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

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

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...

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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.

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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.

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

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...

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 &...

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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.

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194 x 142 mm. glossy print.

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194 x 142 mm. glossy print.

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79 x 81 mm. glossy print.

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79 x 81 mm. glossy print.

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79 x 81 mm. glossy print.

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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).

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Some relate to West Africa.

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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.

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117 x 80 mm. glossy print.

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88 x 130 mm. glossy print.

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132 x 88 mm. glossy print.

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134 x 88 mm. glossy print.

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

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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)

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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.

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158 x 103 mm. glossy print.