Box 606767600
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Contains 140 Results:
Letter to Dowuona, University College of the Gold Coast, suggesting that he write an article for Venture on the Gold Coast Executive Council, 29 Mar 1951
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fol. 32
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
29 Mar 1951
Correspondence with R.B. Davison, University College of the Gold Coast (Ghana), 13 Apr-15 May 1951
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fols. 33-37
The correspondence concerns the effect of the General Strike of Jan 1950 on the trade union movement, the establishment of educational classes, and ways in which the British Trades Union Congress (TUC) could help in West Africa.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
13 Apr-15 May 1951
Letter to the Editor, Gold Coast Observer, requesting that an acknowledgement be printed when quoting from Venture, 6 Jun 1951
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fol. 38
Correspondence with Busia, Department of Sociology, University College of the Gold Coast, about the situation between the Convention People's Party (CPP) and the Wenchihene, and the report of the Commission of Enquiry, 31 Jan-15 May 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fols. 39-43
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
31 Jan-15 May 1952
Letter from John Thomas about his appointment at the Ministry of Agriculture, Accra, 17-24 Apr 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fols. 44-46
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
17-24 Apr 1952
Letter from Asafu-Adjaye, Ministry of Local Government, thanking Hilda Selwyn-Clarke for hospitality to thirty Africans from the Gold Coast (Ghana) in London, 11 and 16 May 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fols. 47-49
Also includes her reply telling him about the work of the Bureau.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
11 and 16 May 1952
Letter to Nkrumah, about FCB research on Executive Councils, asking for information on the subject, 21 May 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fol. 50
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
21 May 1952
Correspondence with J.K. Hutton-Asmah, Kumasi, about joining the FCB, 6-27 Jun 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fols. 51-53
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
6-27 Jun 1952
Correspondence with Busia about Lord Rennell's statement in the House of Lords concerning efforts by the Convention People's Party (CPP) to stamp out the Opposition party, 26-30 Jul 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fols. 54-61
Includes a discussion of:
(fol. 56) government failure to deal with swollen shoot disease in cocoa trees
(fol. 58) the Wenchi Report
(fols. 58-61) libel actions against the press.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
26-30 Jul 1952
Letter from Thomas, Managing Director, Agricultural Loans Board, Accra, about his work and its problems, 20 Sep-24 Oct 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fols. 62-63
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
20 Sep-24 Oct 1952
Letter from Miss M.E. Nockolds, Prempeh College, Kumasi, about inequality of treatment of African people, and Marjorie Nicholson's reply, 22 Oct, 13 Nov 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fols. 64-65
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
22 Oct, 13 Nov 1952
Letter from D.E. Carney, Headmaster, Ghana National School, Cape Coast, concerning public corporations, enquiring about the FCB book on the subject, 2 and 10 Dec 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fols. 66-67
Also includes Marjorie Nicholson's reply listing other works.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
2 and 10 Dec 1952
Letter to A.J. Thorburn, College of Technology, Kumasi, about his proposal to form a branch of the Fabian Society, with a list of members in the Gold Coast (Ghana), 2 Mar 1953
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fol. 68
Letters from David Newman, Trade Union Information and Advisory Centre, Accra, about the work of the centre and its publication West African Worker, 4 Mar-15 Apr 1953
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fols. 69-71
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
4 Mar-15 Apr 1953
Letter from Neil Hope, Department of Co-operation, about the monthly publication Co-operative News, 11 Apr 1953
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fol. 72
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
11 Apr 1953
Letter from Thomas about problems of agricultural economics and the Loans Board, and a reply from Hilda Selwyn-Clarke, 25 Jul 1953
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fols. 73-78
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
25 Jul 1953
Letter from the Publication Department, Extra-Mural Studies, University College of the Gold Coast (UCGC), asking for a copy of The Co-operative Movement by K.K. Apeadu, 9 Sep 1953
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fol. 79
Letter to D.T. Ackah, Co-operative Department, Kumasi, about Fabian book lists, 23 Sep 1953
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fol. 80
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
23 Sep 1953
Letter from Polly Humphreys (née Hill), Accra, to Marjorie Nicholson and her reply, about the Cocoa Purchasing Company and the Cocoa Marketing Board, 19 Oct 1953
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fols. 81-82
Also includes commentary on the general economic situation in the Gold Coast (Ghana).
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
19 Oct 1953
Letter from Meredyth Hyde-Clarke, Colonial Employers' Federation, to Marjorie Nicholson, 17 Nov 1953
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/81, folder 2, fols. 83-88
The letter is about (1) the price of cocoa and its effect on other commodities and on the cost of living, and (2) Nkrumah's speech on the subject of attacks on the Civil Service.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
17 Nov 1953