the success of the resettlement scheme. Here, Mr. J. Sheard, one of the Control Officers, consults the head man of Takalafiya about the construction of new hamlets near the town'.
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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[Discussing village clearance, Anchau, c.1940], 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/57
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The co-operation of the native administration is necessary to the success of the resettlement scheme. In this picture, the representative of the Emir of Zaria in whose emirate Anchau is situated, calls on Mr. J.H.C. Hicks, one of the Control Officers. They discuss the communal clearing of a nearby village'.
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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[Display of carved figures, 1940s], 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/112
Scope and Contents
Photograh by Margot Lubinski.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
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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District and village heads greet the Control Officers during a tour of inspection, 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/59
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Mrs. Sheard, wife of one of the Control Officers, accompanies her husband'.
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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District Chief, N. Nigeria, 1908 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/124
Scope and Contents
141 x 83 mm. Showing a Hausa chief and other figures seated on horseback.
Dates:
1908 - 1912
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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Ditto, with roof on, 1908 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/50
Scope and Contents
102 x 59 mm. Showing the roof framework of a house placed in position with a group of Africans standing in the foreground.
Dates:
1908 - 1910
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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Doctor’s house and compound, 1905 - 1927
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 29/41
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions.
Dates:
1905 - 1927
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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[Domestic activity], 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/38
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. Showing women and a child sat around a pot of a white plaster like substance. One of the women is stirring the mixture, probably in Nigeria.
Dates:
1933 - 1964
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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[Donkeys], 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/44
Scope and Contents
90 x 90 mm. Showing laden donkey's being driven along a road.
Dates:
1933 - 1964
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).
Item
Douglas to Glover, 1872-09-23
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/125
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:
1872-09-23
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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Draft letter to Earl Russell from Glover on the general state of affairs, 1864-03-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/1/70
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:
1864-03-09
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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Draft of a letter from Glover to J. J. Kendall, Administrator in Chief, Sierra Leone, regarding the dismissal of officers of the Lagos Court and the administration of justice, 1869-11-16
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/1/78
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:
1869-11-16
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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Draft of agreement between Taiwo and Chiefs of Abeokuta, 1871-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/1
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:
1871-01
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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Draft of letter to Iaguno of Igbeiro and Chief Balogun of Abeokuta on the question of war between the Egbas and Yorubas, 1871-11-15
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/73
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:
1871-11-15
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).
Item
Draft report to Earl of Kimberley, 1872-11-07
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/149
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:
1872-11-07
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).