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153 x 206 mm. General view of the opening of the Conference showing delegates of the National Independence Party and the national Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons, with Professor Eyo Ita (in white cap) and the Hon. A.C. Nwapa on his right. Seated behind are the NCNC advisers, Messrs Mbonu Ojike and V.A. Nwankwo.

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157 x 151 mm. Northern delegates at the Nigerian Constitution Conference.

Scope and Contents 181 x 243 mm. Picture shows: Mr Lennox Boyd with the leaders of the Nigerian Delegation. Left to right: Dr E.M.L. Endeley, leader of Government Business in the Southern Cameroons House of Assembly; Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria the Hon Chief Obafemi Awolowo; Premier of the Northern Region of Nigeria, the Hon Alhaji Ahmadu, Sardauna of Sokoto; Sir James Robertson, Governor General of the Federation of Nigeria, and the Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria, the Hon Dr Nnamdi...

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155 x 203 mm. Picture shows the opening session of the great Nigerian Constitutional Conference held at Lancaster House.

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155 x204 mm. Photograph taken during the opening session of the Nigeria Constitutional Conference, at Lancaster House.

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155 x204 mm. Photograph taken during the opening session of the Nigeria Constitutional Conference, at Lancaster House.

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193 x 244 mm. Photo shows a general view during opening session of the Nigerian Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House.

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152 x 205 mm. This was the scene in London’s Lancaster House when the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Rt. Hon. A. Lennox-Boyd (standing right), welcomed the delegates to the resumed Nigeria Constitutional Conference.

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The diary (circa 75 pages) records Christy's service as senior medical officer of the Second Battalion West African Field Force in northern Nigeria.

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The diary (circa 75 pages) records Christy's service as senior medical officer of the Second Battalion, West African Field Force in northern Nigeria. It includes accounts of campaigns.

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104 x 76 mm. A slightly blurred photograph of two Nigerian horsemen riding along a road.

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Diaries and medical notes written by Christy during his service in Nigeria.

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105 x 61 mm. A general view of the square white houses of an unidentified Nigerian village.

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Material relating to Nigeria and its Independence elections, 1955-1960, stored on 2 IBM disks, ASC II format, presumably recorded in 1993. There is also a CD-Rom, burned 17 April 2003, containing the data from the disks. These items are accompanied by seven pages of related correspondence, 1992-1993.

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A set of coloured photographs, mounted on cards and numbered, with title card and list, illustrating four of the new creations of 1975-77. In 1975 universities were established at Jos, Calabar, Sokoto and Maiduguri, and university colleges at Ilorin, Port Harcourt and Kano (Bayero - not illustrated). The university colleges became universities two years later. Photographer unknown.

Scope and Contents General view looking along tree-shaded path towards buildings. The typewritten caption (which is a duplicate of a pencilled annotation) on the reverse reads 'Built by voluntary labour. Clan gave 2 square miles of land. 3 compounds built, each for 40 lepers, 1 for women and 2 for men. Village filled to capacity in 12 months and plan being made for extension. Lepers are self-supporting, but pay entrance fee of 30/. [?shillings] which is paid back at rate of 5/. per month to enable them to...

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Exterior view of the single storey stone hospital. The pencilled annotation on the reverse reads '4 bed hospital built by funds supplied from C W and D F (£109)'.

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A pencilled annotation on the reverse reads 'See earlier note'.

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General view of long, single storied mud and thatch houses. The pencilled annotation on the reverse carries the same information as the typewritten caption.

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A single storey stone house with corrugated-iron roof.

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General view looking towards the single storey village hall. The typewritten caption (which is a duplicate of a pencilled annotation) on the reverse reads 'Note stony ground on slope. Stones used to mark paths. Later whole village to be terraced. Work already started'.

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A close view of the hall. The typewritten caption (which is a duplicate of a pencilled annotation) on the reverse reads 'built from funds provided by the Publi Relations Office (£40) and the N.A. [Native Administration] (£60). Not built by voluntary labour - used for literacy classes and also as a chapel on Sundays'.

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82 x 58 mm. View of part of Government House or the Secretariat.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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.