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Nigeria (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1850 Collections and/or Records:

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Lagos street scene near waterside, 1946-12 - 1947-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK(GS)26
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The slides are 25 x 25 mm. Y3011KKK(GS)1-12 are boxed with Y3011WW Eastham. The remainder are in three separate slide boxes.

Dates: 1946-12 - 1947-01
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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Lagos View of river, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/81
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.

Dates: 1955
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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Lagos Yacht Club, 1936 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/43
Scope and Contents

107 x 65 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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[Large building], 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/15
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. Showing a large stone building with arches, probably in Kano.

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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[Large building], 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/16
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. Showing automobiles parked outside a large stone building, which is flying a flag, probably in Kano.

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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[Large building], 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/17
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. Showing people stood outside a large white stone building, probably in Kano.

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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Learning the art of mechanical drawing at the Higher College, 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/89
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). Each has the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'Nigeria has in hand development plans involving the expenditure of £40,000,000 during the next 11 years. It is essential that the government should have at its disposal first class doctors, engineers, surveyors, agriculture, forestry and voluntary officers and teachers - and, that so many as possible should be Africans. The work of the 13-year-old Higher...
Dates: 1947
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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Leaves, flowers and fruit of Funtumia Africana, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/68
Scope and Contents

76 x 98 mm. A studio photograph showing various parts of Funtumia Africana trees grown in Benin City, Southern Nigeria, including leaves, flowers, fruit, galls and empty pods.

Dates: 1903 - 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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Lecture on bridge building by Mr. W.S. Bickerstaff, Lecturer in Engineering at the Higher College, 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/87
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The model is of a 75 ft. Pratt truss road bridge'.

Dates: 1947
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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Lemon, 1928 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/67
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Group photograph and amateur snapshots, presumably mostly taken by E.A. Rothery, mounted on 23 card sheets from a disbound album. Unless otherwise noted, the photographs are of varied up to 110 x 70 mm, black and white or sepia.The photograph relate to Rothery's career as a surveyor up to 1939, and have been captioned by him. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. A few additions,...
Dates: 1928 - 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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Leper [person affected by leprosy] at Ho, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/118
Scope and Contents

Negative.

Dates: 1930
Conditions Governing Access: Missing.
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Lepers [people affected by leprosy], 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/86
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.

Dates: 1955
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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Leprosy [bush clinic?], 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/82
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.

Dates: 1955
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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Letter, 1872-06-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/50
Scope and Contents

Neither the writer nor recipient are identified.

Dates: 1872-06-05
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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Letter by French authorities at Porto Novo concerning the release of detained men and women, the recovery of the British flag, the treatment of British officials and the Protectorate of Pocrah, 1863-07-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/1/24
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: 1863-07-29
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).
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Letter from Abeokuta to Glover concerning the question of enslaved persons seeking sanctuary in Lagos and the particular case of Thomas Johnson, 1871-02-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/10
Scope and Contents

Two copies.

Dates: 1871-02-17
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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Letter from Akodu, Chief of Abeokuta, to Glover requesting compensation for enslaved persons who sought refuge in Lagos, 1871-02-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/9
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: 1871-02-16
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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Letter from Alake of Abeokuta to Glover offering friendship and seeking advice, 1871-04-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/21
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: 1871-04-14
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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Letter from Alake of Abeokuta to Glover regarding the release of one of his people, 1871-05-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/24
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: 1871-05-08
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).
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Letter from Bakare to his father describing his the theft of his goods, 1871-11-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/47
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: 1871-11-10
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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Letter from Balogun of Oba requesting the return of a thief who had taken refuge in Lagos, 1871-06-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/29
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: 1871-06-12
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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Letter from Bashorun and Chiefs of Abeokuta congratulating Glover on his appointment as Lieutenant Governor, 1863-06-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/1/5
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: 1863-06-01
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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Letter from Charles Turton to Glover regarding Glover's return to Britain (with typed transcript), 1872-06-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/78
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: 1872-06-16
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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Letter from Chief at Abeokuta to Glover regarding Rev. Townsend, 1871-07-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/30
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: 1871-07-01
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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Letter from Chiefs at Abeokuta regarding the election of a king, 1871-07-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/31
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: 1871-07-05
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).