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Two-story building with shading louvers built into the eaves

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Collection consists chiefly of photographic prints and slides documenting early 20th century Nigeria.

Dates

  • 1930 - 1972

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

To inquire about access to this collection, please contact the Herskovits Library at africana@northwestern.edu.

Extent

From the Collection: 96 Boxes

From the Collection: 4 trunks

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Related Materials

  • 6N:3:t:3 shows the entrance to the building
  • Probably the other side of the building shown in 6N:7:c:3

    • General

    Location: Ghana

    The caption for the image at the bottom of page 242 of issue 29 of Nigeria identifies this as the office of the West African Governors' Conference, formerly the headquarters of the Resident Minister

    Originally contained in an envelope (6N:9:t/DW_02755) with the caption "Buildings, Gold Coast. Gov. Conference Office. Split Partings (?). Shingles"

    Item category: Building exteriors

    Library Details

    Library Details

    Part of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Repository

    https://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/herskovits-library/
    Contact:
    Main Library, 5th Floor, East Tower
    1970 Campus Drive
    Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
    847-467-3084