Nigeria -- Description and travel
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Diary of Jean I.C.B. Austin
Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2320
Extracts from diary, detailing experiences as a sixteen year-old in Cameroon and Nigeria, 1947.
Extents: 3 ff., 1 folder
Dates:
1947
Journal of a Rhodesian Pioneer; papers of the Manson Family
Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2247
Journal of an unnnamed British pioneer's experiences in Mashonaland, Rhodesia, 1st August-8th November 1891; sketch of a boy feeding a bird, by Henry Justice Ford; letters, mainly to Mrs. Manson from her three sons, Ken, Will and Jack, 1906-1914; Manson family photographs, c1900, with later pictures taken by Will Manson on the Nile.
Extents: 3 folders
Dates:
1891-1914
Memoirs of Captain H.J.C. Leland
Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2221
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
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Extents: 1 box
Dates:
20th century
Memoirs of Wilfred J. Plumbe
Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2275
Typescript memoirs, c1985, entitled African Morning: Adventures in Nigeria & Sudan.
Extents: 249 pp.
Dates:
c1985
Papers of Alexander David N. Bain
Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1152
Reports and memoranda on water supply, as geologist in Nigeria (1931-1938); extracts from informal diary (1923-1929, 1939-1940); letters home (1926-1938); maps of Nigeria; letters from Bain's wife, Rena (1931-1937).
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1923-1940
Papers of Francis Dennis Hibbert relating to Nigeria and Nigerian schools
Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1960
Articles and lectures on schools in Nigeria, and on Nigeria in general, as a former Education Officer. Typescript.
Extents: 17 Leaves
Dates:
[ca. 1973]
Papers of Stanley Milburn relating to society in Nigeria and Sierra Leone
Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1628
Papers on education, native customs, folklore, history and secret societies in Nigeria and Sierra Leone, including sketches, photographs, articles and notes, 1926-1950. Also, transcripts of diaries of George Ross, Superintendent of Maroons in Sierra Leone, 1800-1801, and extracts from the diary of John Clarkson, [Royal Navy], 1791-1792.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1791-1801, 1926-1950
Papers relating to Sarah Knighton
Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2242
Account of Sarah Knighton's voyage to West Africa and subsequent service as a nurse in Nigeria, 1900-1901, written by her father, Thomas Knighton, with two photographs; letter from Hugh Knighton to John Rabett, 1955, discussing the document.
Extents: 9 ff., 2 prints
Dates:
1900-1901, 1955
Photocopied Typescript by Lady Janet Grace Rankine
Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.2281
Photocopy of a typescript account by Lady Rankine of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Western Nigeria in February 1956.
Extents: 15 ff.
Dates:
1989 (photocopy of an original dated 1956)
Reminiscences of Diana Bridges
Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1634
"Black and white notes": reminiscences of life as the wife of a member of the Nigerian Colonial Service, 1927-1949. Typescript, 1978.
Extents: 100 ff.
Dates:
1978
Transcript of an interview with Lady Violet Grace Bourdillon
Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS.Brit.Emp.s.475
Transcript of an interview with Lady Violet Grace Bourdillon on life in India, Iraq, Ceylon, Uganda, Nigeria, 1908-1940.
Extents: 38 ff.
Dates:
1908-1940