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Ghana -- Description and travel

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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Copy Diary of Sylvia G. Ward

Copy diary, 1926-1945, of Sylvia Ward, recounting her experiences en route by sea to West Africa shortly after her marriage in September 1926 and life in the Gold Coast and Mauritius thereafter.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2279
Extents: 132 ff.
Dates: 20th century
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Memoirs of Captain H.J.C. Leland

Three volumes of memoirs, typed from his own note-book and diaries, and partly compiled from his correspondence. Travels in West and West Central Africa, January 1897-April 1898 while serving in the Gold Coast Constabulary, with copies of letters and papers relating to the period in an appendix at the back of the volume African travels, November 1898-November 1899 …
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2221
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 20th century
Collection

Memoirs of George Dudley Meredith, with related photographs

"Recollections of Days Spent in Africa": memoirs of life and work in the Gold Coast Survey Department, 1921-1946, with two related photograph albums. Typescript.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates: 1921-1946
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Papers of David Reginald Daltry

16 letters written by Daltry to his mother, [1927]; report on rugby match between Accra and Eastern Province XV, 1927; family tree including Daltry family; covering note with information on the papers and on Daltry's service in East Africa.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2222
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: [1927]
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Photocopied essays by Peggy Phyllis Campbell

Three essays by Peggy Campbell relating to her husband's administrative service in the Gold Coast (1936-1946). The essays are entitled "And the Bride wore Khaki Shorts!" (1939), "A thorn in the Flesh" (1941), and "My African Ghost" (1941). Photocopied typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.2130
Extents: 13 ff.
Dates: 1939, 1941