Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service
Organisation
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Archive of Sir Robert Armitage
Papers of Sir Robert Perceval Armitage, KCMG, MBE (1906-90) relating to his work in Kenya, the Gold Coast, Cyprus and Nyasaland.
Extents: 1.05 Linear metres (7 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1926-83
Collection
Papers of Alexander Mair Wilkie
Correspondence, memoranda etc. of service in Kenya, the British Solomon Islands and as British Resident Commissioner in the New Hebrides.
Extents: 4 boxes
Dates:
1935-1969
Collection
Papers of Clarence E.V. Buxton
Papers, reports and correspondence relating to Kenya, 1921-1964, Zanzibar, 1913-1965, and Palestine, 1939.
Extents: 8 boxes
Dates:
1913-1965
Single Item
Papers of J. A. Gardner
Administrative reports as District Commissioner in Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kenya, 1961-1962.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.2048
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1961-1962
Collection
Papers of Sir Edward Brandis Denham
Diaries covering Mauritius (1921-1923), Kenya (1923-1928), Gambia (1928-1930), British Guiana (1930-1934) and Jamaica (1934-1938). 30 volumes. Also, papers relating to Ceylon (1911-1917), Gambia (1816-1929) and British Guiana (1806-1932), including some 19th century papers dated before Denham's time. 2 boxes.
Extents: 30 volumes and 2 boxes
Dates:
1806-1938
Collection
Papers of Sir Henry R. M. Brooke-Popham as Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Kenya
Personal papers, correspondence, etc. including period as Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Kenya.
Extents: 10 files (2 boxes)
Dates:
1936-1953
Collection
Papers of Sir Patrick Muir Renison
The collection mainly consists of speeches and broadcasts made by Renison while serving in the West Indies and in Kenya. Topics covered in the speeches include Kenya's constitutional advancement, the Conference at Lancaster House in 1960, and the constitutional talks held in Nairobi in 1961. Also included in the collection is a small amount of correspondence about the future of the Overseas Civil Service and papers concerning recruitment.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates:
1949-1962
Collection
Papers of Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon (2)
Papers as Governor of Uganda and Governor of Kenya. Also biographical material and correspondence. The years with the British South Africa Company are mainly represented by unofficial correspondence and Coryndon's own articles for magazines. No papers relating to his service under Rhodes survive in this collection. A small part of the collection is formed by correspondence and papers (1926-1931) of Sir Edward Grigg (Coryndon's successor in Kenya), along with papers (1913-1930) of…
Extents: 18 boxes
Dates:
1903-1947
Single Item
Papers of William Sydney Marchant
Photographs, press cuttings and other papers relating to colonial service in Kenya, 1919-1938, 1943-1947, and as Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands, 1939-1943.
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 491
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1919-1947
Collection
Papers of Women Administrative Officers in Colonial Africa
Reminiscences, press cuttings, circulars, photographs and associated material of women who served in the Colonial Service in Africa and the West Indies (one contribution only from the West Indies), mainly relating to the years 1945 to 1960.
Extents: 1.2 Linear metres (8 boxes)
Dates:
1944-1984
Single Item
Photographs taken by Colonel Eric and Amy Brooke-Anderson
Album containing photographs taken by Colonel Eric Brooke-Anderson (Kenya administration) and his wife Amy. Mainly photographs of Fort Hall, Kenya, but also some of the surrounding area - Thika Falls, Chania Falls, Mount Kenya, and also some photographs of Zanzibar, Aden, Suez, Port Said and Durban. The photographs feature people, buildings, scenery, and include a few images of the Church Missionary Society buildings in Weithaga.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.r.238
Extents: 1 album, 1 print
Dates:
1920-1926