Lugard's Diaries, 1895-1964

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Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 318

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Comprises:

folder 1 (fols. 1-53) Margery Perham's instructions to her research assistants, with their working notes for editing Lugard's Nigerian diaries, 1959-1963 (A)
folder 1a (fols. 1-86) similar file relating to the Uganda diary, with comments by H.B. Thomas and Edward Lugard, c. 1957
folder 2 (fols. 1-72) chronology of Lugard's activities in Nigeria, notes of Foreign Office confidential print, of Colonial Office records, and of books by Flint, Mockler, and Ferryman, n.d. (A)
folder 3 (fols. 1-8) Lugard's reflections on his Borgu Mission after fifteen years, with copies of the treaties with the Kings of Nikki and Saki, 1909 (A)
folder 4 (fols. 1-8) correspondence with H.C. Gill about the Nikki treaty and with Colin Newbury about the French share of the Borgu expedition, 1959-1961 (A)
folder 5 (item 1) 'An Expedition to Borgu on the Niger' by Captain F.D. Lugard, Geographical Journal, Sep 1895 (A)
folder 6 (fols. 1-7) letters of appreciation of the published diaries, 1960-1963
folder 7 (fols. 1-135) correspondence about financing publication of the diaries with the governments of Uganda and Nigeria, Oxford University Press, and several academic bodies in Oxford and with Edward Lugard, as well as with Margery Perham's research assistants, 1950-1963
folder 8 (fols. 1-26) reviews of the diaries, 1959-1964 (mounted)
folder 9 (fols. 1-15) reviews of the diaries, 1960-1963 (unmounted).

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MSS. Perham 318

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