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Kogi (state)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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Early travelling in Nigeria, 1940 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 134/7/5
Scope and Contents

An undated typescript description of a journey up the Niger March, 1906, 6 pages. Ward visited Forcados, Borutu, Lokoja, Wechisu and Barajuka before travelling by train to Zungeru and continuing her journey by rail. There is also a two-page manuscript fragment containing an account of part of this journey.

Dates: 1940 - 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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[Lokoja], 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/110
Scope and Contents

205 x 151 mm. A view showing the town, with the confluence of the Niger and the Benue in the background.

Dates: 1910
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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Lokoja. Confluence of Niger and Benue [i.e. Bénoué], 1908 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/107
Scope and Contents

205 x 147 mm. A view looking down over the town from a hillside, with the African town in the foreground, European bungalows and other buildings beyond, and the confluence of the Niger and the Benue in the background. Lokoja was the site of the first British Consulate (1859) in Nigeria.

Dates: 1908 - 1912
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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Lokoja, native town. 1910, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/108
Scope and Contents

206 x 155 mm. A view looking down over the town from a hillside, with the African village prominent, and other European buildings beyond.

Dates: 1910
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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Our first journey to Nigeria, 1940 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 134/7/4
Scope and Contents

A description of a journey from Liverpool to Nigeria in 1899, ending with the arrival at Lokoja. This is an undated copy made by Dr Elliott from a written account by Mary Ward.

Dates: 1940 - 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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Reception of Chiefs at Lokoja. Sept. 1910, 1910-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/112
Scope and Contents

198 x 148 mm. Showing Bell walking away from a corrugated iron building decorated with flags. Bell's visit is briefly described in his letters of September 1910, although the reception is not mentioned.

Dates: 1910-09
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).
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Reception of Chiefs at Lokoja. Sept. 1910, 1910-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/113
Scope and Contents

196 x 127 mm. Showing a corrugated iron building decorated with flags with chiefs seated around the outside, a guard of honour stationed around the building and spectators in the foreground.

Dates: 1910-09
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).
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View from the top of Mt. Patti, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/111
Scope and Contents

206 x 148 mm. A view looking down on Lokoja.

Dates: 1910
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).