| RCS contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| Y3043QQ |
Logan Collection |
| Y3043R |
West African photographs. 1950-60s |
| Y3043RR |
Band of the 2nd Nigerian Regiment |
| Y3043S |
Photographs taken in French West Africa |
| Y3043SS |
[Oluwaseun Ogunseitan] |
| Y3043T |
Portrait of Mary Kingsley |
| Y3043TT-VV |
The Weston Collection: Nursing in West Africa |
| Y3043U-Y |
Sir Walter Buchanan-Smith collection on Nigeria |
| Y3043WW |
Hawkins collection on Nigeria |
| Y3043Z |
Souvenir of the inauguration of the railway bridge over the South Channel of the River Niger by H.E. Sir Frederick Lugard ... January 31st 1916. At Jebba, Nigeria, West Africa |
| Y30446A-E |
James Carmichael Smith Sierra Leone Collection |
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Wimberley Collection on Nigeria, c.1903-18
| Title |
Wimberley Collection on Nigeria, c.1903-18 |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y3043OO |
| Creator |
Wimberley, Herbert Irvine Arabin, 1868-1945 |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1903-circa 1918 |
| Extent and Medium |
97 images in 6 boxes + 1 envelope |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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H.I.A. Wimberley was born on 16 January 1868, educated at King's School, Canterbury and Keble College, Oxford. After holding the post of Headmaster of Northallerton Grammar School he joined the Colonial Service in 1903 as Inspector of Schools, Lagos. He was Provincial Inspector of Schools, Central Province 1910-1918, save for March-July 1910 when he was Acting Director of Education. He retired in 1918 and died on 28 January 1945.
Collection of 91 glass negatives, 106 x 80 mm, 3 negatives on film, 90 x 60 mm, and 3 modern prints, 150 x 120 mm. Few of the negatives are captioned.
The negatives were given by H.C.A. Wimberley, son of H.I.A. Wimberley, sometime between 1966-70.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Wimberley Collection on Nigeria, c.1903-18, Y3043OO |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This collection level description was entered by SG using information from the original typescript catalogue, corrections from HIA Wimberley's grandson, Geoffrey Allen, March 2006, verified by RMR using Nigeria Staff Lists.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Nigeria |
| Wimberley, Herbert Irvine Arabin (1868-1945) |
| No further on-line information. |
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