Memoranda and other papers: 'General, unclassified', 1945-1962
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Contains:
- (item 1) 'Half-a-century': lines on his 50th birthday, by J.B. Danquah, printed leaflet sent to Rita Hinden, 1945
- (item 2) 'The Gold Coast - an historical approach', by G.B. Cartland, United Empire, May-Jun 1947
- (fols. 1-7) petition from the Gold Coast Ex-Servicemen's Union (B.E.A. Tamakloe, General Secretary) to the Governor, Sir Gerald Creasey, and the government's reply signed by Robert Scott, Colonial Secretary, 28 Feb 1948
- (fols. 8-8A) telegram from the Governor of the Gold Coast (Ghana) to the Secretary of State about meetings with a delegation from the Trades Union Congress (TUC), 20 Mar 1948
- (fols. 9-9A) Parliamentary Question by Skinnard about the Sachs Commission of Inquiry in the Gold Coast (Ghana), concerning customs and imports, and a reply by Rees-Williams, U-S/S Col., 28 Jul 1948
- (fols. 10-17) 'The Immigration Directive and Powers of the Legislative Council': typescript of a Motion made in Council, initialled by Danquah, 16 Mar 1949
- (item 3) The Gold Coast Observer: incomplete copy, with a marked passage on Dr Malan's attitude to Seretse Khama's marriage, 15 Jul 1949
- (fols. 18-20) 'Notes on conditions in the Gold Coast': paper prepared by the Royal Empire Society, Oct 1950
- (fols. 21-31) Gold Coast Bulletin, Supplements Nos 5, 8-15, 17, and 18, 25 Apr-15 Aug 1951
- (item 4) 'The Gold Coast': an address by Lord Hemingford at the Annual Meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society (pp. 8), 3 Sep 1953
- (fols. 32-34) printed copy of correspondence concerning allegations of bribery made against George Padmore, including a letter from him to Mr Justice Korsah, Chairman of the Braimah Enquiry Commission, and a reply, 3-13 Jan 1954
- (fols. 35-37) Facts about the Gold Coast (Ghana), issued by the Central Office of Information, No. R. 2759, 29 Mar 1954
- (fols. 38-39) copy of a letter from Captain E. Hinden, Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), stationed at Kumasi, about 'the particular part of Africa in which I live', n.d.
- (fols. 40-43) paper by Danquah entitled 'This indenture ...' concerning trusteeship of former colonial territories, and the alternatives, n.d.
- (item 5) Rural Life Journal, No. 7, containing a summary (pp. 5-10) of the lecture on village life in West Africa given by Mrs George Lawson, University College, Achimota, Feb 1956
- (fol. 44) list of Officers of the Gold Coast Union of Great Britain and Ireland, 3 Sep 1956
- (item 6) 'The making of Ghana': booklet issued by the Central Office of Information (COI) (pp. 46), Dec 1956
- (fols. 45-48) Facts about the Gold Coast (Ghana), issued by the Central Office of Information (COI), No. R. 3213, Jan 1957
- (fols. 49-53) facts and figures compiled by the Ghana Students' Socialist Movement, comparing Nkrumah's words with his actions, [1957]
- (fols. 54-55) 'Technical Assistance': article in Ghana Weekly Review, pp. 1 and 6, 23 Oct 1957
- (fol. 56) 'Technical Assistance Board appoints resident representative for Ghana': UN Department of Public Information, advance release, 3 Dec 1957
- (fols. 57-60) typescript memoranda on Ghana, concerning exports, the cocoa industry, the constitution, and political differences, 26 Feb 1958
- (item 7) 'Bandung, Cairo and Accra', a report on the First Conference of Independent African States by Colin Legum, published by the Africa Bureau, London (pp. 32), 1958
- (fol. 61) talk broadcast by Colin Legum about the Accra conference: The Listener, p. 722, 1 May 1958
- (fols. 62-64) review of events in Ghana, by S.M. Jimah, 6 Jun 1958
- (fol. 65) note about the visit to Ghana of Jack Bailey, a British Officer of the Co-operative Movement, n.d.
- (fols. 66-67) 'Ghana - the morning after' by G. Abednego Acquah, issued by the Bureau of Ghana Affairs, Jun 1958
- (fols. 68-94) two handwritten drafts of an article on Ghana by Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke, reviewing progress since 1957, 1 Mar 1962.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-1962
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 4
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk