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Nigeria (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1850 Collections and/or Records:

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Mr Davidson's house termite hill, 1946-12 - 1947-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK(GS)22
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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Mr Hammond to Glover, 1872-08-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/89
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: 1872-08-12
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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Mr & Mrs Rowlands at Jos (Claude Richard Rowlands, Surveyor, Post and Telegraph), 1928 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/109
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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Mr. T.O. Ejiwunmi, Lecturer in Physics at the Higher College, 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/81
Scope and Contents

Head and shoulders portrait.

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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Mrs Smylie at the door of the hut in which she lived for a month, Gedagi, 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/21
Scope and Contents

56 mm. glossy contact print with negative.

Dates: 1967
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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Mud mosque on the road to Bida, 1940 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/5/7
Scope and Contents

200 x 165 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1940 - 1969
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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Muriel Ikin with Sunday School children at Wusasa, 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/10/3/191
Scope and Contents

154 x 108 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1956
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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My compound running down to Yacht Club gardens on edge of lagoon; you see Cowrie Creek bridge, 1936 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/39
Scope and Contents

83 x 55 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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My house at Zaria in 1913, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011E/53
Scope and Contents 100 x 75 mm. Showing the front façade of the Government Lodge at Zaria, occupied by Bell during his period as Governor of Northern Nigeria. The house is described by Bell in a letter as a pleasant building with well-tended gardens, although 'the Engineer afflicted it with a porch of such an absolutely revolting style that I am going to have the offending part pulled down and rebuilt after my own ideas.' (Bell 1911, October 11). Bell's transfer to the Leeward Islands appears to have...
Dates: 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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My Mounted Infantry escort. Kano, 1910-02 - 1910-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/136
Scope and Contents

126 x 83 mm. Showing Bell's escort lined up on a large open space.

Dates: 1910-02 - 1910-03
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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My office at Zungeru. 1911, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/161
Scope and Contents

100 x 74 mm. Showing Bell seated at work at a desk in his office.

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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[My office at Zungeru. 1911], 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/63
Scope and Contents

105 x 77 mm. Showing Bell seated at work at a desk in his office.

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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My orderly Issa with Johnnie, 1911 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011E/7
Scope and Contents

75 x 102 mm. Showing Issa standing beside Bell's dog.

Dates: 1911 - 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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[My orderly Issa with Johnnie], 1909 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/68
Scope and Contents

74 x 101 mm.

Dates: 1909 - 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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My quarters at Ogoja, 1908 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/47
Scope and Contents

102 x 59 mm. Showing a large thatched building at Ogoja.

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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Names of prisoners committed for theft, who were discharged from prison from the month of March to 11 June 1872, 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/4/64
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
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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Names of the Lagos Houssas [Hausa] who served with the Glover Expedition during the late Ashantee War, 1874

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/10/3
Scope and Contents

The date is approximate.

Dates: 1874
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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Names of the Lagos Houssas [Hausa] who served with the Glover Expedition during the late Ashantee War, but have since left the Force on their return to Lagos, 1874

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/10/4
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: 1874
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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National Economic Council Joint Planning Committee, 1958 - 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 372/1
Scope and Contents

Agendas, minutes and reports relating to industrial, agricultural and commercial projects and development, the census, planning, technical assistance, manpower, transport and finance.

Dates: 1958 - 1960
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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Native communal plantation, Igbashudi, Benin City, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/88
Scope and Contents

77 x 99 mm. A view showing Christy's tent erected among a plantation of nine-year-old Funtumias.

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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Native communal plantation, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/72
Scope and Contents

101 x 77 mm. A view showing a plantation of young trees and illustrating the method of shading the plants.

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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Native communal plantation, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/73
Scope and Contents

100 x 77 mm. A view showing a plantation of young trees and illustrating the method of shading the plants. Photograph probably by Christy.

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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Native communal plantation, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/86
Scope and Contents

100 x 76 mm. A view showing a plot of recently pruned four-year-old rubber trees on a communal plantation.

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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Native communal plantation, Uda district, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/89
Scope and Contents

75 x 95 mm. A view showing Funtumias growing in a communal plantation.

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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Native grain stores - Northern Nigeria, 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/7/46
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1952 - 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).