Box 606767600
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Contains 140 Results:
Letter from J.B. Danquah, Barrister, General Secretary of the Gold Coast Youth Conference, to Rita Hinden in reply to an enquiry from her, describing the work and aims of the Conference, 20 May 1941
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fols. 1-3
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
20 May 1941
Letter from E.G. Hawkesworth, Resident, Kumasi, to Rita Hinden, about the difficulties of inculcating democratic methods in local administration in Ashanti (Ghana), 16 Nov 1941
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fols. 4-7
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
16 Nov 1941
Correspondence between Danquah, Rita Hinden, and the Colonial Office (C.J. Jeffries), 19 Jun-19 Sep 1942
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fols. 8-24
Correspondence concerns a scheme for the grant of separation allowances to married Government Office rs in West Africa, with a second copy of certain letters; also, cuttings on the same subject from Gold Coast (Ghana) newspapers (fols. 18-24).
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
19 Jun-19 Sep 1942
Correspondence with John G. Stewart, Director, Department of Animal Health, Pong-Tamale, Gold Coast (Ghana), 19 Feb 1943-6 Feb 1948
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fols. 25-80
Correspondence with John G. Stewart, Director, Department of Animal Health, Pong-Tamale, Gold Coast (Ghana), concerning the veterinary and medical services, nutrition, education, and the co-operative movement, with much criticism by Stewart of the Administrative Service. There are references to the visit to the Gold Coast (Ghana) in 1944 of Creech Jones and Julian Huxley with the West African Educational Mission (fols. 31-34). Enclosures include the following:...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
19 Feb 1943-6 Feb 1948
Two letters from Danquah to Rita Hinden, 4 Feb-9 Dec 1943
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fols. 81-83
Letters are:
commenting on the pamphlet 'Downing Street and the Colonies'
about problems of publishing his own work, Pan-World Peace Plan, with a letter from him to F.D. Roosevelt to be sent with a copy of the manuscript.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
4 Feb-9 Dec 1943
Papers concerning the Gold Coast Agricultural and Commercial Society, 12 May-30 Oct 1943
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fols. 84-95
Includes a copy of the Constitution and Rules, list of Officers, questionnaire on post-war development, and correspondence between Rita Hinden and R.B. Band, Hon. Secretary, chiefly concerning co-operative development on the Gold Coast (Ghana) and the cocoa industry.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
12 May-30 Oct 1943
Letter to Danquah, returning his MSS and commenting on his memorandum on constitutional reform, 28 Jan 1944
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fol. 96
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
28 Jan 1944
Letter from J.N. Matson, Dunkwa, to Rita Hinden about her report, 'Plan for Africa', and her reply to his criticisms of it and of the FCB, 20 Feb-8 Apr 1944
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fols. 97-100
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
20 Feb-8 Apr 1944
Letter from H.B. Bruton, Accra, covering his subscription, 20 Feb 1944
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fol. 101
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
20 Feb 1944
Letter to Mrs E. Meyerowitz, Achimota College, about Creech Jones's visit to West Africa and the activities of the Bureau, 16 May 1944
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fol. 102
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
16 May 1944
Two letters from Charles M. Morrison, Presbyterian Training College, Akropong Akwapim, 24 May-20 Dec 1944
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fols. 103-106
Letters concern:
the Deportation (British Subjects) Ordinance No. 17 of 1944
differences between the rates of pay of African and European medical officers
the new Native Authorities Ordinance
a reply from Rita Hinden (fol. 104) refers to the above topic, and to the new cocoa scheme.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
24 May-20 Dec 1944
Letter from Joe S. Annan, Sekondi about forming a Discussion Group, 13 Jul 1944
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fol. 107
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
13 Jul 1944
Letter from I.L. Esbun, Wesley College, Kumasi, about the possibility of starting a branch of the Fabian Society in Kumasi, and Rita Hinden's reply, 16 and 27 Sep 1944
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fols. 108-109
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
16 and 27 Sep 1944
Letter to Brigadier G.M. Findlay, HQ West African Forces, Accra, about conditions in West Africa, 6 Oct 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fol. 110
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
6 Oct 1945
Letter from Hawkesworth about trade unions and Gold Coast (Ghana) development, 22 Feb 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fols. 111-113
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
22 Feb 1945
Letter from Morrison analysing the reaction of Gold Coast (Ghana) farmers to the cocoa scheme, and about the great demand for school education, 3 Mar, 20 Jun 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fols. 114-117
Also includes Rita Hinden's reply that is concerned chiefly with the questions of political advance and colonial development and welfare.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
3 Mar, 20 Jun 1945
Two letters from C. Thurston Shaw, and a reply from Rita Hinden, about consulting the Registrar of Companies on the Gold Coast (Ghana) in Accra, 3 Mar-22 Apr 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fols. 118-120
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
3 Mar-22 Apr 1945
Letter from Peter Canham, District Officer, Ashanti (Ghana), and Rita Hinden's reply about the cocoa scheme, 1 Apr-4 May 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fols. 121-122
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
1 Apr-4 May 1945
Letter from Dr Meyer Fortes, West African Institute of Industries, Arts and Social Science, Accra, 15 Apr, 11 Jul 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fols. 123-124
Letter comments on Fabian Colonial Essays and the cocoa scheme. Also includes Rita Hinden's reply.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
15 Apr, 11 Jul 1945
Letter from Oliver Stanley, S/S Col., to R.W. Sorensen, MP, about complaints by 'peasants' in the gold mining area of Ilesha, 16 May 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 1, fol. 125
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
16 May 1945