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Nigeria

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Neil Bernard (1909-1991)

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 46
Scope and Contents The material consists of papers, reports, correspondence, articles and press cuttings relating to: (1) South Africa: includes some early records such as on Lovedale (1884-1950s), material on the Paris Evangelical Society (1917-1960s), and material on the reaction of the churches to events in South Africa (1960s-1970s). (2) Zimbabwe: with material on Christian reaction to events (1951-1979). (3) Zambia: includes correspondence about the Livingstonia Mission (Rhodesia) Provident Fund...
Dates: 1884-[ca. 1989]

Photographs of Emily Godfrey (1884-1978)

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 20
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of photographs, negatives and lantern slides (3 slides only) showing the hospital at Ama Achara, patients and staff, missionaries, church workers, other areas in Eastern Nigeria including Calabar, and mission work in general; most of the photographs are from the 1920s-mid 1940s but there are some earlier ones of Mary Slessor; and there is also a printed article on the hospital (1937).

Dates: 20th century

Photographs of the elders of Celestial Church of Christ, Nigeria

 Fonds — Box CSWC Small Collections Box 1
Identifier: CSWC 65
Scope and Contents

Mounted photographs of people of the congregation inside the church and outside, with captions

Dates: late 20th century

Records and Papers relating to the French West Africa Company (CFAO)

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-444
Scope and Contents

The material consists of the correspondence and papers of Messrs. Donnison and Edwards, Castle Street, Liverpool, who appear to have been legal agents for CFAO. The items are mainly about property in Lagos Oshogbo, and Port Harcourt in Nigeria, Sekondi and Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, and Freetown in Sierra Leone. There is also material related to litigation in the matter of captured German vessels and personnel.

Dates: 1900-1924

Records of the West Africa Committee

 Fonds — Box Gen.836
Identifier: Coll-513
Scope and Contents

The records are composed of: agenda, minutes and reports of quarterly London meetings, and special monthly reports on Ghana and Nigeria, 1962-1965. There is one report on Sierra Leone, April 1965.

Dates: 1962-1965