Box 606767605
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Contains 109 Results:
Correspondence with Wallace-Johnson about an article by Rita Hinden in the New Statesman, 21 Sep-15 Oct 1946
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 144-152
Also concerns arrangements for him to visit the Bureau and his letter to Creech Jones, S/S Col., on the non-award of scholarships to Muslim elements of Sierra Leone (copy attached, fols. 151-152).
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
21 Sep-15 Oct 1946
Letter from Paramount Chief R.B.S. Koker, covering copies of two speeches made by him at Protectorate Jubilee celebrations in the Bo district, with a reply from Rita Hinden saying that a digest of them would appear in Empire, 17 Dec 1946-15 Jan 1947
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 153-158
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
17 Dec 1946-15 Jan 1947
Letter from Miss A.E. Hirst, Fourah Bay College, about her reactions to conditions in Sierra Leone, and Marjorie Nicholson's reply referring also to the Freetown Municipal Ordinance, 1 and 17 Jun 1947
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 163-164
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
1 and 17 Jun 1947
Correspondence with Laminah Sankoh about Venture and freedom of expression, 23 Jun-16 Oct 1947
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 165-171
Also concerns 'exploitation' of the people and problems of Co-operative Societies, and the need for a Co-operative Officer for Sierra Leone. See also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 68-74.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
23 Jun-16 Oct 1947
Letter from Marjorie Nicholson to H.I. Kamara, forwarding the reply of Captain Field, MP, who raised Kamara's case with the Colonial Office, 11 Mar 1948
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 172-186
Attached is a letter from Kamara to Rita Hinden dated 24 Jan 1948, asking for the Bureau's assistance, and copies of correspondence between him and E.F. Sayers (marked with the letters A1, J, L, and O-R).
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
11 Mar 1948
Correspondence between Rita Hinden and Siaka Stevens, Freetown, chiefly concerning constitutional changes and labour and trade union matters, 17 Jan 1949-18 Dec 1950
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 187-207
Specific subjects include:
Freetown City Council: fols. 187-188, 190, 192-194, 198, 201
new Constitution turned down by the Legislative Council: fols. 187-189
Rita Hinden's trip to Nigeria: fol. 187
the position of Chiefs in the Legislature: fol. 188
Fourah Bay College: fol. 191
Labour Officers' Conference (Feb 1949):...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
17 Jan 1949-18 Dec 1950
Typescript memorandum, unsigned, with emendations: 'Methods of Government and Administration in the British West African Territories', n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1A, fols. 109-130
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
n.d.
S.O.S. The Bulletin of the Sierra Leone Organisation Society, Vol. II, No. 1: Education Number, Mar 1947
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, item 1
Fourah Bay College, 13 Mar 1947-29 Apr 1948
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, fols. 1-16
Contains:
(fols. 1-6) FCB(47)4: 'Note on Fourah Bay College', which includes comments by Dr Kenneth Little (two copies). There are also two typed copies which omit Little's comments, with manuscript additions, 13 Mar 1947
(fols. 7-8) unsigned typescript about the above note, 28 Mar 1947
(fol. 9) letter from the Bureau to Creech Jones, S/S Col., about the status of the...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
13 Mar 1947-29 Apr 1948
Parliamentary Questions by Kenneth Younger, MP, and Answers by Creech Jones, 16 Apr 1947
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, fols. 17-18
Contains Answers about (1) prices fixed for palm kernels and rice in Sierra Leone, and (2) the Association of West Africa merchants as agents for the government in handling these products.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
16 Apr 1947
Papers concerning the Sierra Leone Protectorate (Acquisition of Land) Bill, 3 Jul 1947-29 Jan 1948
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, item 5, fols. 19-25
Contains:
(item 5) supplement to the Sierra Leone Royal Gazette, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 4008, publishing the Bill (pp. 1-16), 3 Jul 1947
(fols. 19-21) cyclostyled copy of Part I of the Bill, 3 Jul 1947
(fols. 22-25) correspondence between Creech Jones and F.W. Skinnard, MP, and Marjorie Nicholson and A. Margai, 9-29 Jan 1948.
...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
3 Jul 1947-29 Jan 1948
Papers concerning the Police Ordinance, 1947, 13 Nov 1947-1 Mar 1948
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, item 6, fols. 26-45
Contains:
(item 6) supplement to the Sierra Leone Royal Gazette, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 4037, publishing four Bills including the Police Ordinance (pp. 17-44). There are marked passages, and manuscript notes by Marjorie Nicholson on an attached slip (fol. 26), 13 Nov 1947
(fols. 27-28) letter from Kenneth Little to Rita Hinden commenting on the Ordinance, and draft...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
13 Nov 1947-1 Mar 1948
Proposals for Sierra Leone's Legislative Council: Colonial Office release, 8 Sep 1947
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, fol. 46
'Another taxation without representation' by Kon Sengo, taken from the Weekly News: two typescript copies, 16 Oct 1947
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, fols. 47-52
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
16 Oct 1947
'Farewell Broadcast Message' by the Governor, Sir Hubert Stevenson: Sierra Leone Weekly Bulletin, No. 43, 21 Oct 1947
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, fols. 53-56
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
21 Oct 1947
The League of Coloured Peoples News Letter, Vol. XVI, No. 97, with a marked article on the Protectorate Land Acquisition Ordinance, Nov 1947
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, item 7
Manuscript list [by Rita Hinden?] of matters connected with Sierra Leone, possibly notes for an address, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, fol. 57
Letter from Mrs Jacobs, forwarding her manuscript 'Notes on the S.L. Constitution', and Marjorie Nicholson's reply about proposals for a pamphlet to be based on the information contained in it, relating to the implementation of Labour's declared policy, 15 Apr-11 May 1948
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, fols. 86-110
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
15 Apr-11 May 1948
Letter from Siaka Stevens, expressing appreciation of the Bureau's 'self-effacing service', and manuscript notes by him on the Trade Union Movement in Sierra Leone, 15 May 1948
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, fols. 111-114
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
15 May 1948
Report of the Select Committee appointed to consider Proposals for a Reconstituted Legislative Council in Sierra Leone (Chairman, Ragnar Hyne, Attorney-General), 4 Jun 1948
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1B, item 9
Extents: 4 pages
Dates:
4 Jun 1948