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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/13/56
Title:: Document from Mama showing a debt that should de discharged before the Muslim fasting period; on the reverse a letter in English [24 Apr 1905]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 20cm x 12cm; Dates 1941; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and roman script (English); Condition: Poor; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun and English
Date Range:: 24 Apr 1905
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/13/70
Title:: List of individuals along with the number of the King’s wives, as well as a mention of taxes; on reverse is a note in English from the Banso court [16 Mar 1931]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 15.3cm x 10cm; Dates The court note is dated 16 March 1931; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and roman script (English language); Condition: Poor; Comments: The “king” referred to here might be “Mfon Musa” was made a claim on the throne after King Njoya’s death and was liv...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun and English
Date Range:: 16 Mar 1931
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/13/89
Title:: Note on medicine by Nji KOUOTOU; on the reverse is part of a letter in poor pidgin English
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 20.1cm x 12.6cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and roman script (Pidgin English); Condition: Poor; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun and English
Date Range:: c 1912-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/13/125
Title:: Note on the process of making medicine, written on the back of a list of items in English marked “Contents of a Bag”
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 14.3cm x 11cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and roman script (English language); Condition: Poor; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun and English
Date Range:: c 1912-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/91
Title:: Letter from Mako to Malam Abdu, written from Bamenda, warning of police arrest; also, medicine to treat pain of the ribcage [25 Sep 1952]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16cm x 21cm; Dates: 25 September 1952; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and roman script (English language) in blue ink; Condition: Fair (torn); Comments: Further study of this document may reveal that the medicine for pain of the ribcage is connected in some way...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun and English
Date Range:: 25 Sep 1952
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/240
Title:: Letter from Sulimanu to Munkalami, written from the military barracks in Calabar; on reverse is a list of names [18 Oct 1933]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16cm x 18cm; Dates: 18 October 1933; Script: Roman script (English language) in black ink and (on reverse) Akauku Mfemfe in black ink and pencil; Condition: Fair (taped); added to the original document is a numeral (in this case, 115) made at some point prior to...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18 Oct 1933
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/242
Title:: Letter to Pafoumjati with request to marry his daughter, along with notes on reverse about a hunting fetish
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16cm x 19cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Roman script (English language) in native black ink and notes added later in Akauku Mfemfe in blue ink; Condition: Poor; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/250
Title:: Letter to King Njoya from Captain J.W.N.D. Tyndall, written from Foumban, thanking the King for his kind treatment of British forces during their stay in Foumban [30 Jan 1916]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 14cm x 19cm; Dates: 30 January 1916; Script: Roman script (English language) and slight Arabic script in black ink; Condition: Good; Comments: Includes official crest of the British forces in the First World War (that is, West African Frontier Force). The letter...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Jan 1916
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP052/1
Title:: Selection of Records from the Office of the Secretary, Southern Provinces, Nigeria [1930s-1940s]
Scope & Content:: This fonds contains digital surrogates of a selection of the Intelligence Reports and associated correspondence accumulated by the Office of the Secretary of the Southern Provinces in Nigeria in the course of its administrative business. The Intelligence Reports were prepared by District Officers...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1930s-1940s
Extent:: 3 files containing 135 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP052/1/1
Title:: Intelligence Report on Obowo and Ihitte Clans, Okigewe Division, Owerri Province, by N. Mackenzie, Assistant District Officer [c1930s]
Scope & Content:: Digital copy of NAE/MINLOC/6/1/215 File # EP10595A. The copy here is missing parts four to six of the Report, and perhaps the end of part three. Also missing are Appendicies II and III.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1930s
Extent:: 15 TIFF images

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