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Nigeria

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

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A Part Of All That I Have Met: Kenneth East, 1988

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 56
Scope and Contents

Printed memoir.

Dates: 1988
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Africa tour: Ghana, Nigeria and Rhodesia, 1960-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/NRBK 2/7
Scope and Contents

Spare slides of the visit by [Maurice] Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Stockton], including: various buildings in Accra, Macmillan meeting schoolchildren and market traders in Accra, and the Volta bridge; various images from Nigeria, particularly Zaria; Government House, Salisbury [Southern Rhodesia, later Zimbabwe] and Lusaka [Northern Rhodesia, later Zambia].

Dates: 1960-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Annotated draft of "Nigeria" by Gerald de Gaury, 1955-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/129
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series includes notes, texts and correspondence on literary works by LSA, including: a work by LSA on economics, "The Awakening"; LSA's memoirs, "My Political Life", including the unpublished fourth volume (which LSA died before he could complete); "A Balanced Economy"; a collection of addresses and lectures by LSA, "Loose Leaves"; "The Life of Joseph Chamberlain"; articles, books and pamphlets, many by LSA or with contributions and annotations by him.

Dates: 1955-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Charles Gabriel Seligman: Ethnological Notes

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9396
Scope and Contents

Typescript notes on ethnological sources, letters and other papers.

Dates: 1910-1940 (circa)
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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Colour slides, mainly of overseas visits by Harold Macmillan, 1957-03 - 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/NRBK 2/1
Scope and Contents Includes: a guard of honour at the Bermuda Conference, 1957; the Commonwealth tour by [Maurice] Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Stockton], Jan-Feb 1958, including India, particularly Delhi, and the Khyber Pass, a guard of honour at Singapore, New Zealand, including Dunedin and Christchurch and Australia, including Queensland and Sydney; Macmillan's visit to the Soviet Union, Feb 1959, including Moscow, Kiev and Leningrad, and an image of Macmillan and John Selwyn Lloyd,...
Dates: 1957-03 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Conservative Research Department: reports, 1952-04 - 1954-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/2/97
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: old age pensions; the Transport Bill; the convertibility of sterling; foreign affairs, particularly Germany, the Soviet Union and Korea [North Korea and South Korea]; the Colonial Development Corporation; the political situation in Nigeria; the Economic Survey, 1953; housing; the Finance Bill, 1952; the Empire Settlement Bill, 1952; the Government's first six months in office.

Dates: 1952-04 - 1954-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Correspondence A - M, 1953-01 - 1953-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/48
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Rosalind, Duchess of Abercorn; Konrad Adenauer [Chancellor of West Germany, later part of Germany]; Cyril Alington; John Allen; John Astor [owner of the Times] on LSA's hopes for an Imperial Preference policy being unrealistic; Nancy, Lady Astor; Archduke Robert of Austria (2); Thomas Balogh; Jacques Bardoux; [George] Herbert Baxter (2); Edward Beddington-Behrens; Kenneth Goodenough, British High Commissioner for Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe]; Princess Marthe...
Dates: 1953-01 - 1953-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence L - Z, 1925-12 - 1926-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/12
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: 1st Lord Lloyd, High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, congratulating LSA on the negotiations over Mosul [Al-Mawsil, Iraq] and his difficulties with Saad Zaghlul Pasha [President of Egypt] and the weakened British position in Egypt; Beryl Lafone on the enforced retirement of her husband, Edgar Lafone [Chief Constable Metropolitan Police]; Edgar Lafone; Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Home Secretary [later 1st Lord Brentford]; 14th Lord Lovat [earlier Simon Fraser] (2);...
Dates: 1925-12 - 1926-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence with the Commonwealth Secretariat, 1975 - 1978

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 6/11/1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Mainly concerns the provision of distance learning in less developed countries.

Dates: 1975 - 1978
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Legal Business, Overseas and International Affairs, 1947 - 1978

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DGFT 5
Scope and Contents

These papers mainly relate to African and Asian countries.

Dates: 1947 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open (except for a few files which are closed under data protection) for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Lord Milner papers: correspondence, 1919-01 - 1921-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/42
Scope and Contents Letters and minutes between LSA and Milner on subjects including: Milner's new position as Secretary of State for the Colonies and LSA's position as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies; the Raw Materials Board; policy on Cyprus; Portuguese East Africa [later Mozambique]; free trade within the League of Nations; Milner being pulled out from the Colonial Office and sent to the Versailles Peace Conference [France]; the reconstruction of East Africa; Syria; Imperial Preference; the...
Dates: 1919-01 - 1921-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Meetings with African leaders, 1988-10 - 1991-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 10/1/37
Scope and Contents Rough notes of meetings with individuals including: Isaias Afewerki [leader of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front]; Ibrahim Babangida [President of Nigeria]; Frank Chikane [General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches]; Yoweri Museveni [President of Uganda]; Nelson Mandela [President of the African National Congress] and F W De Klerk [President of South Africa]; Eduardo dos Santos [President of Angola]; John Morris and Paul Boateng; Quett Masire [President of Botswana]. ...
Dates: 1988-10 - 1991-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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'North East Africa', MDR 236/778, 1941-11 - 1942-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND D.96
Scope and Contents

1:4,000,000. Revised and reprinted by Royal Engineers. Printed on paper.
Material for map supplied by LRDG .
Annotated in red pencil.

Dates: 1941-11 - 1942-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Nyasaland, British Honduras, Trinidad, Tanganyika, Iraq, Hong Kong, Nigeria and Straits Settlement, 1924-11 - 1929-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/4/12
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Hugh Clifford [Governor of Nigeria, 1919-25, of Ceylon [later Sri Lanka], 1925-27 and of the Straits Settlements [Singapore and parts of Malaysia], 1927-29], on subjects including the Malay rubber industry and rubber smuggling, the situation of the Chinese in Malaya [later Malaysia] and Singapore, recommending Bede Clifford as the new Colonial Secretary, Clifford's decision to leave Ceylon for Malaya, the financial and political situation in Ceylon, the success of...
Dates: 1924-11 - 1929-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Official Publications, 1951 - 1968

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 17
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

Dates: 1951 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Papers of Alison Izzett

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 407
Scope and Contents Comprises 11 journals compiled by Alison Izzett while employed by the Colonial Office as a social worker in Nigeria, 1945-60. These are arranged by tour of service, and include notes relating to visits, both professional and personal, to the Gold Coast [Ghana], Uganda, Kenya, the Sudan, South Africa as well as journeys to and from England. Three journals relate to subsequent visits to Nigeria post-independence in Nov. 1964 and in 1972-3. Together with a copy of Izzett's B.Litt thesis...
Dates: 1945 - 1976
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Papers relating to Africa, February 1975-April 1979, 1975-02 - 1979-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/4
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence with President Daniel arap Moi of Kenya, General Akuffo of Kenya, Eldon Griffiths MP and Christopher Tugendhat and copy of MT's handwritten letter to Rob Shepherd (Conservative Research Department) for his briefing note on Angola, 19 January 1976 Also includes briefing material concerning Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rhodesia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. Also includes a paper for Leader's Steering Committee and Leader's...
Dates: 1975-02 - 1979-04
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in November 2003 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to individual countries, 1952 - 1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 14
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

Dates: 1952 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Papers relating to MT’s remarks at the opening of the new British Council office in Lagos, Nigeria, 8 January 1988, 1988-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 5/1/5/500
Scope and Contents

For the text of the speech see Oxford University Press CD Rom edition of MT’s Complete Public Statements CD Ref: 88/011

Dates: 1988-01
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in July 2018 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to MT's speech at an official dinner, Lagos, Nigeria, 7 January 1988, 1988-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 5/1/5/499
Scope and Contents

Includes: note for MT from Charles Powell (her Private Secretary for Overseas Affairs)
For the text of the speech see Oxford University Press CD Rom edition of MT’s Complete Public Includes: note for MT from Charles Statements CD Ref: 88/010

Dates: 1988-01
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in June 2018 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to MT’s statement at a welcoming ceremony at the Emir’s Palace, Kano, Nigeria, 8 January 1988, 1988-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 5/1/5/501
Scope and Contents

For the text of the speech see Oxford University Press CD Rom edition of MT’s Complete Public Statements CD Ref: 88/012

Dates: 1988-01
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in July 2018 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Personal correspondence, 1968-04-21 - 1978-12-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/26
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Michael Foot [Leader of the House of Commons] on subjects including asking JEP to abstain in a confidence vote, December 1978 (2); William Whitelaw [Conservative spokesman on home affairs] on subjects including accusing JEP of recruiting Asian hospital staff while Minister of Health (2); Nigel Lawson [Conservative spokesman on Treasury and Economic Affairs] debating with JEP on anti-inflation policy and wage control (2); [Leonard] James Callaghan, Prime Minister; Lord...
Dates: 1968-04-21 - 1978-12-15
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Photographs, 1978 - 1985

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/STJN 8/2
Scope and Contents Including photographs of Richard Stanton-Jones, undated (2); Richard Stanton-Jones and Earl Mountbatten at sea trials of the SR N4 Mk 3 (Super 4), 1978 (2); Richard Stanton-Jones with the Duke of Kent and a delegation from Saudi Arabia, 1981 (3); Richard Stanton-Jones with a delegation from Nigeria, undated [1970s] or [1980s] (1); Richard Stanton-Jones with a delegation from China, 1979 (1); Richard Stanton-Jones with a delegation from Italy, 1981 (1); Richard Stanton-Jones with a delegation...
Dates: 1978 - 1985
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. A small number of files are closed pending review and these closures are marked in the catalogue.
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Published and unpublished articles on Roy Dean's diplomatic career., 2002 - 2003

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 66
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: reaction in Nigeria to the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe and Zambia]; relations with India and meeting Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India; winning the propaganda war on arms control; meeting Jerry Rawlings, Head of State, Ghana; the difficulties in building a new British High Commission office in Ghana, 1984.

Also includes: accompanying correspondence.

Dates: 2002 - 2003
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Speeches, 1960-02 - 1960-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 7/1/30
Scope and Contents

Speeches given by JA [as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office], mainly in the House of Commons, with some background notes from the Colonial Office, on subjects including: the sovereign bases on Cyprus; the negotiations on Cyprus's future; the overseas Civil Service; the Cyprus Bill; the Nigeria Bill.

Dates: 1960-02 - 1960-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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