This page links to a number of files collected together by Ray Harris. They range from single images to scans of complete books, mainly dealing with Northern Nigeria. Happy exploring!

Plane and Geodetic Surveying for Engineers !WASC members only by David Clark 4th Edition 1946 650pp
1906 journal review of A Tropical Dependency by Flora Shaw (Lugard's wife) !WASC members only
Listing of Nigeria Govt Ordinances to 1957 !WASC members only 20pp
Banks in Nigeria: 1890-1912 !WASC members only 24pp article by C.U.Uche
Photography and history at the Royal Court Benin !WASC members only 24pp article by Flora Kaplan with illustrations
Early images from Benin !WASC members only CM Geary 12pp
Notes on N Nigeria Correspondence Register National Archives 1900-01  !WASC members only 2 pages of hand-written notes
Photography and the projection of success in Nigeria !WASC members only article by A Ade-Eko 33pp
The murder of a DC in 1906 in Benin area - causes and consequences !WASC members only 12pp
Education and teacher training 1930s N Nigeria !WASC members only 18pp article
Anglo-French Boundary 1898 map.jpg  !WASC members only
Anglo-French Boundary Commission Report !WASC members only
Anglo-German Boundary Commission Report
Anglo-German Boundary survey map.jpg !WASC members only
Army Nigeria-Area-1940-43  !WASC members only 2pp summary of units involved. Mentions key source The History of the Royal West African Frontier Force by Col HAYWOOD and Brig CLARKE published by Gale and Polden, Aldershot 1964 (still in copyright)
An Atlas of Nigerian Languages !WASC members only by Roger Blench 3rd edn 5/2011 125pp 'May be freely quoted but please acknowledge source'
The Bakassi story !WASC members only Bakassi is a peninsula on the Gulf of Guinea. It lies between the Cross River estuary, near the city of Calabar and the Rio del Ray estuary on the east. It is governed by Cameroon, following the transfer of sovereignty from neighbouring Nigeria as a result of a judgment by the International Court of Justice. Account by Dr N Omoigui
Nigerian barrack names and origins !WASC members only describes the origins of the names of military barracks in Nigeria including a summary of key campaigns 2pp by Dr N Omoigui
The Romance of the Black River !WASC members only the story of the C.M.S. Nigeria mission by F. Deaville Walker CMS 286pp 1931
The Borgu campaign !WASC members only An account of the British - French conflict over the Borgu region in the 1890s 9pp from Blackwood's magazine
Letters and Sketches from Northern Nigeria !WASC members only by Martin S Kisch (assistant resident) 1910 290pp
The ethnic groups of present day Borgu !WASC members only 19pp by Ross Jones
Bornu HQ notes p30 1904 !WASC members only single page from 1904 annual report
Alexander, Boyd (1873-1910) !WASC members only 2pp biography of a traveller and ornithologist
British Nigeria !WASC members only by Lt-Col A. F. Mockler-Ferryman 1902 402pp
C S Palmer aerogramme !WASC members only 3pp illustrated description of 1945 aerogramme home from this official
CMS members in Nigeria to 1904 !WASC members only 12pp list
CMS Index to printed Annual Letters 1886-1904 !WASC members only 180pp list from CMS central archives listing letters to CMS members all over the world, including Nigeria
CMS Index to printed Annual Letters 1905-1912 !WASC members only 92pp list as above for the next 7 year period
Colonial-law-in-Africa 1808-1919. link to a website giving access to official periodicals published by successive British governments in ten African countries between January 1808 and December 1919. Free for 30 days then paid for.
Race and development in Britain's interwar African colonial administration !WASC members only U of Durham PhD thesis by C Prior 286pp 2007
Elder-Dempster floating dock at Forcados !WASC members only 1917 article in African World 1p.
History of Education in Nigeria !WASC members only a 131pp course guide 2006 from the National Open University of Nigeria
Failed Development In Benin, 1897-1921 !WASC members only paper by James Fenske 41pp 2012 U of Oxford
Frederick Lugard signature.jpg !WASC members only image of Lugard's signature
The hulk Hindustan at Sapele !WASC members only a page from a History of the Urhobo People, describing a hulk used for admin
Nigeria's harbours !WASC members only 4 pages relating to Nigeria's harbours. Source(s) unclear.
A History of Borgu !WASC members only 24pp. Undated and author not given
Jebba in decline !WASC members only 2005 article in Nigeria's Daily Sun, by Maurice Archibong
John Holt archive !WASC members only 50pp from National Museums Liverpool with details of history and holdings of papers relating to John Holt shipping and trading
Journeys in Northern Nigeria - Hans Vischer 1906 !WASC members only Describes his journeys, with map. 11pp
London Gazette !WASC members only Lists medals awarded to men in the Kano-Sokoto war 1903, including a VC 1pp
London Gazette !WASC members only Report by Lugard and others of military campaigns 1902/3 in Borgu and elsewhere in Northern Nigeria 5pp
Lugard and the creation of provincial administration in Northern Nigeria 1900-1918 !WASC members only by Z.O.Apata 11pp 1990
M Cameron Blair obituary !WASC members only Pioneering NN medical officer 1901 onwards
Members of The African Society 1905 !WASC members only Members list 11pp
Niger Coast and Niger Territories !WASC members only 2pp description from the Statesman's Yearbook of 1898
NIGERIA 1911 Encyclopedia !WASC members only a 26pp entry in the Love to Know encyclopedia of the time
Nigeria bibliography !WASC members only A short list of interesting old and more recent books on Nigeria
Nigerian Watch !WASC members only special edition of the newspaper celebrating centenary of Nigeria, 2014 36pp
Nigerian conflict .htm !WASC members only Copy of web page exhorting US Christians to support Nigerian Christians
Nigeria 1909 map .jpg 189K !WASC members only Small map 1909 unknown source
NN boundary 1906 .htm !WASC members only Archive web page summarising the history and the course of the boundary between Nigeria and Niger
NN CO446 at National Archives.csv 7.5MB !WASC members only A file of 600 records itemising brief content, where held, ref access etc. Not all relate to Nigeria
NN history !WASC members only 2pp summary from ?theodora.com. More a snippet than a comprehensive account
NN History from Orr !WASC members only 6pp of notes on material from Orr – 'The Making of Northern Nigeria' 306pp. 1911. Republished in facsimile 1986
NN Provincial HQs 1902 .jpg 63K !WASC members only Excerpt listing towns which were the head-quarters of the 12 provinces of Northern Nigeria
Routes to NN Provincial HQs 1905 .jpg !WASC members only Gives routes from Lokoja to each provincial HQ, often by water rather than road
NN map .jpg !WASC members only Map of the territory showing towns roads, railway etc. No date or origin. Resolution somewhat blurred
Official passages to Nigeria 1914_to_45 !WASC members only 16pp paper by A Olukoju ?date - relating to protectionism in favour of UK shipping firms
Photos of Old Lagos !WASC members only 4pp article on an exhibition of photographs of Lagos 50 years ago. 2004? No images
PJ Harris !WASC members only 1pp note relating to Local Government in Southern Nigeria by PJ Harris publ 1957 and other related material
Postcards in Bristol Museum !WASC members only A list of postcards, giving subject of card, no images though
RMS Addah .jpg  !WASC members only Postcard showing ship notoriously sunk by a U boat in WW1
History of Royal Niger Company !WASC members only Copy of a blog post by Ed Keazor 33pp. Ed's blog contains interesting articles on Nigeria.
SCOA et CFAO dans l'Ouest Africain !WASC members only Societe Commerciale de l'Ouest Africain & la Compagnie Francaise d'Afrique Occidentale were two major French trading companies active in Francophone West Africa. In French
Lagos Society 1880-1920 !WASC members only PhD thesis on Lagos Society, associations and the Press 1880-1920 by N Sawada 371pp
SIM Magazine !WASC members only Magazine of SIM (was Sudan Inerior Mission). Article re Egbe Hospital Nigeria on p23
Nigeria National Archives Kaduna documents list 1900-1913 !WASC members only Lists documents originating for Northern Nigeria Secretariat 282pp
Nigeria National Archives Kaduna documents list 1914-1925 !WASC members only As above. 362pp
Stations on the rivers late C19 !WASC members only Brief description of the main trading stations. No source document given. 12pp
Tailed head hunters of Northern Nigeria !WASC members only 1912 416pp An account of Major A. J. N. Tremearne's seven years in the N Nigerian pagan belt
The design of shallow draft steamers 1868-1906 !WASC members only paper by R V Kubicek 24pp
UK National Archives on N Nigeria !WASC members only 17pp of results using Northern Nigeria as search term in the archives
The port of Lagos, 1850-1929: !WASC members only 2014 20pp by A Olukoju
Wilkin Spink auction.JPG 55K !WASC members only Single image of auction lot description from Lieut. W H Wilkin, officer with WAFF
Wilkin.pdf 132K !WASC members only p3 of this auction listing describes an extensive lot of correspondence from Wilkin
Population change !WASC members only 44pp paper 2001 on Demographic change in the Kano-Maradi region, 1960−2000 by M Tiffen