Box 606767606
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Contains 50 Results:
Colonial Office press release: 'Constitutional changes in Sierra Leone - approval by the Secretary of State', 24 Oct 1956
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fols. 24-25
Central Office of Information, No. R. 3434: 'Constitutional progress in Sierra Leone', Nov 1956
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fols. 26-30
Petition to the Queen from the Union of the Descendants of the Free Community of Settlers (signed by Rowland Thomas, President, and Virtue J. Harris, Secretary), for the separation of the Protectorate of Sierra Leone from the Colony, 7 Nov 1956
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fols. 31-36
Manuscript note on fol. 31 states that Callaghan had asked a Parliamentary Question.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
7 Nov 1956
Weekly Bulletin, p. 1, with list of nine ministers in the new Executive Council, 21 May 1957
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fol. 37
Daily Mail, Freetown, p. 1 of 17 issues and some other cuttings, chiefly concerning the election, 23 May-20 Aug 1957
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fols. 38-61
There are many references to Siaka Stevens, Dr Margai, and Albert Margai, as well as to Bankole Timothy.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
23 May-20 Aug 1957
'The Diamond Smugglers' by Ian Fleming: London Sunday Times, pp. 12-13, 15 Sep 1957
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fols. 62-63
Sierra Leone Observer, with article on illicit diamond trade in Sierra Leone, 28 Sep 1957
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fols. 64-67
Movement for Colonial Freedom: notice of press conference given for Dr Blyden, President of the Sierra Leone Independence Movement, 2 Nov 1957
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fols. 68-70
Also includes a copy of a letter presented by him to Alan Lennox-Boyd, S/S Col.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
2 Nov 1957
Correspondence with A.E. Kome, Albert Academy, Freetown, about FCB membership and publications, 6 Oct 1956-17 Feb 1959
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fols. 1-5
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
6 Oct 1956-17 Feb 1959
Cable from Councillor D.N.K. Browne, Combined Ratepayers' Association, to James Callaghan, MP, requesting the delay of nomination day, 18 Apr 1957
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fols. 6-7
Correspondence with E.O. Daodu, Fourah Bay College, about his work and his use of FCB pamphlets, 25 Jul, 22 Aug 1957
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fols. 8-9
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
25 Jul, 22 Aug 1957
Letter to Mbiwra and Blyden, inviting them to visit the Bureau while in London, and referring to the 'diamond problem' and the Selection Trust, 31 Oct 1957
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fol. 10
Correspondence with A.S. Okwu, Fourah Bay College, about publications and the formation of a discussion group in the college, 9 and 17 Jan 1958
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fols. 11-12
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
9 and 17 Jan 1958
Letter from E.W. Blyden, Freetown, to Betts about the financial crisis in Sierra Leone and the Delegation to the UK, and Betts's reply, 23 Jul 1958-Feb 1959
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fols. 13-15
Also includes a letter from Hilda Selwyn-Clarke to Blyden about his overdue subscription.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
23 Jul 1958-Feb 1959
Letter from C. Hoskyns to the Publicity Secretary, People's National Party, 17 Mar 1959
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fol. 16
Letter from C. Hoskyns to the Publicity Secretary, People's National Party asking for a copy of the policy statement issued on 21 Feb 1959.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
17 Mar 1959
Letter to Dr Davidson Nicol, Senior Pathologist, Freetown, referring to his visit to London, and asking him to send the Bureau any information that might be of use to Labour MPs, 2 Jul 1959
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fol. 17
Letter to Bankole Timothy, Office of Information, Freetown, about his return to Sierra Leone and consequent resignation from the Bureau Committee, 25 Aug 1959
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fol. 18
Correspondence with R.B. Kowa, Resident Minister for the Southern Province, about membership, 2 and 9 Oct 1962
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fols. 19-21
A cutting from an African paper is attached about a speech by him, with a photograph.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
2 and 9 Oct 1962
Letter from John Syson, Secretary, Commonwealth Committee, to Siaka Stevens, about the reorganisation of the Bureau and Creech Jones's retirement from the post of Chairman, 21 Jun 1963
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, fols. 22-23
Sierra Leone Sessional Papers Nos 1 and 2, 1956
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/87, folder 4, items 1-2
No. 1, The Government's Proposals for Constitutional Change (Historical Background) and No. 2, The Government's Proposals for Constitutional Change.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
1956