Elmina (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Item
A corner of the courtyard, Elmina Castle, Gold Coast, 1924
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448L/79
Scope and Contents
(PC21).
Dates:
1924
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).
Item
A corner of the courtyard, Elmina Castle, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1924
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gold Coast/21
Scope and Contents
The caption on the reverse reads: 'A Corner of the Courtyard, Elmina Castle, Gold Coast. Elmina, the finest of the old forts on the Gold Coast, was originally constructed by Diego d'Azamboja from materials brought from Portugal in 1482. It was captured by the Dutch in 1637 and eventually ceded to Great Britain in 1872'.
Dates:
1924
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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Courtyard, Elmina Castle, 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gold Coast/30
Scope and Contents
'No. 6' printed on bottom right corner.
Dates:
1930 - 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).
Item
Elmina Castle, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1924
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Gold Coast/28
Scope and Contents
The caption on the reverse reads: 'Elmina Castle, Gold Coast. Elmina Castle is the finest and one of the most romantic forts on the Gold Coast. Built originally with materials brought from Europe in 1482 by Diego d'Azambuja, it was held in turn by the Portuguese and Dutch being finally transferred to the British in 1872'.
Dates:
1924
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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Elmina : Fort St Jago, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/12
Scope and Contents
160 x 105 mm. View of the fort from Elmina Castle.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : Fort St Jago, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/13
Scope and Contents
Closer view showing entrance steps and tower.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/3
Scope and Contents
General view showing the Gateway, drawbridge and moats from within the castle.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/4
Scope and Contents
Similar view, but with the round tower more clearly visible on the right.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/5
Scope and Contents
Dutch drawbridge and doorway viewed from outside the castle showing the round tower and colonnade.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/6
Scope and Contents
Governor's quarters in the Great Court.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/7
Scope and Contents
Dutch architecture, with staircase in the Great Court.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/8
Scope and Contents
Dutch architecture of chapel with Portuguese round tower.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/9
Scope and Contents
Portuguese architecture : arches in the inner court.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Elmina : St George's Castle, 1950 - 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448J/11
Scope and Contents
Market for sale of enslaved persons.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Alan Rudwick collection
Item
Fort St. Jago, Elmina, Gold Coast, 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448N/4
Scope and Contents
242 X 190 mm. Built by the Dutch in 1638.
Dates:
1945
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).
Item
[Postcard of Elmina Castle, built in the 15th century and rebuilt in the 17th century], 1946
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448Q/6
Scope and Contents
90 x 140 mm.
Dates:
1946
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).
Item
St. George's Castle, 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448N/5
Scope and Contents
244 x 190 mm. Built by the Portuguese in 1482 and handed over to the British in 1872.
Dates:
1945
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
'Thirty years ago': reminiscences by Philip Tengely
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 143
Scope and Contents
Unpublished typescript and manuscript reminiscences of Tengely's service in West Africa, 134 pages, with 12 inserted photographs. The account describes Accra, Elmina, Abbeokuta, Ibadan, Sierra Leone and Benin, with particular reference to African traditions, ceremonies and beliefs. There is an accompanying letter from the author to the Royal African Society, 22 June 1939, and the Society's acknowledgement, 26 June 1939.
Dates:
1939
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library