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Found in 109 Collections and/or Records:
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Farewell letters to Albert Francis B. Bridges
Farewell letters written by Chiefs and staff to Bridges when he left various stations in Nigeria as an Administrative Officer, and after his retirement (1934-1951).
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1965
Extents: 6 ff.
Dates:
1934-1951
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Interview with Sir Frederick Johnson Pedler
Transcript of an interview (1970) with Sir Frederick Johnson Pedler relating to his service in the Colonial Office and in Africa, 1930-1968. Typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1718
Extents: 60 ff.
Dates:
1970
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Interview with Sir John Stuart Macpherson
Tape and transcript of an interview, 1968, on his career in the Colonial Service in: Malaya (1921-1937); Palestine (1939-1943); the West Indies (1943-1947), and as Governor and Governor-General of Nigeria (1948-1955).
Shelfmark: MSS.Brit.Emp.s.487
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1968
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Items collected by Charles James Bagenal
Black and white photograph of the Residency, Kigoma (mid 1920s); five illustrated Christmas menu cards with guests signatures (1923-1924 and 1927-1929); watercolour of Kigoma Bay, Lake Tanganyika, from the verandah by Sir Alison Russell (1923).
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.2142
Extents: 7 items
Dates:
1923-1929
Collection
Letter book and cuttings of Sir Godfrey Yeatman Lagden
Letter book and cuttings of Sir Godfrey Yeatman Lagden.
Extents: 0.09 linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates:
1884-1910
Collection
Letters from Sir Graham John Bower (microfilm)
Copies of selected letters of Sir Graham John Bower, 1895-1928. Microfilm.
Extents: 2 Reels
Dates:
1895-1928
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Letters from Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur whilst in the Falkland Islands
Letters home as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Falkland Islands.
Shelfmark: MSS.Atlan.s.11
Extents: 152 ff.
Dates:
1954-1956
Collection
Memoirs of Ann M. Davidson
"The real paradise: memories of Africa, 1950-1963", an account by Ann M. Davidson of her life as a District Officer's wife in Nyasaland (now Malawi), based on weekly letters to her mother. Bound typescript.
Extents: 2 Volumes
Dates:
[1963?]
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Memoirs of John Brayne-Baker
Memoirs and text of talks on experiences in the Colonial Administrative Service in Nigeria and the British Cameroons, 1928-1956.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1926
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1928-1956
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Memoirs of Michael C. Atkinson
"The bush out of my soul: two decades in Western Nigeria": memoirs of Michael C. Atkinson relating to his service as an Administrative Officer, 1939-1959. Typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1836
Extents: 168 ff.
Dates:
1939-1959
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Official diary of Travelling Commissioners in Southern Nigeria
Official diary of three successive Travelling Commissioners in Southern Nigeria, 1900-1903: by W.G. Ambrose (May-November 1900), J.H. Ewart (November 1900-November 1901), and W.R. Reeve-Tucker (December 1901-January 1903).
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1991
Extents: 289 pp.
Dates:
1900-1903
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Papers of Algar Ronald W. Robertson
Correspondence and reports relating to Robertson's proposals for a central overseas civil service, with its own pension scheme, for officers serving in the colonies, 1953-1955.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2230
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1953-1955
Collection
Papers of Arthur Evelyn Weatherhead
Diaries relating to his service in South Africa, Uganda and the Seychelles, with albums of photographs of South Africa and Uganda, and letters, invitations, and photographs relating to his governorship of the Seychelles (1935-1936).
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates:
1902-1936
Collection
Papers of Charles James Bagenal
Correspondence, diary and photographs of C.J. Bagenal comprising typescript copies of his letters home during the Boer War (1900-1902), with handwritten introduction and notes made in 1951; diary (typed at a later date) covering the East African Campaign (1915-1917), and three albums of photographs of Tanganyika, South Africa and Ireland (1914-1941).
Extents: 4 volumes, 1 file
Dates:
1900-1951
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
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Papers of D. Anthony T. Thain
Reports, memoranda, texts of speeches, lecture notes, etc., relating to service as a District Officer in Northern Nigeria and as lecturer at the Institute of Administration, Local Government Wing, Zaria, 1949-1962.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1871
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1949-1962
Collection
Papers of Ernest Gedge
Letter-books, correspondence, notebooks, press cuttings, notes on expeditions, notes for articles, maps, periodicals, account books etc. relating to the East African Estates Limited, Imperial British East Africa Company, Uganda, prospecting expedition to the Yukon, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Kenya, Russia, Malaya, Borneo and Java. Includes letters from Sir Frederick Jackson and Sir Frederick Lugard.
Extents: 6 boxes
Dates:
1890-1929
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Papers of Francis Dennis Hibbert relating to Nigeria and Nigerian schools
Articles and lectures on schools in Nigeria, and on Nigeria in general, as a former Education Officer. Typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1960
Extents: 17 Leaves
Dates:
[ca. 1973]
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Papers of Frederick Dealtry Lugard, Baron Lugard of Abinger, relating to Bechuanaland (photocopies)
Letters, reports etc. from Bechuanaland, concerning Lugard's expedition for the British West Charterland Company. Includes extracts from, and precis of, Lugard's journal on the expedition to Ngamiland, 1896-1899. Photocopies.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.2068
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1896-1901
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Papers of Frederick Nigel Molière Pusinelli
Papers relating to a review of salaries of staff in the service of the Government of the British Virgin Islands, undertaken by Pusinelli, and including administrative and technical staff, police, medical staff and teachers.
Shelfmark: MSS.W.Ind.s.69
Extents: 127 Leaves
Dates:
1968-1969