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Greater Accra Region (region)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 144 Collections and/or Records:

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Science Lecture Theatre at Achimota, 1900 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 24/43
Scope and Contents

See Y3044H/32

Dates: 1900 - 1947
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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Section of library, Achimota College, 1900 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 24/40
Scope and Contents

See Y30448H/68

Dates: 1900 - 1947
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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Senior students arriving on the tennis courts, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/219
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Tennis is becoming increasingly popular, and there is a flourishing students club. The members in this group come from three different British West African Colonies'.

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).
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[Site office?], 1953 - 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448T/5
Scope and Contents

'Probably a site office'.

Dates: 1953 - 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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Some of the cows in the kraals at the Department of Animal Health Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] receiving the additional rations of crushed concentrates and hay, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/256
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'A uniform maintenance ration is given to all cows as they are of a uniform size and weight'.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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Some of the girls amusing themselves in their spare time outside one of their boarding houses, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/215
Scope and Contents

Showing a group of girls in conversation at the entrance to the Girls' Boarding House.

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).
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Some of the girls amusing themselves in their spare time outside one of their boarding houses, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/216
Scope and Contents

Showing a small group of girls in conversation.

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).
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[Staff quarters], 1953 - 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448T/4
Scope and Contents

'Staff quarters and a section of newly constructed road in the foreground'.

Dates: 1953 - 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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[Taking the salute], 1940-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/160
Scope and Contents

A handwritten note, in the same hand as the envelope captions, reads 'Accra 1939 or 1940. March past of Gold Coast Regiment before going to E Africa. Salute taken by H.E. Sir Arnold Hodson, Governor. Regiment com. [?commanded] by Brigadier Richards. This was the only series of photographs taken of it occasion [sic]'. The negative envelope is numbered '8'.

Dates: 1940-06
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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[Taking the salute], 1940-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/160A
Scope and Contents

A print measuring 180 x 130 mm. A handwritten note, in the same hand as the envelope captions, reads 'Accra 1939 or 1940. March past of Gold Coast Regiment before going to E Africa. Salute taken by H.E. Sir Arnold Hodson, Governor. Regiment com. [?commanded] by Brigadier Richards. This was the only series of photographs taken of it occasion [sic]'.

Dates: 1940-06
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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Teachers in Training arriving on the College lorry at one of the primary schools in Accra, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/203
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse continues 'seven miles from the college, where they do their teaching practice'.

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).
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The Administration Block, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/194
Scope and Contents

General view of the building. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'On the ground floor are the Staff Common Room, and the offices of the Principal, the Assistant to the Principal and the Bursar; on the first floor are the Library and Museum; on the second floor is the Chapel. Pupils are seen dispersing to classrooms after morning chapel'.

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).
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The African Music Master, who studied for three years at the Royal College of Music in London, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/220
Scope and Contents

Heads and shoulders portrait.

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).
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The Biology Laboratory, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/206
Scope and Contents

Showing pupils performing experiments during a biology lesson. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'In an Agricultural country, Biology forms an essential part of the Science Course'.

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).
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The Canteen, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/247
Scope and Contents

Showing a police trainee in the canteen storeroom.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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The College Printing Press, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/223
Scope and Contents

Showing a student selecting type in the college printing offices. The typewritten caption on the reverse continues 'which takes on outside orders, as well as fulfilling College requirements. It is particularly well equipped for printing in Vernacular languages'.

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).
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The Dairy Herd returning to the Department of Animal Health Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], after grazing and watering, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/254
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The type of country seen in the background is typical of the Accra plains. It is only five miles from the sea, 50 feet above sea level and receives an annual rainfall of approximately 30 inches'.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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The Dairy Herd returning to the Department of Animal Health Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], from grazing, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/255
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Supplementary feeding is given on arrival at the kraals. Types of cows other than the pure White Fulani can be seen. These are unimproved indigenous types from Northern Nigeria'.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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The day at Achimota College begins with morning prayer, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/199
Scope and Contents

View looking along the chapel during morning prayers.

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).
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The Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra which includes the future Accra Dairy Scheme, is being organised by the Department of Animal Health, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/269
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The Veterinary officer in Accra, Mr. S. Simpson, Mr.R.C.V.S. [sic] pays frequent visits to the farm to see that the stock is maintained in good health'.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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The first Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] dairy farm, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/248-269
Scope and Contents A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). With the exception of 255A, they each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'In 1943, it was decided that a supply of clean wholesome milk was required for the Gold Coast Colony. Fresh milk is not a normal article of diet of the people in the Gold Coast, although near Accra and in certain areas in the Northern Territories, milk from the indigenous cows is consumed in small quantities. The first...
Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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The herds being admitted to the kraals at the Department of Animal Health Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/255A
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Cows in milk and with calves are kept separate from the calf cows and fed accordingly. A marked improvement has been observed in the milk yield of the cows and the birth weights of the calves as the result of feeding the cows well or 'steaming' up before calving'.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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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The Housecraft Department, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/210
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Showing an African assistant demonstrating food selection to two pupils. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The selection of food is as important as preparing it'.

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).
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The Junior Chemistry Laboratory, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/204
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'All pupils take Central Science as part of their course'.

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).
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The many members of the College who are members of the Junior Red Cross run dispensaries and carry out other welfare activities in the neighbouring villages, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/222
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved) measuring 255 x 210 mm. They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'Achimota College, in the Gold Coast seven miles inland from Accra is West Africa's great co-educational boarding school, where 600 West African boys and girls receive as complete an education as European or American children. It is a secondary school, teacher's training college and university rolled into one, and in planning,...
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).
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