Box 606767605
Container
Contains 109 Results:
Annual Report of the Mines Department for the year 1949, 19 Aug 1950
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, item 15
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
19 Aug 1950
Petition from the National Council of the Colony of Sierra Leone to H.M. George VI, Sep 1950
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, item 16
Appendix A is a copy, printed by the Evening Dispatch, of Treaty No. 1 of 22 Aug 1788, by which Freetown was sold to the settlers by King Naimbanna.
Extents: 9 pages
Dates:
Sep 1950
Weekly Bulletin Supplement: speech by Beresford-Stooke, on opening the 27th session of the Legislative Council on 1 Dec, 5 Dec 1950
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, item 17
Royal Empire Society Information Paper: 'Notes on conditions in Sierra Leone', Dec 1950
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, fols. 198-200
Colonial Office Information paper on export of bananas to Britain (two copies), 14 Dec 1950
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, fols. 201-202
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
14 Dec 1950
Four letters clipped together, concerned with the imprisonment of Isaac T.A. Wallace-Johnson on a charge of criminal libel, 27 Dec 1939-31 Jul 1941
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 1-16
Contains:
(fols. 1-3) annotated copy of letter [from Wallace-Johnson] to 'George' [Thomas?], written from H.M. Prison, Freetown, giving an account of his trial and subsequent treatment, 27 Dec 1939
(fols. 4-11) two letters from C.A. Davies, Freetown, to Creech Jones, asking for his help in connection with Wallace-Johnson and restrictive legislation in Sierra Leone. The letters refer to...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
27 Dec 1939-31 Jul 1941
Papers clipped together, concerning George Thomas and Sydney Boyle, 11 Jun 1940-17 Jan 1941
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 17-46
Contains:
(fols. 17-38) letter signed '4954' [from Thomas] to Creech Jones, about Wallace-Johnson, government injustice and oppression in Sierra Leone, Thomas's experience in hospital, and problems with newspaper production, with a request for Creech Jones to send him new types and a supply of newsprint for the production of the African Standard, 17 Jul 1940
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Extents: 1 item
Dates:
11 Jun 1940-17 Jan 1941
Copies of correspondence between H.I. Kamara, a 3rd grade clerk in the Treasury Department, Sierra Leone, and E.F. Sayers, Commissioner, Makeni Division, 20 Dec 1940-14 Aug 1941
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 47-67
The correspondence concerns a secret service mission to French Guinea (Guinea) and the Soudan, undertaken by Kamara at Sayers's request. Included are copies of other relevant letters and papers, including detailed instructions to Kamara, and the whole sequence is clipped together in chronological order with the items marked 'A' to 'N', omitting 'J' and 'L'. The correspondence ends with letters from Kamara asking to be given the 'good gratuity' and 'honourable mention on his Record of...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
20 Dec 1940-14 Aug 1941
Letter from Laminah Sankoh, Freetown, to Rita Hinden, referring to a letter mentioning his training as a Church of England minister, his meeting with George Padmore, the award of a scholarship to the Co-operative College, the subsequent establishment by him of the Sierra Leone Aro Society, and the difficulties of developing the co-operative movement in Sierra Leone, 10 Apr 1942
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 68-74
Attached is a copy of 'A Manifesto of the New Church', of which Sankoh was Organiser.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
10 Apr 1942
Correspondence between the West African Youth League (WAYL), Creech Jones, and the Colonial Office, concerning arrangements made for road transport in Sierra Leone, about which the WAYL had cabled a complaint to Creech Jones, 21 Jan-13 Apr 1944
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 75-81
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
21 Jan-13 Apr 1944
Correspondence between the FCB and the Sierra Leone Daily Mail about a Christmas message from the Bureau to the people of Sierra Leone, a review by Bankole Timothy of an FCB pamphlet, and proposals for an exchange with Venture, 19 Apr 1944-3 Oct 1950
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 82-85
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
19 Apr 1944-3 Oct 1950
Letter to Air Marshal Grahame, Freetown, which covered some FCB publications, 4 May 1944
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fol. 86
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
4 May 1944
Letter from the Chairman of the Association of European Civil Servants, Freetown, to the Colonial Secretary, Freetown, about cost of living and separation allowances, 11 Sep 1944
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 87-91
Enclosure 'A' (fol. 91) is a copy of the Association's Resolution on the subject, cabled to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
11 Sep 1944
Letter from J.T. Collender, Sierra Leone, Selection Trust Ltd., to Rita Hinden about his lack of qualifications for writing to her concerning Sierra Leone affairs, 7 Oct 1944
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fol. 92
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
7 Oct 1944
Letter from S.B. Macfoy, Freetown, to Creech Jones, with eight enclosures, 12 Dec 1944-8 Mar 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 93-106
Letter from S.B. Macfoy, Freetown, to Creech Jones, with eight enclosures dated 30 Dec 1943-30 Nov 1944, concerning a claim in connection with the termination of his employment by Messrs Humphrey, Contractors. A reply from Creech Jones expresses regret at his inability to take any active steps in the matter.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
12 Dec 1944-8 Mar 1945
Letter from C. Audaer, Assistant to Controller of Road Transport, Sierra Leone, to Creech Jones, giving details of his career and asking for a post in the Colonial Office, 19 Jul 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 107-108
There is a pencilled note on the letter by Creech Jones, of his reply.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
19 Jul 1945
Cable from 'Electorate Freetown Municipality' about a resolution requesting the suspension of the Freetown Municipal Ordinance, 24 Jul-24 Sep 1945
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 109-112
Also includes a letter from G.H. Hall, S/S Col., replying to Rita Hinden about the above cable and a letter from Rita Hinden to the Central Ratepayers' Association quoting Hall's reply, that those dissatisfied should submit a memorial to the Officer Administering the Government, to be forwarded to the Secretary of State.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
24 Jul-24 Sep 1945
Correspondence between Edgar Parry, Labour Department, Freetown, and Rita Hinden about his work as a trade union official in Sierra Leone, 23 Sep 1945-18 May 1947
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 113-137
Specific subjects include the following:
Wages Boards and Joint Industrial Councils: fols. 113, 115-116, 134, 137
reactions to the Labour victory in the British General Election: fols. 113v, 120
Wallace-Johnson: fols. 114-118, 120-128, 134
proposals for a Commission to enquire into labour conditions in West Africa: fols. 115, 117
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Extents: 1 item
Dates:
23 Sep 1945-18 May 1947
Letter from R. Brown, Labour Department, Sierra Leone, to Rita Hinden and her reply about Parry's proposal that Stevens should write a pamphlet on West African labour, 25 and 27 Mar 1946
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 141-142
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
25 and 27 Mar 1946
Letter to Dr John Karefar Smart, Rotifunk, Sierra Leone, about constitutional changes and the new District Councils, 27 May 1946
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fol. 143
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
27 May 1946