East Africa: General. Research, 1925-1934

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With three unfoliated items. Comprises:

(item 1) Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. Vol. LXXIV, No. 3809, containing a report on its meeting on 'the organisation of scientific research throughout the Empire', 20 Nov 1925
(item 2) Cmd. 2701. Report on the East African guaranteed Loan Committee appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1926
(fol. 1) folder endpaper
(fols. 2-16) confidential memorandum by Sir Frederick Lugard, 'Note on the Kenya Question', 15 May 1927
(fols. 17-23) memorandum by Oldham on Kenya, 27 May 1927
(fols. 24-25) terms of reference and list of members of the Sub-Committee appointed by the Colonial Office Committee of Civil Research to inquire into Kenya Native Welfare, 18 Nov 1926
(fol. 26) Cmd. 2440. Copy of Treasury Minute [...] appointing a Committee of Civil Research, 13 Jun 1925
(fols. 27-31) confidential, mimeographed memorandum by Sir Frank Heath on 'The Steps towards the Establishment of a Research Service for the East African Colonies and Mandated Territories', 18 Aug 1925
(fols. 32-41) draft memorandum by Oldham on 'Research into East Africa', n.d.
(fols. 42-53) draft memorandum by Oldham on 'The Contribution of Research to the Solution of East African Problems', n.d.
(item 3) 'Practical Anthropology' by Bronislaw Malinowski, Africa, Vol. II, No. 1, pp. 1-15, Jan 1929
(fols. 54-62) confidential report, probably by Malinowski, on 'The State of Anthropology and the possibility of its development in England', n.d.
(fols. 63) note by Oldham of a conversation with the Rev. A.R. Barlow of the Church of Scotland mission in Kenya about research into Kikuyu land tenure, 24 Jun 1925
(fols. 64-65) folder endpapers
(fols. 66-82) records of Oldham's conversations with Americans, 1925-1927, including: Dr Abraham Flexner, 4 Feb 1925 (fol. 66); Dr Wycliffe Rose, 26 Jan 1927 (fol. 67); Dr Frederick Keppel, 9 Nov 1925 (fol. 68); Col. Arthur S. Woods and Dr Rummel [Ruml], 28 Oct 1925 (fol. 69); Dr Russell of the International Health Board, 28 Oct 1925 (fols. 70-71); Dr Wycliffe Rose, 27 Oct 1925 (fols. 72-74); Col. Arthur S. Woods, 2 Jul 1925 (fols. 75-76); and Col. Arthur S. Woods and Dr Ruml, 26 Oct, 28 Oct, 5 Nov 1925 (fols. 77-82)
(fols. 83-84) folder endpapers
(fols. 85-86) records of conversations in America and notes on people to see there: Dr Fosdick, 28 Jun 1929
(fols. 87-89) records of conversations in America and notes on people to see there: Letter from Malinowski advising on people to talk with there, 11 Jun 1929
(fols. 90-95) records of conversations in America and notes on people to see there: Lists of names and addresses, 1929
(fol. 96) folder endpapers
(fols. 97-101) mimeographed report on 'A Visit to East Africa - 1933,' presented to the British Association Research Committee on the Human Geography of Tropical Africa by S.J.K. Baker, 2 Jan 1934.

Dates

Creation: 1925-1934

Extent

101 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 1829/1, folder 5

Former reference:

File E

Additional Description

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