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Expand 01 - The Nyasaland (now Malawi) Survey 1938-194301 - The Nyasaland (now Malawi) Survey 1938-1943
Expand 02 - Kenya-Uganda Railway Labour Efficiency Survey02 - Kenya-Uganda Railway Labour Efficiency Survey
Expand 03 - Volta River Project - Ghana03 - Volta River Project - Ghana
Collapse 04 - The Gambia Experiment 1946-195004 - The Gambia Experiment 1946-1950
Collapse 01 - Material used in the publication 'The Gambia Experiment 1946-1950 and other papers' by Veronica Berry01 - Material used in the publication 'The Gambia Experiment 1946-1950 and other papers' by Veronica Berry
Expand 01 - Geography and history of The Gambia and Genieri01 - Geography and history of The Gambia and Genieri
Expand 02 - Proposals, nutrition survey history02 - Proposals, nutrition survey history
Expand 03 - Planning and execution 03 - Planning and execution
Expand 04 - Medical 04 - Medical
Expand 05 - Nutrition 05 - Nutrition
Expand 06 - Agriculture (including forestry) 06 - Agriculture (including forestry)
Expand 07 - Education 07 - Education
Expand 08 - Sociology08 - Sociology
Expand 09 - Fajara 09 - Fajara
Expand 10 - Research and development, Applied Nutrition Unit 10 - Research and development, Applied Nutrition Unit
Expand 11 - Reports and notes from the Gambia Experiment - other papers 11 - Reports and notes from the Gambia Experiment - other papers
Expand 12 - Committee meetings12 - Committee meetings
Expand 13 - Correspondence - Fertilisers13 - Correspondence - Fertilisers
Expand 14 - Correspondence - Wood fired gas producer14 - Correspondence - Wood fired gas producer
Collapse 15 - Correspondence - Cereal milling15 - Correspondence - Cereal milling
01 - 'Memorandum on the technology of the foodstuffs of colonial peoples - the milling of certain cereals' by Professor Platt
02 - Letter from MH Dorman to Professor Platt concerning the purchase of milling equipment
03 - Letter from Henry Simon Ltd. to Jackson MRC concerning details of their 'Laboratory Sifter'
04 - Saving telegram no.402 from the Governor of Gambia to Secretary of State concerning the purchase of milling equipment
05 - Letter from WD Farrington to J Fenning concerning the purchase of milling equipment
06 - Letter from FT Wynborne to Dr Webb concerning tests on the milling of millet
07 - Letter from Dr Webb to FT Wynborne concerning the dispatch of grain samples for testing
08 - Letter from G Ensor to Dr Webb requesting details on the temperature and humidity at the Gambia site for the rating of the diesel engine
09 - Letter from Dr Webb to G Ensor concerning the site of the millet plant
10 - Letter from Dr Webb to G Ensor giving details of the millet plant site
11 - Letter from FT Wynborne to Dr Webb concerning the results of the grain sample tests
12 - Letter from Dr Webb to FT Wynborne concerning the grain sample test results
13 - Letter from FT Wynborne to Dr Webb confirming arrangments for a test to be carried out on a commercial pearling machine with samples of sorghum and penicetum
14 - Letter from Dr Webb to FT Wynborne concerning the dispatch of samples for pearling trials
15 - Letter from FT Wynborne to Dr Webb concerning arrangements for the testing of grain samples
16 - Letter from Dr GAC Herklots to Professor Platt concerning 'Bentall's rice huller'
17 - Letter from Professor Platt to Dr GAC Herklots concerning use of the 'hand rice power huller'
18 - Letter from FT Wynborne to J Done concerning the treatment of par-boiled rice through a Barley Pearling Machine
19 - Letter from Professor Platt to FT Wynborne concerning the calorific value of groundnut shell
20 - Letter from A Lord to Dr Webb concerning plans for a proposed millet, rice and sorghum plant
21 - Letter from Professor Platt to FT Wynborne concerning further collaboration
22 - Letter from JM Martin to Professor Platt concerning research on milling technology
23 - Specification no.10,017 diesel engine to drive millet plant for Gambia
24 - Letter from Dr Webb to FT Wynborne concerning developments in milling in The Gambia
25 - Letter from Dr Webb to Professor Platt concerning the funding of the milling system
26 - Letter from CA Grossmith to Professor Platt concerning plans to introduce milling equipment for tropical cereals in The Gambia
27 - Letter from Hopkins to Professor Platt concerning the purchase of milling machinery
28 - Letter from the secretary to Professor Platt to Crown agents concerning the purchase of milling machinery
29 - Letter from Professor Platt to R Turner concerning the purchase of milling machinery
16 - 'A study of the energy expenditure of Africans engaged in various rural activities, with special reference to some environmental and physiological factors which may influence the efficiency of their work - a thesis for the degree of PhD of the University of London' by RH Fox
Expand 02 - Colonial Medical Research Committee, Nutrition Sub-Committee papers02 - Colonial Medical Research Committee, Nutrition Sub-Committee papers
Expand 03 - Maps of The Gambia03 - Maps of The Gambia
Expand 04 - Photographs04 - Photographs
Expand 05 - Raw data taken from surveys carried out in The Gambia05 - Raw data taken from surveys carried out in The Gambia
06 - Nutrition Field Working Party papers
07 - Field Research Station, Fajara - reports
08 - Milk feeding in The Gambia
09 - Publications regarding nutrition in The Gambia
Expand 10 - Nutrition survey at Yoro Beri Kunde in 1945-46 carried out by Joyce Griffiths10 - Nutrition survey at Yoro Beri Kunde in 1945-46 carried out by Joyce Griffiths
11 - Work concerning groundnuts and their cultivation
12 - Correspondence concerning a number of Gambia Experiment projects
13 - Administrative material concerning the colonial nutrition course run in collaboration with the MRC's Human Nutrition Research Unit
14 - Cereal milling
Expand 05 - Applied Nutrition Unit05 - Applied Nutrition Unit
Expand 06 - Patty Fisher collection06 - Patty Fisher collection
Expand 07 - Professor Benjamin Stanley Platt papers07 - Professor Benjamin Stanley Platt papers
Expand 08 - Records relating to the publication of 'miscellaneous information about tropical foods', compiled by Miss Grant08 - Records relating to the publication of 'miscellaneous information about tropical foods', compiled by Miss Grant
Expand 09 - Professor Philip Payne papers09 - Professor Philip Payne papers
Expand 10 - The Culwick Papers 1934-194410 - The Culwick Papers 1934-1944
Expand 11 - Prisoner of War papers11 - Prisoner of War papers
Expand 12 - Dr W R Aykroyd papers12 - Dr W R Aykroyd papers
Expand 13 - Erica Wheeler papers13 - Erica Wheeler papers
Expand 14 - Dr Wadsworth's manual on health aspects of nutrition in the Western Pacific14 - Dr Wadsworth's manual on health aspects of nutrition in the Western Pacific
Expand 15 - Stoke obesity study - Mary Griffiths15 - Stoke obesity study - Mary Griffiths
Expand 16 - LSHTM Department of Human Nutrition papers16 - LSHTM Department of Human Nutrition papers
Expand 17 - LSHTM Department of Human Nutrition study box resource - countries17 - LSHTM Department of Human Nutrition study box resource - countries
Expand 18 - LSHTM Department of Human Nutrition study box resource - subjects18 - LSHTM Department of Human Nutrition study box resource - subjects
Expand 19 - Nutrition Slide Collection19 - Nutrition Slide Collection
Expand 20 - Nutrition Policy Unit resource20 - Nutrition Policy Unit resource
Expand 21 - Professor Prakash Shetty papers21 - Professor Prakash Shetty papers
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