Africa, West: The Gold Coast (Ghana) and Sierra Leone, 1909-1957

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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 412/40

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Folders 1-4: Mining:

folder 1 (items 1-4) engrossed and printed copies of Agreements between London-based companies with Gold Coast (Ghana) interests, 1909-1914; and (items 5-13) indentures made by local chiefs and people leasing land in the districts of Obuasi, Mansu-Newanta, Wassaw, and Lower Wassaw, 1931-1933
folder 2 (items 1-4) Gold Coast Gazettes Nos. 5 and 9 (Jan 1933), and publications about mining on the Gold Coast (Ghana) (unfoliated), 1933; 1943; and 1950
folder 3 (fols. 1-77) Miscellaneous properties: Correspondence and memoranda on propositions submitted to Central Mining, with related press cuttings on properties and gold mining companies operating on the Gold Coast (Ghana), 1932-1935 and 1942-1957
folder 4 (fols. 1-35, items 1-4) General reviews: Press cuttings from British newspapers and Gold Coast Government Gazettes: all concerning the interaction between the administration, local politics and economics, and the gold mining industry, 1933 and 1943-1956
folder 5 (items 1-2) Sierra Leone: Confidential report to members by E.M. Hyde-Clarke, of the Colonial Employers Federation, on labour problems in Sierra Leone (item 1: 16 cyclostyled pp., with 2 appendices; item 2: graph), Sep, Nov 1953

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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 412/40

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