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Togo (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

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A pictorial record of life in the Colonial Service in West Africa, 1953-1966, 2001

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 317/2a
Scope and Contents A collection of nearly 900 labelled photographs and maps compiled by J.M.A. Sly, relating to his years on Colonial Service Courses and in the Colonial Service in West Africa. The text lists events month by month. It is mostly concerned with southern Nigeria, but also covers tours to the Cameroons, Dahomey, Togoland, Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia. There are indexes of persons, places and events, animals and plants. There is an introduction by A.G.E. Sly explaining the background to...
Dates: 2001
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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A pictorial record of life in the Colonial Service in West Africa, 1953-1966, 2001-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 317/2b
Scope and Contents A collection of nearly 900 labelled photographs and maps compiled by J.M.A. Sly, relating to his years on Colonial Service Courses and in the Colonial Service in West Africa. The text lists events month by month. It is mostly concerned with southern Nigeria, but also covers tours to the Cameroons, Dahomey, Togoland, Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia. There are indexes of persons, places and events, animals and plants. There is an introduction by A.G.E. Sly explaining the background to...
Dates: 2001-03
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).
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Articles Vol. 1:, 1976 - 1996

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 361/1/1
Scope and Contents 1 Stamps of the Cameroons trace the Country’s History2 Johann-Albrechtshohe First Day Cover 19043 ‘Arrived after Departure of Steamer’ and ‘Sch.l3’ Cachets4 ‘Cameroons Occupation Francaise’ Stamp Booklet5 Photo of Governor Ebermaier in Kamerun World War I6 Ebolowa or what?7 Cancellers of Occupied Kamerun8 German New Guinea and Klink’s Invention: An Intrusion into British Papua9 Kamerun-French Equatorial Africa: Franco-German...
Dates: 1976 - 1996
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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Articles Vol. 2:, 1996 - 2001

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 361/1/2
Scope and Contents 76 Italian Prisoners of War in West Africa in World War II and Postal Censorship77 Vestiges of German East Africa 78 The Origins of the Cape Triangular?79 A Togo Telegram [From Sokode to Lome 11.7.1912]80 Ost Afrika Linie Memorabilia81 Communications between Nigeria and Enemy Territory [World War II]82 The Cleft Stick Endures [Ethiopia]83 Sierra Leone Postal Services Ltd 84 Censored Senegal Postcard [World War I]85...
Dates: 1996 - 2001
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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Articles Vol. 3:, 2002 - 2007

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 361/1/3
Scope and Contents 151 Tombel, Cameroons Postmark Poser152 Federal Republic of Cameroun: the Case of the Withdrawn Reunification Stamps153 R.M.S. ‘Ebani’ on Red Cross Service in World War I154 R.M.S. ‘Mendi’ the Last and Fated 1917 Voyage155 Southern Cameroons in Postal Transition156 Nigeria 1925 RAF Pioneer Kano Flight to Cairo157 French Military Postal Franchise Cachets Used in the Cameroons Campaign158 Where is Kumbo? A Cameroons Identity...
Dates: 2002 - 2007
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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Articles Vol. 4:, 1959 - 2011

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 361/1/4
Scope and Contents 214 Victoria, B.C.215 President Ahidjo Visits Bamenda216 A Centenary: Chipundu lst May 1973 [Livingstone’s Death in Zambia]217 The Cameroons218 HMAS Shropshire: Japanese Surrender at Tokyo Bay, 2 Sep 1945219 Why Posting a Letter in Calvina, South Africa is such a tall story220 Jamaica’s Post Offices Offer ‘New Mail’ Products in New Millennium221 Admiral John Benbow’s Grave in Kingston, Jamaica222 What Constitutes a Correct...
Dates: 1959 - 2011
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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Carding Cotton, 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/198
Scope and Contents

The annotation on the negative envelope reads 'Winding cotton yarn, Ho. Togo'. The negative envelope is numbered '54'.

Dates: 1941
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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Carding cotton, 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/199
Scope and Contents

The annotation on the negative envelope reads 'Winding cotton yarn, Ho. Togo'. The negative envelope is numbered '54'.

Dates: 1941
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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Custom post, Togo/Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] frontier, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/45
Scope and Contents

The negative envelope is numbered '12'.

Dates: 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).
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Custom post, Togo/Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] frontier, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/46
Scope and Contents

The negative envelope is numbered '12'.

Dates: 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).
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George Cansdale's collection on the Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] 1938-1948

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K
Scope and Contents Collection of 197 negatives and 6 modern prints. The negatives measure 60 x 60 mm, save for 160-163 which are 35 mm. Apart from nos. 60-112 which are in a negative album, they are all in small envelopes with the subject written on by Mr Cansdale, some have also been numbered by Cansdale. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions...
Dates: 1938 - 1948
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).
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[Market scene, Togo], 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/172
Scope and Contents

The negative envelope is numbered '29

Dates: 1941
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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[Market scene, Togo], 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/173
Scope and Contents

The negative envelope is numbered '30'.

Dates: 1941
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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[Market scene, Togo], 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/174
Scope and Contents

The negative envelope is numbered '30'.

Dates: 1941
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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Market scene, Togoland [i.e. Togo], 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/170
Scope and Contents

The negative envelope is numbered '28'.

Dates: 1941
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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Market scene, Togoland [i.e. Togo], 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/171
Scope and Contents

The negative envelope is numbered '28'.

Dates: 1941
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

Newscuttings on Africa and South East Asia

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 323
Scope and Contents

The principal part of the collection is a set of thirteen scrapbooks of newscuttings relating to East Africa, particularly Kenya and Tanganyika. The rest of the collection consists of a volume of cuttings relating to post-war trading opportunities in Nigeria and three scrapbooks concerning rubber and mining in South East Asia.

Dates: 1914 - 1953
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).
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Nkonya girl, Wurapong, Togo, 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/185
Scope and Contents

The negative envelope is numbered '57'.

Dates: 1941
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

Robert Maddocks Collection

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 361
Scope and Contents

Maddocks has written many articles on postal history, the majority reflecting his primary interest in the history of the Cameroons, particularly during the colonial period. He is the author of a monograph examining postal arrangements during the conquest of German Kamerun by the British and French during the First World War. His works also cover Nigeria, West Africa, Gambia, Zambia, German East and South West Africa, Togo, Ascension, St. Helena, Papua New Guinea, Jamaica and Barbados.

Dates: 1959 - 2013
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).
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West Africa, 1930-04 - 1938-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 334/9
Scope and Contents

Newscuttings on West Africa and articles concerning the Cameroons, Congo, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togoland.

Dates: 1930-04 - 1938-06
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).