Notes and diaries on visits to Africa, 1937-1963
File
MSS. Afr. s. 2154 box 11
Nellie Grant's notes and Elspeth Huxley's notes and diaries on visits to Africa, providing material for books:
- (file 1) - manuscript notes by Nellie Grant at Murigo's camp, where Nellie Grant and Elspeth Huxley were collecting material for Red Strangers, 1937. Sections headed (or about): Teaching of agriculture; Remembering about old teaching; Behaviour of young people; A typical day; and On names and behaviour. (68 fols)
- (item 2) - manuscript notebook labelled 'Notes made Oct-Dec 1945 in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika when reporting on setting up of an East African Literature Bureau', 1945. (84 fols)
- (item 3) - manuscript notebook labelled 'Mau Mau 1953. Notes made in various parts of Kenya on Mau Mau emergency, used for novel A Thing to Love', Oct-Dec 1953. (67 fols)
- (file 4) - typescript diary of travel in Rhodesia and Nyasaland when serving on the Monckton Commission, 21 Feb-2 May 1960. (144 fols)
- (file 5) - manuscript East African Diary: material for Forks and Hope, 29 Jan-22 Apr 1963. (449 fols)
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1963
Extent
1.0 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Afr. s. 2154 box 11
Creator
- From the Collection: Huxley | Elspeth Josceline | 1907-1997 | née Grant | author and journalist (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk