Land, 1939-1960 and n.d.

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Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 460

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Comprises:

Folder 1 (fols. 1-128) Land tenure and settlement, 1939 and 1948-1960:

(fols. 1-14) government reports, statements, and press releases, including the report of the Commission appointed to inquire into indigenous land tenure in 1939
(fols. 15-76) progress reports on African land utilisation and settlement, 1948-1952
(fols. 77-82) memorandum by Eliud Mathu on 'Rural Development in Kenya: Land Tenure and Security of Titles'
(fols. 85-95) Mombasa and Coast Province Summary of Information for the Royal Commission 1953
(fols. 96-111) government circulars on plans to exploit water resources, African housing in Nairobi and settlement of Africans in the Highlands
(fols. 112-124) Native Land Tenure Rules 1956 with an 'Ordinance to suspend the Institution in African Courts of Proceedings relating to certain lands situate in the Native Lands' 1956
(fols. 125-126) draft form of title to be granted to the Native Land Unit 1956
(fols. 127-128) the announcement in Kenya News, 11 Oct 1960, of a conference on land tenure.

Folder 2 (fols. 1-88) Land policy, 1942-1959:

(fols. 1-3) official statements, including Colonial Office answers to Margery Perham's questions in 1942
(fols. 4-10) a memorandum by Meek
(fols. 11-12) Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions Memorandum No. 296 by W. Arthur Lewis on 'Land Utilization and Settlement in Kenya', Apr 1946
(fols. 13-17) Report of the Commissioner for African Land Utilisation and Settlement for the last quarter of 1950
(fols. 18-20) Sir Philip Mitchell's address to the Royal Agricultural Society, Nakuru, 1951
(fols. 21-37) 'Guide to Consolidation in the Kiambu District'
(fols. 38-79) 'Notes on Land Consolidation for the Fort Hall District'
(fols. 79-85) a memorandum on land legislation
(fols. 86-88) 'No Racial Barriers to Land in Kenya', Kenya Calling, n.d.

Further:

folder 3 (fols. 1-21) Lugard's comments on Margery Perham's correspondence with Elspeth Huxley on land in Kenya, with notes for the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the land question, 1942-1943
folder 4 (fols. 1-42 and item 1) Land Utilisation and Settlement: Statement of Government Policy, Kenya Sessional Paper No. 8 of 1945 (item 1) with the report of the Commissioner for Land Utilisation and Settlement for 1945-1950
folder 5 (fols. 1-16) 'Land Policy in Kenya', Anti-Slavery Reporter proof and 'Distribution of Land in Kenya' by C.W.W. Greenidge, 1946-1953
folder 6 (fols. 1-38) 'Land Policy in Kenya' by M.K. Sorenson, n.d.
folder 7 (fols. 1-6 and items 1-2) statements issued by Kenyan political organisations on the land question and the constitution, 1952.

Dates

7 folders

MSS. Perham 460

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