| RCS contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| 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 |
| Y30446F |
T.J. Alldridge Sierra Leone collection, 1890s |
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The Weston Collection: Nursing in West Africa
| Title |
The Weston Collection: Nursing in West Africa |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y3043TT-VV |
| Creator |
Weston, Elsie May, d 1988, nurse |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1950-circa 1966 |
| Extent and Medium |
928 images and 2 watercolours; Generally in good condition. |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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Elsie May Weston, who died at the age of 61 in February 1988, was a nurse in Africa.
A collection of photographs, slides, negatives and watercolours. Y3043TT and Y3043UU have been listed in detail by Erica Ryan with minor amendments by D.H. Simpson. Y3043VV has not been listed in detail.
Miss Weston had spent a number of years in Northern Nigeria and Ghana with Miss Gladys M. Pearce Simmonds ('Simmie') - both were nurses and the photographs reflect their work in Africa.
Mrs Collings, Weston's niece, wrote 'I think that the first posting for my aunt began in the early 1950s. I do not know when Miss Pearce Simmonds first worked abroad but she may have already been working in Africa when my aunt arrived. I believe that they returned to the UK in 1966. Miss Pearce Simmonds died in 1985'.
This material was given to the RCS Collections in January 1994 by Mrs Janet Collings of Fulham. It had belonged to her aunt, Elsie May Weston.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, The Weston Collection: Nursing in West Africa, Y3043TT-VV |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This collection level description was entered by SG using information from the original typescript catalogue.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Ghana |
| Nigeria |
| Weston, Elsie May (d 1988) nurse |
| RCS/Y3043TT-VV contains: |
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Y3043TT
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Weston Collection 1.
Creator: Various.
445 images and 2 watercolours. |
circa 1950-circa 1966 |
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Y3043UU
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Miscellaneous slides. A carrying case containing coloured slides, 50 x 50 mm, mostly Kodak. They relate to Nigeria and Ghana.
227 slides; slide. |
circa 1950-circa 1966 |
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Y3043VV
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Miscellaneous photographs. A collection of sheets of card and paper, measuring 320 x 520 mm, the front marked 'Ghana 25 Jan - Dec 1964'. Mounted on these are photographs, some of them cut-outs. Some are captioned, and there may be some duplication with Y3043TT: a detailed comparison might assist the identification of some of the items listed there. All these photographs relate to nursing training.
58 images. |
25 Jan. 1964-Dec. 1964 |
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