Eleventh Foundation Day anniversary at University College, faculty members and new graduates, Ibadan, Nigeria

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

Original title reads, "Scene outside Trenchard Hall at University College, Ibadan, after the congregation for the reception of graduates, which was held in Trenchard Hall as part of the Foundation Day celebrations on November 17, 1959. We would call it a graduation ceremony. This was the Eleventh Foundation Day anniversary, and 136 students graduated. In the pictures, the new graduates mill around among faculty members, and friends and relatives in front of Trenchard Hall." [Elisofon field notes, August 1959-December 1959] This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

Collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Archival grouping

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Nigeria

Catalog date

1959

Recorded places

Africa; Nigeria

Cataloged creator or photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Recorded subjects

Education; Mod. architecture/cityscape -- Photographs

Format and extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

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