Box 606767601
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Contains 108 Results:
Central Office of Information paper No. R. 2193 on 'Constitutional Progress in Nigeria', 29 Jun 1951
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 1B, fols. 305-311
Draft of Third Annual Report of the Eastern Regional Production Development Board, 1951-1952, Part I (H.F.P. Wetherell, Chairman), 31 Mar 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 1B, fols. 312-340
Memorandum of the Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU), submitted in London to the Secretary of State, Oliver Lyttelton, Jul 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 1B, fols. 341-350
Contains proposals to reform the Northern institutions and is signed by B.K. Manaja, General President, Mallam Aminu Kano, Delegate, and Bello Ijumu, General Secretary.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
Jul 1952
Note of an interview given at the Colonial Office by the Minister of State to Mallam Aminu Kano, concerning the above proposals, 25 Jul 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 1B, fols. 351-352
Also includes a letter of thanks from Aminu to Marjorie Nicholson, dated 20 Aug 1952.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
25 Jul 1952
Part of wrapper used by the FCB to hold the correspondence, inscribed by T.F. Betts: 'Correspondence 1944-1952 - Weeded out 1956', n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fol. 1
Letter from Sir William Geary, Lagos, to Creech Jones about war profits on certain articles imported by European firms, 26 Jan 1942
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fol. 2
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
26 Jan 1942
Letter from W. Gerald Wormal, Inspector of Labour, Nigeria, to Rita Hinden, 16 Oct 1942
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fols. 3-4
The letter concerns:
ways of obtaining accurate information about events in Nigeria
the recommendations of the Lagos Cost of Living Committee, of which Wormal was a member, with quotations from the Governor's comments on the Report.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
16 Oct 1942
Letter from A.S. Coker, Federal President, Federal Union of Native Administration Staff (FUNAS), to Rita Hinden, with a copy of the Union's Memorandum of 23 Sep 1943, submitted to Oliver Stanley, S/S Col., during his visit to Nigeria, 22 Sep 1944, 11 Jan 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fols. 5-11
Also includes a reply from Rita Hinden (fol. 11) quoting a Question put by Sorensen on conditions of service among native administrative staffs and Stanley's Written Answer.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
22 Sep 1944, 11 Jan 1945
Letter from E.E. Esua, Secretary, Nigeria Union of Teachers, to Rita Hinden, about the appointment of Rev. I.O. Ransome-Kuti as a member of the Walter Elliot Commission on Higher Education in British West Africa, 30 Sep 1943
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fols. 12-14
Attached is a report of an interview given by Stanley, during his visit to Nigeria, to a deputation from the Union of Teachers.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
30 Sep 1943
Letter from I.S.M.O. Shonekan, Acting Secretary-General, Trades Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria, 3 and 23 Mar 1944
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fols. 15-16
The letter is to Rita Hinden, requesting her help in connection with the appointment of M.A. Tokunboh, the Secretary-General, as representative at the International Trade Union Conference to be held in London in Jun 1944, and Rita Hinden's reply.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
3 and 23 Mar 1944
Draft letter from John Parker, General Secretary, Fabian Society, to the Secretary of the Nigerian Fabian Society, G.N.A. Okafor, extending greetings from the Executive and sending a gift of a book and pamphlets, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fols. 17-18
Also includes a letter of thanks from Nigeria dated 22 Sep 1944.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
n.d.
Letter from Rita Hinden to S.L. Akintole, Daily Service, Lagos, replying to points raised by him in connection with the new Nigerian Minerals Ordinance, 10 Apr 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fol. 19
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
10 Apr 1945
Copy of a letter from Harold Balfour, Minister Resident in West Africa, Achimota, to Creech Jones, 30 Apr 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fols. 20-21
The letter outlines his ideas on the future of the Resident Minister's organisation, and referring to Balfour's tour 'up to the Middle East', and the work of the Demobilisation and Rehabilitation Committee.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
30 Apr 1945
Copy of a letter from Stanley to Creech Jones, about Nigerian Constitutional proposals, referring to Sir Arthur Richard's views on points raised by Creech Jones, 28 May 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fols. 22-23
The letter is particularly concerned with the following:
franchise qualifications
municipal government
Legislative Council
European unofficial representation
the position of the House of Chiefs in the Northern Provinces
the Governor's Unofficial Advisers in the Executive Council
Chiefs of the Western...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
28 May 1945
Correspondence between Rita Hinden and Rev. I.O. Ransome-Kuti, about cocoa marketing and co-operative societies in Nigeria, 7 Jun-31 Oct 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fols. 24-27
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
7 Jun-31 Oct 1945
Letter from the Secretary, FCB, to the Editor, Manchester Guardian, about the causes of the strikes of civil servants in Nigeria and other colonial territories, 13 Jul 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fol. 28
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
13 Jul 1945
Letter from D.A. Sogebe, O.S.C.A. Ltd., expressing opposition to the control of West African cocoa and the Minerals Ordinance, and a reply from Rita Hinden, 19 Jul, 24 Aug 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fols. 29-31
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
19 Jul, 24 Aug 1945
Letter from T. Russell, Land and Survey Department, Lagos, to Creech Jones about the Labour victory in the British General Election, and about trade union affairs in Nigeria, 27 Jul 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fol. 32
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
27 Jul 1945
Copies of letters from the Acting Secretary, Western Provinces, Nigeria, to the General Secretary, Federal Union of Native Administration Staff (FUNAS), 12 Sep and 9 Oct 1945, 27 Nov 1946
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fols. 33-37
Also includes letters from M.S. Sowole (General Secretary of FUNAS) to the Chief Secretary to the Government, Lagos, about the function of a trades union and channels of communication with the government. A pencilled note is attached, about a Parliamentary Question based on the Tudor Davies Report.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
12 Sep and 9 Oct 1945, 27 Nov 1946
Cable from the Association of Merchants and Industrialists, Lagos, to Lord Faringdon, requesting that he grant an interview to delegates of the Association, 26 Oct 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/82, folder 2, fols. 38-39
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
26 Oct 1945