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Sierra Leone (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 508 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Duke of Kent leaving St. George’s Cathedral with the Archbishop of West Africa, 1961

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/5/6
Scope and Contents

87 x 135 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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Duke of Kent leaving St. George’s Cathedral with the Archbishop of West Africa, 1961

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/5/7
Scope and Contents

87 x 120 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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Duke of Kent signing the Visitor’s Book at St. George’s Cathedral, 1961

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/5/8
Scope and Contents

88 x 120 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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Duke of Kent signing the Visitor’s Book at St. George’s Cathedral, 1961

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/5/10
Scope and Contents

135 x 86 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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Duke of Kent with Archbishop Horstead at St. George's Cathedral, 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/5/16
Scope and Contents

87 x 133 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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During leisure hours many students at Njala Training College, Sierra Leone, wear native dress; some are here seen walking in the 'quad', 1950 - 1959

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/133
Scope and Contents From the Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). Numbers 117-127 all have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'Young Sierra Leoneans train for battle against ignorance. The Njala Training College.A college where young Sierra Leoneans can learn to become agricultural instructors, primary teachers, and forest rangers is run by the Sierra Leone Government at Njala, a day's journey from Freetown, the capital. On successful completion of their...
Dates: 1950 - 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).
 Sub-Series

Eastham Collection, 1946-12 - 1952

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/1 Eastham
Scope and Contents A series of small snapshots which, according to a note on one envelope, were taken by Professor Eastham.Professor Eastham was a member of a delegation under the chairmanship of Sir William Hamilton Fyfe, whose other members were Professor H.H. Bellot, Professor T.H. Davey, and Mr Walter Adams, sent by the IUC to consider educational developments in West Africa. It left London at the end of December 1946, visited all four British territories, and returned in mid-January. 48 of the...
Dates: 1946-12 - 1952
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

Elephant pad bangle, 1890

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS.4.09
Scope and Contents

A label originally attached to the bangle (80 mm in diameter) reads, 'Native Bangles made from the pad of Elephant which was shot in the Tonchia County (MENDI). These bangles are worn by the Hrubahs or head warriors'.

Dates: 1890
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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Entrance to Annie Walsh Memorial School, Freetown, 1962

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/9/1
Scope and Contents

102 x 101 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).
 Fonds

Ernest Lanning Collection

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 362
Scope and Contents

Archives relating to Lanning's work in Kenya and Sierra Leone, and as a colonial administrator in Uganda.

Dates: 1932 - 1978
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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[European House], 1895 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/70
Scope and Contents

148 x 200 mm. Large raised building, with palm tree in the foreground.

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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Evangelism with modern aids, 1962

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/2/32
Scope and Contents

105 x 101 mm. glossy print; five copies, plus 155 x 157 mm. enlargement.

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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Evangelism with modern aids, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/2/33
Scope and Contents

105 x 101 mm. glossy print; five copies.

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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[Fishing with 'bimbi' nets, ?Sherbro, Sierra Leone], 1912 - 1913

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043O/24
Scope and Contents

205 x 145 mm.

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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Forest ranger Fogbawa A Konno, 1905 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone II/14
Scope and Contents

The postcard is signed on the face in two separate places with 'Fogbawa', and 'Gilette.' Published by Sierra Leone Government, Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.

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).
 Sub-sub-class

Fourah Bay College, 1946 - 1991

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK/263-267
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs of Fourah Bay College which was founded in 1827. In 1960 it became the University College of Sierra Leone and in 1966 was joined with Njala University College as the University of Sierra Leone.

Dates: 1946 - 1991
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).
 Sub-sub-class

Fourah Bay College, 1946 - 1986

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/2 SL/1
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs of Fourah Bay College which was founded in 1827. In 1960 it became the University College of Sierra Leone and in 1966 was joined with Njala University College as the University of Sierra Leone.

Dates: 1946 - 1986
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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Fourah Bay College: participants in clergy conference, Sept. 1964, 1964

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/10/2
Scope and Contents

192 x 192 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 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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Fred Ward, Union College Bursar, retired July 1962, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/8/19
Scope and Contents

102 x 101 mm. glossy print with 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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Fred Ward with guests at retirement party, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/8/20
Scope and Contents

102 x 101 mm. glossy print with 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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Fred Ward with guests at retirement party, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/8/21
Scope and Contents

102 x 101 mm. glossy print with 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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[Freetown], 1895 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/4
Scope and Contents

230 x 178 mm. Similar view to Y30446L/2 and 3.

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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Freetown, 1928 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/4
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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[Freetown from the sea], 1895 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/27
Scope and Contents

222 x 170 mm. Boats in the foreground, including sailing craft at anchor, and houses amid foliage on the shore.

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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Freetown Harbour, 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/10
Scope and Contents

85 x 60 mm.

Dates: 1938
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).