| RCS contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| Y30446L |
Smyly Sierra Leone Collection, 1895-1911 |
| Y30446M |
Smyly Sierra Leone and Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] Collection |
| Y30447A |
Views of Bathhurst, The Gambia |
| Y30447B |
Views in The Gambia. 1945-51 |
| Y30447D |
Spicer Simson photographs of the Gambia River Survey 1911-1912 |
| Y30448A |
Panorama of Accra, circa 1910 |
| Y30448B |
Accra Post Office. circa 1915 |
| Y30448C |
Garden party at Old Government House, Cape Coast, March 10th 1916 |
| Y30448D |
Sir Alan Burns Collection of Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] photographs, 1940s |
| Y30448E |
Portrait of Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, circa 1920 |
| Y30448F |
Inauguration of the University of Ghana 25th November 1961 |
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Spooner album of Uganda
| Title |
Spooner album of Uganda |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y3045D |
| Creator |
Spooner, T J, b 1862, engineer |
| Covering Dates |
1901 (The date reflects that which is found on the reverse of some of the photographs: '11–01.') |
| Extent and Medium |
24 images; Generally in good condition. |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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T.J. Spooner, born on 9 October 1862, was a railway engineer in India in the 1890s. He was appointed a District Engineer on the Uganda Railway on 1 January 1898 and his appointment was terminated after 1 February 1901, when he possibly returned to India. F. (later Sir Frederick) Jackson was at that time Deputy Commissioner of Uganda.
Album inscribed inside the front cover 'To F. Jackson Esqre C.B. In remembrance of a very nice sojourn in the Uganda Protectorate with the compliments of the author by T.J. Spooner late of the Uganda Rly.' The album was given to H.B. Thomas by Lady Jackson in the 2960s (see Y3046A). The photographs are captioned by Spooner, with further details added in some cases by H.B. Thomas. Most of them show scenes on Lake Victoria, but 11 is of the Mutiny Memorial at Bukaleba, and the proof of an article from the Uganda Journal, March 1958, which reproduces and describes this is also included. Some are dated '11-01.
Presented to the Royal commonwealth Society by H.B. Thomas in October 1969.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Spooner album of Uganda, Y3045D |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This collection level description was entered by WS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche number 69.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Uganda |
| Spooner, T J (b 1862) engineer |
| No further on-line information. |
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