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Liberia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Celebration, Bassa, 1938 - 1950

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448P/9
Scope and Contents

85 x 60 mm. duplicate of Y30468O/122.

Dates: 1938 - 1950
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

Chapter 7, 1902-12-21 - 1903-06-30

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 356/1/7
Scope and Contents

10 sheets.

Dates: 1902-12-21 - 1903-06-30
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

Depositions, 1930-04-30 - 1930-08-12

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8/3
Scope and Contents

Evidence (170 pages) gathered by the commission during meetings with the chiefs and people of Kakata and Monrovia. The file includes an index.

Dates: 1930-04-30 - 1930-08-12
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

Depositions, 1930-04 - 1930-06

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8/4
Scope and Contents

Evidence (100 pages) gathered by the commission.

Dates: 1930-04 - 1930-06
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).
 File

Depositions, 1930-04-13 - 1930-08-12

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8/5
Scope and Contents

Evidence (100 pages) gathered by the commission.

Dates: 1930-04-13 - 1930-08-12
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

Depositions, 1930-04 - 1930-07

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8/6
Scope and Contents

Evidence (60 pages) gathered by the commission.

Dates: 1930-04 - 1930-07
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

Diary, 1930-02-11 - 1930-10-16

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8/1
Scope and Contents

Diary (circa 180 pages) kept by Christy recording the investigative work of the commission and the composition of its report.

Dates: 1930-02-11 - 1930-10-16
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

Drawings, 1962 - 1998

 File
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).
 File

Exhibits and correspondence, 1930-07-07 - 1930-09-11

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8/2
Scope and Contents

File containing the commission's terms of reference and the evidence it gathered during its enquiry. It includes an index to the 102 items.

Dates: 1930-07-07 - 1930-09-11
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

International Commission of Enquiry into the Existence of Slavery and Forced Labour in the Republic of Liberia, 1930-02 - 1930-09

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8
Scope and Contents

Papers written and collected by Christy during his tenure as Chairman of the Commission set up by the League of Nations. The other members of the Commission were Dr Charles Spurgeon Johnson, representing the United States, and the Hon. Arthur Barclay, a former President of Liberia.

Dates: 1930-02 - 1930-09
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

Liberia, 1946 - 1986

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/3 Liberia
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs of educational institutions in Liberia.

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).
 Series

Liberia, 1931-01 - 1938-03

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 334/5
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Cuttings from British and African newspapers and journals concerning different parts of Africa, particularly South Africa. There is an index to part of the collection.

Dates: 1931-01 - 1938-03
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).
 Series

[Non-Commonwealth Universities], 1946 - 1986

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/3
Scope and Contents

Includes material on Universities in countries outside the Commonwealth of Nations.

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).
 File

Report of the International Commission of Enquiry into the Existence of Slavery and Forced Labour in the Republic of Liberia, 1930-08 - 1931

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/8/7
Scope and Contents

The file (circa 280 pages) contains material related to the appointment of the commission, the definition of its terms of reference, the publication of its official report, and the response of the Liberian, British and American governments to its findings and recommendations.

Dates: 1930-08 - 1931
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

Smedley and Liberian diplomat, 1970 - 1972

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/12/17
Scope and Contents

245 x 190 mm black and white photograph of Smedley with an unidentified Liberian diplomat.

Dates: 1970 - 1972
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).