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AFRICA 3. Photographs and postcards of various places in West and East Africa acquired...
Catalogue reference: CO 1069/3
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This record is about the AFRICA 3. Photographs and postcards of various places in West and East Africa acquired... dating from 1940-1999 in the series Colonial Office and successors: Photographic Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 1069/3
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940-1999
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Description (What the record is about)
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AFRICA 3. Photographs and postcards of various places in West and East Africa acquired by Andrew Patrick Cullen in 1958.
Also included are: (1) a letter dated 17 September 1999 from Jennifer Menin to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; (2) a copy of the 'Game Department News Letter' for September 1948; (3) a pamphlet entitled 'The Nile Water Question' (1955); (4) a letter dated 8 October 1999 from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Jennifer Menin; (5)-(7) a list of exhibits at the Khalifa's House Museum in Omdurman; (8) the 'Sudan Monthly Record' (1954); and (9)-(10) Annual Reports for the Blue Nile Province 1951-1952 and 1952-1953.
Photographs and postcards are individually described at item level.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 74 photographs and postcards
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Some photographs may remain in copyright
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open on Transfer
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Africa
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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This collection of photographs and postcards of various places in West and East Africa was acquired by Andrew Patrick Cullen in 1958 and presented to the Library by his daughter, Jennifer Menin, in 1999. Also included are: (1) a letter dated 17 September 1999 from Jennifer Menin to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; (2) a copy of the 'Game Department News Letter' for September 1948; (3) a pamphlet entitled 'The Nile Water Question' (1955); (4) a letter dated 8 October 1999 from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Jennifer Menin; (5)-(7) a list of exhibits at the Khalifa's House Museum in Omdurman; (8) the 'Sudan Monthly Record' (1954); and (9)-(10) Annual Reports for the Blue Nile Province 1951-1952 and 1952-1953.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Library: Photograph Collection catalogue: Africa 3
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11291601/
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CO 1069
Colonial Office and successors: Photographic Collection
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