Box 606754935
Container
Contains 12 Results:
File
Nigeria, 1893-1949
Collection:
Archive of George Frederick Sharp
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 281/1
Extents: 11 folders
Dates:
1893-1949
folder
Table of Principal Events in Yoruba History with certain other matters of general interest, compiled principally for use in the courts within the British Colony of Lagos, West Africa, by John Augustus Otomba Payne, F.R.G.S., Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Lagos, 1893
Annotations and underlinings by Sharp. Inside the cover are 27 pages of notes on the book by Sharp.
Collection:
Archive of George Frederick Sharp
Found in:
Nigeria
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 281/1, folder 1
Extents: 138 pages
Dates:
1893
folder
Various memoranda, reports, articles, and other documents related to administration in Nigeria, 1905-1927
Comprises:
(fols. 1-6) Rules for the Preservation of Health. Booklet by Henry Strachan, Principal Medical Officer, for the guidance of newly appointed Government Officers and European residents in Nigeria. It came into Sharp's possession in 1912, 1905-1907
(fols. 7-13) extracts from a lecture by Dr G.M. Gray at King's College on 'How to Keep Fit in Nigeria',…
Collection:
Archive of George Frederick Sharp
Found in:
Nigeria
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 281/1, folder 2
Extents: 30 Leaves
Dates:
1905-1927
folder
Pages torn from The Colonial Office Journal, 1907-1910
Collection:
Archive of George Frederick Sharp
Found in:
Nigeria
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 281/1, folder 3
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
1907-1910
folder
Extracts from Sir Richard W. Burton's Wanderings in West Africa, n.d.
Some pages typewritten, some in Sharp's own hand; all annotated by Sharp.
Collection:
Archive of George Frederick Sharp
Found in:
Nigeria
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 281/1, folder 4
Extents: 16 Leaves
Dates:
n.d.
folder
Folder labelled 'Tours of inspection Southern Provinces (Central and Eastern) 1917, 1920. Northern Provinces 1918, 1921, 1925', 1913; 1917-1921; n.d.
Comprises:
(fol. 1) Southern Provinces Inspection Tour Itinerary, 17 Feb-20 Apr 1917
(fols. 2-4) two letters to 'Arthur' from Lagos about the preparations necessary for a tour and the conditions on tour, 11 Feb-28 Apr 1917
(fols. 5-28) journal describing incidents on the tour of inspection and the country through which he passed, 28 Feb-17 Apr 1917
…
Collection:
Archive of George Frederick Sharp
Found in:
Nigeria
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 281/1, folder 5
Extents: 120 Leaves
Dates:
1913; 1917-1921; n.d.
folder
Tours of inspection (continued), 1921-1929; n.d.
Comprises:
(fols. 1-3) diary - notes taken on a tour of inspection for the Post Office in the Cameroons and the Eastern Provinces, Nov-Dec 1923
(fols. 4-15) diary on tour of inspection as above and on the Makurdie Benue River, Nov-Dec 1923
(fols. 16-24) Tour of inspection of the Northern Provinces, Kano, Zaria, Jos, Kaduna, and Minona, on which Sharp was accompanied by…
Collection:
Archive of George Frederick Sharp
Found in:
Nigeria
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 281/1, folder 6
Extents: 74 Leaves
Dates:
1921-1929; n.d.
folder
Folder labelled 'Nigeria Post Office, Annual P.O. Reports', 1896-1897; 1912-1928
Comprises:
Niger Coast Protectorate, Estimate of Revenue and Expenditure, 1896-1897
Annual reports for 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923 (transcript of Treasurer's Ledger Account for Mar 1923), 1924, and 1928.
Collection:
Archive of George Frederick Sharp
Found in:
Nigeria
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 281/1, folder 7
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
1896-1897; 1912-1928
folder
A paper on 'The Customs and Superstitions of the People of Ondo' by B.M. Carkeek, Acting District Officer, Ondo division, 1921-1926
Prefaced by:
(fols. 1-2) letter from Carkeek to Sharp requesting the return of his Ondo notes, 29 Nov 1926
(fol. 3) letter from Carkeek to Chief Ojumi, asking him to check the customs described in his notes and the chief's reply (copies), 14 Jul 1926
(fols. 4-6) letter from Carkeek to the Resident, Ondo Province, as a covering note for the paper (copy), 26 Nov…
Collection:
Archive of George Frederick Sharp
Found in:
Nigeria
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 281/1, folder 8
Extents: 60 Leaves
Dates:
1921-1926
folder
Stories and articles about West Africa from Blackwood's Magazine, West African poems and parodies - cuttings from magazines, and stories from the West African Review, 1949, 1916-1949
With a list of contents at the beginning in Sharp's hand.
Collection:
Archive of George Frederick Sharp
Found in:
Nigeria
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 281/1, folder 9
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
1916-1949
folder
Contributions to Esquire and book extracts, 1916-c. 1935
Comprises:
(fols. 1-25) contributions to Esquire sent in by Sharp under his pen name of Ridyard Burrington, c. 1935
(fols. 26-31) extracts from A Merry Banker in the Far East and South America - W.H. Young, 1916.
Collection:
Archive of George Frederick Sharp
Found in:
Nigeria
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 281/1, folder 10
Extents: 31 Leaves
Dates:
1916-c. 1935
folder
Sharp's review for the Nigerian Daily Times of My Two African Journeys by Frank Gray and correspondence relating to newspaper articles, Oct 1927; 23 Jun 1928; 7 Dec 1941
Comprises:
(fols. 1-11) Sharp's review for the Nigerian Daily Times of My Two African Journeys by Frank Gray. Newspaper cuttings of extracts from that book. Notes in Sharp's hand on these, dated 7 Dec 1941, give details of his acquaintanceship with Gray, 23 Jun 1928
(fols. 12-53) Sharp's correspondence about the newspaper articles on…
Collection:
Archive of George Frederick Sharp
Found in:
Nigeria
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 281/1, folder 11
Extents: 53 Leaves
Dates:
Oct 1927; 23 Jun 1928; 7 Dec 1941