- Annual reports of the Ahafo, Dagomba, Wenchi/Sunyani and Kumas districts, Gold Coast (1939-1951)
- Report on the history and organisation of the "Kamnonse" in Dagomba (1948)
- Photographs relating to Davies' service in the Gold Coast.
Dates
- Creation: 1939-1951
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.s.1878].
Shelfmark:
MSS.Afr.s.1878
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 1500
Biographical / Historical
Arthur W. Davies was born in 1915 and educated at the Royal Grammar School in Worcester; and Magdalen College, Oxford. He was on military service during 1936-1943. Davies served as a Colonial Administrator in the Gold Coast, holding the posts of Assistant District Commissioner (1939); District Commissioner (1945); Administrative Officer, class II (1952); and Administrative Officer, class I (1955).
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Listed as no. 1241 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Custodial History
Deposited with the Oxford Development Records Project.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transferred to the library from the Oxford Development Records Project.
Subject
- Davies | Arthur W | b 1915 | Colonial Administrator (Person)
- Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service (Organisation)
- Title
- Photographs and Reports belonging to Arthur W. Davies
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Marion Lowman
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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