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Nigeria (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1850 Collections and/or Records:

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Making a Christmas crib at the Community Centre, Diobu, 1962

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/4/18
Scope and Contents

152 x 154 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1962
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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Making the railway track, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011E/5
Scope and Contents

103 x 77 mm. Showing African labourers at work on the Baro-Kano 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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Malam Adamu, evangelist in the Zaria district, 1953, 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/2/8
Scope and Contents

113 x 158 mm. matt print with 35 mm. negative.

Dates: 1953
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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Malam Audu (d. 1968), one of the original converts of the Hausa Church, Gedagi, 1957

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/20
Scope and Contents

56 mm. glossy contact print with negative and two enlargements.

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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Malaria, malnutrition & Malaria [bush clinic?], 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/80
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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[Man in garden?], 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/109
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: 1951
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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[Man on camel], 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/49
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. Showing a man sat on a camel leading a train of other camels, presumably 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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[Man on camel], 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/49A
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. Showing a man sat on a camel leading a train of other camels, presumably 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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Map of Nigeria, 1940 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448D/9
Scope and Contents

201x155mm. Photographic reproduction of an illustrated map of Nigeria bearing the dedication ‘To E.R.J. Hussey C.M.G. Director of Education, Nigeria 1929-1936, from A.D. Power ('Fidus Achates') in memory of many happy days spent together within the confines of this map.’

Dates: 1940 - 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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Marabou stork seen on Ikoyi, 1928 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/20
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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March past and trooping of the colour at Coronation, 1937-05-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/32
Scope and Contents

207 x 155 mm. View of Governor Sir Bernard Bourdillon saluting during the celebrations to mark the Coronation of King George VI.

Dates: 1937-05-12
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).
 File

Marina, Lagos from the air, 1936

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/8
Scope and Contents

133 x 84 mm. postcard.

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).
 Fonds

Marjorie Barnard Collection

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

Papers and photographs related to Barnard's life and work in Nigeria and subsequent travels in Africa.

Dates: 1930 - 1979
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).
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[Market day], 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/45
Scope and Contents

90 x 90 mm. Showing women carrying pots on their heads stood behind a covered truck in which people are sat.

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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Market in the old town, Kano, 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/43
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. Busy market scene. There seem to be many cotton sellers.

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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Market, Jos, 1953, 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/30
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: 1953
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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[Market Place, ?Calabar], 1912 - 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043O/5
Scope and Contents

201 x 141 mm. Showing a crowded market scene, probably in Calabar, with traders and customers seated or standing in an open sandy square.

Dates: 1912 - 1913
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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[Market place, ?Calabar], 1912 - 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043O/6
Scope and Contents

201 x 144 mm. Market scene.

Dates: 1912 - 1913
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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Market scene, 1959, 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/47
Scope and Contents

155 x 100 mm. glossy print with copy.

Dates: 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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[Market scene, ?Anchau, c.1939], 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/46
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Until the new market was built at Takalafiya, meat was sold under the most unsanitary [sic] conditions, as can be seen in this picture'.

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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Market scenes, Onitsha, 1970, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/43
Scope and Contents

112 x 76 mm. glossy print with enlargement.

Dates: 1970
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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Market scenes, Onitsha, 1970, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/45
Scope and Contents

112 x 76 mm. glossy print with enlargement.

Dates: 1970
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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Market scenes, Onitsha, 1970, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/42
Scope and Contents

112 x 76 mm. glossy print with enlargement.

Dates: 1970
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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Market scenes, Onitsha, 1970, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/44
Scope and Contents

112 x 76 mm. glossy print with enlargement.

Dates: 1970
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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Markets, 1947 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364/2/2/93-95
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...
Dates: 1947 - 1948
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).