Search

Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP506/1 Digitised Content Platform Endangered Archives Programme

1. EAP506/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP506/1
Title:
Buea National Archives: Bamenda Divisional Office Records [1916-1967]
Scope & Content:
This collection (74 folders) is part of a wider collection including about 1291 folders amounting to about 188,250 pages of text material, in addition to a number of maps on cloth or paper. The collection includes all the files created by either the Bamenda Divisional Office (1917-1949, 1954-197...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and German
Date Range:
1916-1967
Extent:
74 electronic folders containing 8,013 TIFF images

2. EAP506/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP506/1/1
Title:
Ethnography various records [1916-1967]
Scope & Content:
The 74 folders copied are part of a wider series including probably more than 10,000 sheets. The files generally contain correspondence, Intelligence reports, Assessment reports, maps, population surveys, pictures, and drawings mostly relating to villages within the territory administered under ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and German
Date Range:
1916-1967
Extent:
74 electronic folders containing 7,991 TIFF images

3. EAP506/1/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP506/1/1/1
Title:
Bamenda Division Native Customs, Report on 1921 [1920-1922]
Scope & Content:
The file is made up of one report (in two parts), some telegrams, memos, and notes, concerning the native customs found in the Bamenda area in 1920-1921. It addresses topics such as marriage customs, burial customs, divination, jujus (secret societies), deities, land, trade, inheritance, clothin...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1922
Extent:
102 TIFF images

4. EAP506/1/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP506/1/1/2
Title:
Assessment-Instruction, correspondence and reports [1922]
Scope & Content:
The file is made up of Memos, telegrams, reports, extracts, notes, Handing over notes from Buea, Bamenda and Mamfe divisions, from Fungong area, from Buea Residence Office, from Banso, Victoria, all produced in 1922. Those items talk about the ethnographic assessment Instructions regarding and r...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1922
Extent:
247 TIFF Images

5. EAP506/1/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP506/1/1/3
Title:
Intelligence reports. General correspondence. Instructions. [1920-1967]
Scope & Content:
The file is made up of varied reports and correspondence and two maps pertaining to Bamenda Division. 1- In an older system of arrangement the folder has the file number B.3063. 2-This file has a map and a summary on Bamenda Division.3- All the sheets are very fragile including the maps and the ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1920-1967
Extent:
279 TIFF format

6. EAP506/1/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP506/1/1/4
Title:
Hand-over notes from I.F.W. Schofield, ESQUIRE to M.H.W. Swabey, ESQUIRE [1938]
Scope & Content:
The file is made up of handing over notes from Mr I.F.W. Schofield, outgoing District officer of the Bamenda Division to Mr M.H.W. Swabey, incoming District Officer of the same division, produced in 1938 . Some notes are handwritten on the sheet on the margin and there is also a small sheet of p...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
74 TIFF Images

7. EAP506/1/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP506/1/1/5
Title:
Hand-over notes Bamenda Division from Dr. M.D.W. Jeffreys, Snr Dist. Officer to I.F.W. Schofield, Esq., District Officer [1939]
Scope & Content:
The file is made up of handing over notes from Dr. M.D.W. Jeffreys, Senior District Officer of the Bamenda Division to Mr I.F.W. Schofield Esquire, District Officer of the same division, and appendix produced in 1939. Some notes are handwritten at the margin of some sheets. 26 sheets excluding ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939
Extent:
54 TIFF Images

8. EAP506/1/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP506/1/1/6
Title:
League of Nations Report, 1939, Bamenda Division [1939]
Scope & Content:
The file is made up of the report of the League of Nations on the Bamenda Division produced in 1939. The file has a table of contents at the beginning. On the cover there is a number (178) probably referring to an older system of arrangement, the file is bound with three metal tags. 43 sheets e...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939
Extent:
90 TIFF Images

9. EAP506/1/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP506/1/1/7
Title:
Notes of inspection of His Honour's visit to Bamenda 12-22 September 1940
Scope & Content:
The file is composed of text and statistic notes concerning the inspection tour around the Bamenda Division by His Honour, the Chief commissioner, G.G. Shute in 1940. The original file number is 2036 (double-checked on Archives index cards). Below the title on the cover we read "See Also refer...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
193 TIFF images

10. EAP506/1/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP506/1/1/8
Title:
Bamenda Divisional summary 1942. By F.M. Woodhouse, D.O.
Scope & Content:
The file is made up of report, statistical charts summarising the situation of the criminal cases in the various areas of the Bamenda Division, produced in 1942. The file has another reference which is the file number given by the creator of the original material (B635) 9 sheets excluding the ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
36 TIFF Images