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Sierra Leone (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 508 Collections and/or Records:

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Congregation outside Freetown Cathedral, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/7/19
Scope and Contents

102 x 101 mm. glossy print with copy and 56 mm. negative.

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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Connaught Hospital. Freetown, 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Monochrome postcards showing views in Freetown. Photographer and publisher unknown.

Dates: 1920 - 1929
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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Correspondence, 1959 - 1980

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/10/3
Scope and Contents This file largely contains letters to Smedley, mostly dating from the 1970s. Not all contents have been listed, but items include letters from Sir Thomas Williams MP (President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union), 27 Apr. 1977; from Alan Rudwick (Headmaster of Achimoto School), 29 Sep. 1977; from Alec Douglas-Home, July 1973; from Peter Ratcliffe (British Embassy, Laos), 14 Jan. 1975; from Mr Justice Michael Kerr, regarding family issues and law commission of 1978-81, 31 July 1978; from...
Dates: 1959 - 1980
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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[Cotton bales on railway cars], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448U/41
Scope and Contents

215 x 155 mm. View of bales loaded upon two open railway cars. The bales are marked 'BCGA Moymaba' identifying them as the property of the British Cotton Growing Association and the place where they were produced. Two European men stand in the foreground and African workers stand behind upon the bales.

Dates: 1900
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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Country road, 1905 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone II/19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone, particularly in Free Town. The majority are by the Lisk-Carew Brothers, number 14 is by the Sierra Leone Government, Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, and number 15 is by Ceylon Pictorials. Numbers 20 and 30 give no indication as to the photographer.

Dates: 1905 - 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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[Country scene], 1895 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/37
Scope and Contents

100 x 150 mm. A tree to the left and foliage in the background.

Dates: 1895 - 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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Dancing women in Upper Mendi, wearing a musical appendage called the Bunjue. Jowati, Upper Mendi, 1891-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446F/22
Scope and Contents 109 x 152 mm. A full length portrait of three girls, taken from the rear and in profile showing the Bunjue tied round their waists: 'Figure 67 [i.e. this print] shows three women having round their waists a musical instrument called the 'Bunjue'. This consists of a foundation of palm-leaf rope, from which depends a quantity of short pieces of rattan cane. Fixed to the other end of the cane are several halves of hard shells of large seeds. As the women dance, which they do with great...
Dates: 1891-03
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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Davidson Nicol, C.M.G., M.A., M.D., Ph.D. Principal 1960-68, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446I/6
Scope and Contents Photograph 130 x 90 mm taken in 1966 by a student; showing Dr Nicol at his desk, with portraits of his fourteen predecessors behind him. Those depicted are:1840-1858 Rev. Edward Jones, M.A.1866-1870 Rev. Henry Jones Alcock, M.A.1870-1882 Rev. Metcalfe Sunter, M.A.1885-1889 Rev. Frank Nevill, M.A.1890-1898 Rev. W.J. Humphrey, M.A.1899-1902 Rev. E.H. Elwin, D.D. (later Bishop of Sierra Leone)1902-1905 Rev. T. Rowan, M.A., B.D.1911-1921 &...
Dates: 1966
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).
 Series

Developments in West Africa, 1946 - 1954

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304E/98-186
Scope and Contents

These photographs are chiefly portions of sets issued by the Central Office of Information and are British Official Photographs, measuring 255 x 195 mm unless otherwise stated. Most have serial numbers prefixed by 'DW', and these are given, as indicating the degree of completeness of the sets.

Dates: 1946 - 1954
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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Diamond diggers prospecting in the water hole, 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/6/2
Scope and Contents

194 x 142 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1961
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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Diamond digging, Sembehum: emptying water from holes, 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/6/1
Scope and Contents

194 x 142 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1961
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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Diamond mining, 1950 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/12/1
Scope and Contents

79 x 81 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1950 - 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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Diamonds being valued at Government Diamond Office, 1950 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/12/6
Scope and Contents

79 x 81 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1950 - 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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Diamonds being valued at Government Diamond Office, 1950 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/12/7
Scope and Contents

79 x 81 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1950 - 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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Diary, 1938-02

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 362/2/4
Scope and Contents

An account of Lanning's travel to Europe from Magburaka via Freetown after thirteenth months working in Sierra Leone's mining industry. The diary ends on 21 Feb. 1938 immediately before his ship's arrival at Marseilles (13 sheets).

Dates: 1938-02
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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Diary and anecdotes by N.D. Davis, 1874

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/11/19
Scope and Contents

Some relate to West Africa.

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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Diary extracts, 1898, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 134/7/2
Scope and Contents

A diary describing Mary Ward's return to Sierra Leone on H.M.S. 'Biafra', May 1898, and the impact of the Hut Tax rising, including the murder of the Revd J. Hughes and the Revd W.J. Humphrey, and the removal of P.C.C.H. patients and staff to Annie Walsh School. The diary is written on pages from a duplicate book numbered 29-32 and 34, which were sent to England for circulation, 9 May 1898.

Dates: 1898
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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Dorothy Croxson of the CMS with mother and child at Yongro, 1950 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/11/6
Scope and Contents

117 x 80 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1950 - 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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Dr Michael Ramsey arriving at Government Wharf, Freetown, 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/5/5
Scope and Contents

88 x 130 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1961
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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Dr Michael Ramsey shaking hands with Canon L.B. King, Preceptor of St. George’s Cathedral, 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/5/3
Scope and Contents

132 x 88 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1961
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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Dr Michael Ramsey talking to the Rt. Rev. Percy Jones, Assistant Bishop of Sierra Leone, 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/5/2
Scope and Contents

134 x 88 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1961
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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Dr Michael Ramsey with the Archbishop of West Africa, Dr J.L.C. Horstead (in white) and other clergy on his arrival in Freetown, 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/5/4
Scope and Contents

155 x 86 mm. glossy print with 207 x 162 mm. enlargement; Department of Information, Freetown.

Dates: 1961
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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Drawings, 1962 - 1998

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 360/13
Scope and Contents

A volume containing 36 architectural and landscape drawings in pencil and related media.

Subjects are:

The Commonwealth Institute, London, 1961-1962 (4 drawings)

West Africa Tour 1968 (8 drawings)

Canada 1969 (19 drawings)

Jamaica 1969 (2 drawings)

Gibraltar 1985 and 1988 (3 drawings)











Dates: 1962 - 1998
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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Dug-out canoes waiting for the boats, Freetown, 1905 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone II/3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone, particularly in Free Town. The majority are by the Lisk-Carew Brothers, number 14 is by the Sierra Leone Government, Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, and number 15 is by Ceylon Pictorials. Numbers 20 and 30 give no indication as to the photographer.

Dates: 1905 - 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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Duke of Edinburgh signing his name, 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/4/2
Scope and Contents

158 x 103 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1961
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).