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When the RES Headquarters was rebuilt in 1934-36, gifts of timber for panelling and furnishing were obtained from Empire Governments, companies and individuals. Many were destroyed during the bombing of 1941 and replacement gifts were received. This file coordinates pre and post-war correspondence.

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Paintings and drawings by school pupils in Africa and India and a selection of artwork from other countries, some mounted on cardboard. The collection includes work by pupils of George Stevens, a friend of Richard Carline, who taught at a school in Africa before the Second World War. A covering note by Unity Spencer explaining the origins of the collection is with RCMS 58/1.

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A series of photographs of universities in Nigeria.

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A series of photographs of universities in Nigeria.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of loose prints. The prints are mainly British official photographs representing aspects of development in the colonies and are chiefly 250 x 200 mm. Captions on the reverse, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The prints fall into subject collections.Nigeria: 1 - 8 Udi Village; 9-20 Ogwofia...

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Photographs of buildings, land cultivation, the market place and also gravestones. Originally these images were housed in an envelope marked 'Nigeria and Ghana', although all those captioned (and probably most of the rest) are in Nigeria.

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Cuttings from British and African newspapers and journals concerning different parts of Africa, particularly South Africa. There is an index to part of the collection.

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Collection of 91 glass negatives, 106 x 80 mm; 3 negatives on film, 90 x 60 mm; and 3 modern prints, 150 x 120 mm. Many of the negatives lack descriptive captions. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

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Collection of 91 glass negatives, 106 x 80 mm; 3 negatives on film, 90 x 60 mm; and 3 modern prints, 150 x 120 mm. Many of the negatives lack descriptive captions. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

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The prints listed were chiefly from the files of the Photo Bureau, the majority being mounted on sheets of paper with substantial descriptions, and in many cases the negative attached. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence on attempts to end the civil war between NIgeria and Biafra and bring famine relief for Biafra, arising from AFB's role as Chairman of the Committee for Peace in Nigeria. Correspondents include: Hugh Jenkins on accompanying AFB as a representative of his local Labour party in Putney [London] when AFB next saw George Thomson, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs; George Catlin, offering his help and suggesting that an objective body such as the Fabian...

Scope and Contents Correspondence on attempts to end the civil war between NIgeria and Biafra and bring famine relief for Biafra, arising from AFB's role as Chairman of the Committee for Peace in Nigeria. Correspondents include: 11th Lord Strabolgi [earlier David Kenworthy]; Cecil Patterson, Archbishop of West Africa (2); Dorothea, Lady Head; Bertrand Russell (3rd Lord Russell) disagreeing with AFB's proposal to send a letter urging action on Biafra to [James] Harold Wilson, Prime Minister, as the Government...

Scope and Contents Correspondence on attempts to end the civil war between NIgeria and Biafra and bring famine relief for Biafra, arising from AFB's role as Chairman of the Committee for Peace in Nigeria. Correspondents include: Harold Hanbury, congratulating AFB and James Griffiths on visiting both Chukwuemeka Ojukwu [President of Biafra] and the Nigerian Government and on an open letter sent by AFB and others to Ojukwu and General Yakubu Gowon [Nigerian Head of State], and also on the Labour Party's...

Scope and Contents Correspondence on the ending of the civil war between NIgeria and Biafra and attempts to bring famine relief for Biafra, arising from AFB's role as Chairman of the Committee for Peace in Nigeria. Correspondents include: Lester Pearson, Chairman of the Commission on International Development; James Griffiths on his and AFB's meeting with [Robert] Michael Stewart [Foreign Secretary], also advising writing to Lester Pearson and on his fears for a calamitous end to the conflict (2); Philip...

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Mainly requests to AFB for help, with correspondents including 12th Lord Lothian, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office [earlier Peter Kerr], on AFB's expenses claim for an unofficial Parliamentary visit to Biafra.

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Correspondents include James Griffiths and Sir Colin Thornley, Director-General of Save the Children Fund

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Original diary notes of AFB's and James Griffith's visit to Biafra and Nigeria.

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Includes: annual report of the Joint Biafra Famine Appeal; press cuttings on the conflict; issue of Hansard for the House of Lords with a statement by Lord Shackleton [Leader of the House of Lords] on the need for relief for Nigeria, January 1970.

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202 x 252 mm. A general view of Lancaster House today Mr Lennox Boyd, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, opened the resumed Nigeria Constitutional Conference. All the delegates wore their magnificent flowing robes.

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154 x 200 mm. Photograph taken during the opening session of the Nigeria Constitutional Conference, at Lancaster House, London, on 23rd May 1957.

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151 x 205 mm. The Secretary of State for the Colonies A. Lennox –Boyd (centre) talks with two of the delegates before opening the resumed Nigeria Constitutional Conference in Lancaster House. On the left is Alhaji the Hon. Usman Nagogo, Emir of Katsina, and right is Alhaji the Hon. Sir Muhammadu Sanusi and Emir of Kano.

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116 x 119 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'This man is seriously ill with sleeping sickness but can walk with assistance'.

Scope and Contents Papers relating to the civil war between Nigeria and Biafra, and AFB's visit in 1968, including: letter of thanks from [Chukwuemeka] Odumegwu Ojukwu, President of the Republic of Biafra; letter from 2nd Lord Shepherd, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on reasons why it would be unhelpful to have a debate on the Nigerian situation; press cuttings, including letters to the press and articles by AFB as Chairman of the Peace in Nigeria Committee; text of an interview between...

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This diary (circa 80 pages) was kept by Christy during a tour of Nigeria and Benin to survey rubber trees growing in the wild and cultivated in plantations.

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153 x 152 mm. Mr. Obafemi Awolowo, leader of the Action Group, replies to the Secretary of State’s welcome. 'We must make sacrifices to keep the unity of Nigeria' he said.