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Extracts from books and cuttings from British and South African newspapers about East Africa, 1953-1954

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Comprises:

  1. (fols. 1-9) mounted cuttings, chiefly on Kenya and Mau Mau, 1953-1954.

(fols. 10-79) Extracts, both printed and in Rey's hand, from the following books and United Empire articles, 1953-1954:

  1. (fols. 12-15) My Political Life by L.S. Amery
  2. (fols. 16-19) The African Giant by Stuart Cloete
  3. (fols. 20-26) Hopes in Africa by C.J.M. Alport
  4. (fols. 27-28) 'The Commonwealth idea: past and future' by Sir Norman Angell
  5. (fols. 29-31) inaugural address, Empire Summer School, by L.S. Amery
  6. (fols. 32-33) 'The Crown and Africa' by Amery
  7. (fols. 34-38) 'Economic Development of the Colonies' by Diana Spearman
  8. (fols. 39-41) 'United Nations Disposal of Eritrea' by Sir Duncan Cumming
  9. (fols. 42-45) Mau Mau by C.R. Stoneham
  10. (fols. 46-48) Mau Mau and the Kikuyu by Dr Leakey
  11. (fol. 49) Report to the Government of Kenya on the Psychology of Mau Mau by Dr J.C. Carothers
  12. (fols. 50-53) African afterthoughts by Sir Philip Mitchell
  13. (fols. 54-63) Before the dawn in Kenya by Dr Christopher Wilson
  14. (fols. 64-76) Kenya's warning by Dr Wilson
  15. (fols. 77-79) handwritten list of books and notes on the 1915 Missionaries' Revolt in Nyasaland (Malawi).

Dates

  • Creation: 1953-1954

Extent

79 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 384/8, folder 4

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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