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Bibliography and names
"Survey of the Operations of Marshall Plan Aid in French West Africa," by Consul William D. Moreland and Miss Virginia Robinson, Geographic Attaché 1949-1950
"The Political Situation of French West Africa," by William D. Moreland
Dispatches and reports on African conditions 1950
"Road Report on French West Africa and Togo," 1951
Miscellaneous memoranda, mostly written while assigned to TCA (original Point Four program), and translations (some in in Dakar) 1952-1954, 1950-1951
Papers produced while with Intelligence Research State Department in Washington, (?) 1951 September to 1952 February
Republic of Niger (information and documents, put out by its U.N. delegation), No.1 (n.d.)
Clippings on Africa 1964-1965
Dispatches from Dakar, (photocopies) 1950
Correspondence, etc. regarding "Africa Project" (Ford Foundation)
Miscellaneous clippings on Africa
Miscellaneous material: speech, Information A.O.F., etc.
Dispatch on Aruba's "Royal Visit" in (photocopy) 1955
Photographs
Native metal workers at Abomey (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 1b 1949 July 13
Dahomey: Pictures taken in Abomey, 10:00 a.m. (taken by William D. Moreland) 1949 July 13
Gold Coast: "Port" of Accra. Activity 1949
Nigeria: Kano 1949
French Guinea
Port of Conakry, 3:00 p.m. (taken by William D. Moreland) 1 1949 May 21
Main road, few miles south of Labe, noon (taken by William D. Moreland) 3 1949 May 25
Native chieftains of village Boullivel, 12 miles north of Tolo. Foula race (taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 4 1949 May 25
Details of bridge on road just north of Tolo. Horizontal logs are of wood impervious to insects and decay. This type of bridge designed and constructed by the administration of Cercle of Mamou (taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 5 1949 May 25
Agricultural school at Tolo near Mamou. Assistant Administrator Delaroche at right (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 9:30 a.m.) 6 1949 May 25
Ferry landing of Kolente River at Medina-Oula (taken by William D. Moreland, 11:00 a.m.) 7 1949 May 24
Ferry over Kolente River at Medina-Oula. Going Northeast (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 11:00 a.m.) 8 1949 May 24
House of Lois Dupuy, Medina-Oula. From left to right: Mr. Dupuy, Miss Robinson, Mr. Louis Pezon, prominent Guinea planter and industrialist, and village Chief (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 11:30 a.m.) 9 1949 May 24
House of Louis Dupuy, the only motor vehicle tractor mechanic for miles around, Médina-Oula. Left to right: Mr. Dupuy, Miss Robinson, Mr. Louis Pezon, prominent Guinea planter and industrialist, and village Chief (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 11:30 a.m.) 9 1949 May 24
Road between Medina-Oula and rice project north of town (picture taken by William D. Moreland, noon) 10 1949 May 24
Road between Macenta and Diani River on way to Nzerekore. "Sacred Forest". Great difficulty getting a driver for this trip. Full of evil spirits (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 4:00 p.m.) 23 1949 May 30
Tractor plowing dry lake bed for rice cultivation. About 10 miles north of Medina-Oula (taken by William D. Moreland, noon) 11 1949 May 24
Native dwelling in Medina-Oula (taken by William D. Moreland, 2:00 p.m.) 12 1949 May 24
Detail of pineapple and citrus plantation at La Kolente. Mr. Pezon, owner, in center (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 3:00 p.m.) 13 1949 May 24
Main road from Kindia to Mamou at point where branch turns north to La Kolente (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 2:30 p.m.) 14 1949 May 24
Main road in vicinity of KanKan near agricultural Station (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 3:00 p.m.) 15 1949 May 27
Bridge over Milo River at KanKan. Looking Southwest. Temporary bridge showing in one picture removed in 1950 March. Also 2 small bridges in dike or causeway at the Eastern approach to bridge (taken by William D. Moreland, 2:30 p.m.) 16 1949 May 28
Road between KanKan and Kerouane (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 4:00 p.m.) 17 1949 May 28
Kitchen and boys at native run restaurant and rest house at Kerouane (pictures taken by William D. Moreland, 4:30 p.m.) 18 1949 May 28
Macenta (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 9:00 a.m.) 19 1949 May 29
Left to right: Mrs. Hamel, Assistant Administrator S. Hamel, Miss V. Robinson. Macenta (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 20 1949 May 29
Sample bridge on main road between Macenta and Seredou (pictures taken by William D. Moreland, 9:00 a.m.) 21 1949 May 30
Quinine plantation 14 kilometers South of Seredou, about 3,000 feet altitude (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 11:00 a.m.) 22 1949 May 30
Road between Macenta and Diani River on way to Nzerekore (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 4:00 p.m.) 23 1949 May 30
Ferry over Diani River on main road between Macenta and Nzerekore (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 4:30 p.m.) 24 1949 May 30
Bridge of vines across Diani River on road between Macenta and Nzerekore. Crossing also served by hand propelled ferry capacity one 5 ton truck (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 4:30 p.m.) 25 1949 May 30
Custom stop at Dieke before crossing ferry on Mani River into Liberia (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 11:30 a.m.) 26 1949 May 31
Delauney house 27 1949
Delauney House. Inside banana and pineapple planter's house near Kindia 27 1949
Dalaba 28 1949
Liberia Border 29 1949
Liberia Border. The truck we rode for 12 hours. N'zerekore to Firestone plantation 29 1949
Kindia market, Pasteur Institute Research on tropical Parasites 30 1949.
Ivory Coast
Logging near Agboville (pictures taken by William D. Moreland, 4:00 p.m.) 1 1949 June 15
Sample small bridge on main road about half way between Agboville and Abengourou (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 2 1949 June 16
Secondary road in Banco forest near Abidjan (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 11:00 a.m.) 3 1949 June 11
Bar across canal from sea to lagoon at Abidjan. Bar will be removed in summer 1950 (picture taken from Dutch dredge "Maitena" by William D. Moreland, 9:00 a.m.) 4 1949 June 10
Seaward end of canal for port of Abidjan. Temporary landing system utilizing U.S. landing craft, which go to ships anchored in open sea (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 9:00 a.m.) 5 1949 June 10
Canal de Vridi, Abidjan, looking seaward on east bank. Temporary loading facilities for sacked products at sea end of unfinished canal. Ex-U.S. landing craft transport to ships anchored in sea (taken by William D. Moreland 1949 May)
Canal de Vridi, Abidjan looking westward. Dutch dredge, "Maitena" and other vessels in seaward end of unfinished canal (taken by William D. Moreland 1949 May
Cocoa inspection and houses near Agboville 8 1949
Togo
School building at Amegneran is typical of two to four class school building throughout coastal and savanna areas in French West Africa (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 12:00 noon) 1 1949 July 2
Secondary road about 10 miles North of Lama Kara. At time of picture, 1949 July, this road was not connected with any other road although it traversed heavily populated areas (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 12:00 noon) 2 1949 July 6
Representative natives on unfinished road 10 miles North of Lama Kara (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 12:00 noon) 3 1949 July 6
View from edge of unfinished road in mountain, 10 miles North of Lama Kara (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 12:00 noon) 4 1949 July 6
Type of native dwellings in heavily populated areas in hills north of Lama Kara (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 12:00 noon) 5 1949 July 6
Main road between Sokode and Lama Kara about 15 miles south of Lama Kara (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 12:00 noon) 6 1949 July 6
Defile on road between Sokode and Lama Kara, almost exactly half way between two cities (pictures taken from North looking South by William D. Moreland, 5:00 p.m.) 7 1949 July 5
Ferry crossing on road between Lome, Togo, and Cotonou, Dahomey at Grand Popo, Dahomey (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 11:30 a.m.) 8 1949 July 10
Berard Family - Commandant de Cercle, Amecho; market-mid Togo; landscape-mid Togo 9 1949
Niger
Aerial view of Kano and small village north of Kano, Nigeria (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 1 1949 July 28
Heavy machinery graveyard at Zinder (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 5:30 p.m.) 2 1949 July 28
Main road to Agades and North Africa 5 miles north of Zinder. Car in picture headed North (pictures taken by William D. Moreland, 5:30 p.m.) 3 1949 July 29
Market place scenes at Myrriah, an oasis 15 miles east of Zinder which supplies water for Zinder (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 4 1949 July 31
Military review at Zinder (pictures taken from in front of Fort by William D. Moreland, 7:30 a.m.) 5 1949 August 3
Air France, Custom, police and airport offices at Zinder (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 11:30 a.m.) 6 1949 August 4
Governor's place at Niamey, capital of Niger, facing Niger River and view of river from steps (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 5:00 p.m.) 7 1949 August 5
Government's guest house at Niamey, near Government offices and residences (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 5:00 p.m.) 8 1949 August 6
Sudan (now Mali)
Niger River at Ansongo looking westward. Protuberances believed to be pre-historic ruins such as found in Tigris Valley (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 3:00 p.m.) 1949 August 9
Market place at Ansongo (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 3:00 p.m.) 2 1949 August 9
Grain storage jars at Ansongo (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 3:00 p.m.) 3 1949 August 9
Road at northern edge of Ansongo going to Gao (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 3:45 p.m.) 4 1949 August 9
Road between Ansongo and Gao approximately 25 miles South East of Gao (pictures taken by William D. Moreland, 5:30 p.m.) 5 1949 August 9
Native Bella women at well, outskirts of Gao (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 6 1949 August 10
Road between Gao and Bourem close to Gao. Looking North (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 8:00 a.m.) 7 1949 August 11
Road between Gao and Bourem about midway (pictures taken by William D. Moreland, 8:30 a.m.) 8 1949 August 11
"Gardes de Cercle" at Bourem (pictures taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 9 1949 August 11
Entrance to fort at Bourem (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 3:30 p.m.) 10 1949 August 11
Interior of Fort at Bourem (pictures taken by William D. Moreland, 3:30 p.m.) 11 1949 August 11
Residence of "Commandant de Cercle" ta Bourem (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 3:00 p.m.) 12 1949 August 11
Water system at Bourem. Barrels rolled into Niger River, filled and rolled back to town (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 3:00 p.m.) 13 1949 August 11
Soft sand road between Bourem and Gao, 8 miles south of Bourem (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 5:00 p.m.) 14 1949 August 11
Road on outskirts of Kokry on Niger River leading towards colonization village of Nara, West of Kokry (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 2:00 p.m.) 15 1949 August 26
Colonization village of Bamako (not Bamako the capital) on the outskirts of Kokry on Niger River (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 2:00 p.m.) 16 1949 August 26
Main road between Kokry and Macina on north bank of Niger River. M. Pavillon, Ingenieur Office du Niger, on the picture (taken by William D. Moreland, 5:00 p.m.) 17 1949 August 26
Natives at boat landing at Diafarabe (pictures taken by William D. Moreland 18 1949 August 27)
Sudan - Niger River. Natives at boat landing at Diafarabé. Diafarabé is the angle of Mot de Diaka and Niger River on north bank Niger between Segou and Mopti (taken by William D. Moreland 18 1949 August 27)
Niger River. Typical village on Niger River just North of Mopti (picture taken by William D. Moreland 19 1949 August 30)
On Board Niger River steamer S. S "Marechal Galieni" at time of running aground on Lake Debo. East end (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 5:00 p.m.) 20 1949 August 29
Niger River. Niafounke. New market place to left (picture taken by William D. Moreland 21 1949 August 30)
Niger River. Timbuktu. Believed to be the only sign in existence with name of town "Tombouctou" approximately 2 miles South of town on road to river port (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 8:00 a.m.) 22 1949 August 31
Niger River. Ancient mosque at Timbuktu (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 23 1949 August 31
Niger River. Building at eastern outskirts of Timbuktu (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 24 1950 August 31
Niger River. Views in center of Timbuktu (pictures taken by William Morealand, 10:00 a.m.) 25 1949 August 31
Niger River. Market place at Timbuktu (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 11:00 a.m.) 26 1949 August 31
Two types of main road between Timbuktu and Goundam, about midway, 3:30 p.m.) 27 1949 August 31
Niger River. General view of Goundam looking North from top of Mosque (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 5:30 p.m.) 28 1949 August 31
Niger River. Goundam. View from top of Mosque Eastward, residence of Commandant de Cercle in distance (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 5:30 p.m.) 29 1949 August 31
Mosque at Goundam (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 5:30 p.m.) 30 1949 August 31
Niger River. Natives at ship landing, Niafounke (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 1:00 p.m.) 31 1949 September 1
Niger River. Tug and barges crossing Lake Debo (picture taken by William D. Moreland 32 1949 September 1)
Niger River, SS Marechal Galieni at berth, Mopti (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 33 1949 September 1
Burial tombs and storerooms in cliffs of the "Falaises of Sangha" (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 9:30 a.m.) 34 1949 September 4
Sangha. View of plain South East from midway of cliffs of Sangha (pictures taken by William D. Moreland, 9:30 a.m.) 35 1949 September 4
Sangha. Cliffs, looking almost straight up (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 36 1949 September 4
Sangha. Vegetation and debris at base of cliffs (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 37 1949 September 4
Sangha. Typical native villages at base of "Falaise de Sangha" just below town of Sangha (pictures taken by William D. Moreland, 11:00 a.m.) 38 1949 September 4
Mosque at Sofara. Largest building in the town and typical of the region (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 39 1949 September 6
Main road between Mopti and San, about half way (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 10:00 a.m.) 40 1949 September 6
Ferry across Niger River at Bamako, loading on South West side of river (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 5:30 p.m.) 41 1949 September 8
Timbuktu 42
Bamako. Air pictures 43 1949 1950
Bamako. Air Pix, Airplane in pre-WW II junkers - then Fr. Air Force - we rode it to Dakar from Bamako in 1949 43 1949 1950.
Upper Volta
Moro Naba, Emperor of the Mossis in center. Governor Mouragues to his right, Miss Robinson and Madame Mourages to his left. Ouagadougou (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 5:30 p.m.) 1 1949 August 13
Bridge near Bobo Dioulasso. Defective original design caused wash out of approaches (picture taken by William D. Moreland, 5:30 p.m.) 2 1949 August 15
Senegal
Faidherbe bridge at St. Louis from East, or mainland end (taken by Jocelyn K. Moreland 24 1950 August 6)
St. Louis. Main bridge from island to coastal strip. See 29 for monument at far end. Trees are on Island side (taken by Jocelyn K. Moreland 28 1950 August)
St. Louis, Senegal Monument to War Dead at western end of main bridge joining Island with coastal strip (taken by Jocelyn K. Moreland 29 1950 August)
St. Louis. Senegal, Gendarme Post on coastal strip near Mauritania Government offices (taken by Jocelyn K. Moreland 30 1950 August)
St. Louis. Representative buildings and streets just south of Governor's palace, on island (taken by Jocelyn K. Moreland 33 1950 August)
St. Louis. Police headquarters north of Governor's palace on island (taken by Jocelyn K. Moreland 35 1950 August)
St. Louis, City Hall. Streets too narrow to permit more perspective (taken by Jocelyn K. Moreland 36 1950 August
St. Louis. Quai-side on east branch of river - east side of island (taken by Jocelyn K. Moreland 37 1950 August)
St. Louis. Littoral 38 1950 August
Mauritania
To Boutilimit from St. Louis 1 1951 May
Aleg to Senegal 2 1951 May
238 prints, smaller copies of the large ones, undated
270 negatives undated