Guide to the West Africa photograph album Bernath Mss 469
Finding aid prepared by Edward C. Fields, 2014.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-9010
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Title: West Africa photograph album
Identifier/Call Number: Bernath Mss 469
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.92 linear feet
(1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1938-1942
Abstract: Gold Coast Colony, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, circa 1938-1942. Photograph album of trade and transport in British
Crown Colonies of West Africa, kept by Major Clarence Henry, whilst on the SS Nigerian cargo steam ship.
Creator:
Henry, Clarence, Major, 1895-1973
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], West Africa photograph album, Bernath Mss 469. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Library purchase, 2014.
Major Clarence Henry whilst on the SS Nigerian cargo steam ship kept a photograph album of trade and transport in British
Crown Colonies of West Africa, (Gold Coast Colony, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria). The album provides a unique window
into the arduous work of the naval merchant service. It is a rare in depth visual chronicle. "This album may hold images of
the last and fatal commission of SS Nigerian, being laden with cargo, and sunk by Germans in December 1942 on a voyage from
Nigeria to Trinidad." "Both Nigeria and the Gold Coast played a leading role in the development of rubber and cocoa production
from 1880 to 1913, gaining tremendous value for its exports." (excerpts from Voyager Press Rare Books & Manuscripts website
05/22/14)
Gold Coast Colony, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, circa 1938-1942. Photograph album of trade and transport in British
Crown Colonies of West Africa, kept by Major Clarence Henry, whilst on the SS Nigerian cargo steam ship, provides a unique
window into the arduous work of the naval merchant service, an rare in depth visual chronicle. Oblong Qto. Album, navy leather
over blue cloth, gilt titled to spine. Contains 124 original photographs, each captioned in manuscript. Photographs vary in
size, the smallest measuring approximately 2.25 x 3.25 inches, and the largest 6 x 4.5 inches. With the officer's calling
card pasted inside front board. From dealer's description.
Additional information in collection file.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Africa, West -- Pictorial works
Photograph albums
Photographs