Typescript drafts of Askwith's works on community development in Kenya, Community Development: an account of the use of traditional organizations in the promotion of community development in Kenya and Community Development - It Works, 20th century.
Dates
- 20th century
Extent
2 Files
Language of Materials
English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Afr. s. 2234].
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Shelfmark:
MSS. Afr. s. 2234
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 496
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Garrett Askwith (b 1911) was educated at Haileybury and Cambridge, taking the post of district officer, Kenya, 1936, Municipal African Affairs Officer, 1945, and Commissioner for Community Development, 1950, 1957-1960. He was the author of Kenya's progress... (Kampala, Nairobi, The Eagle Press, East African Literature Bureau, 1958) and From Mau Mau to Harambee: memoirs and memoranda of colonial Kenya (Cambridge, African Studies Centre, University of Cambridge, c1995).
Other Finding Aids
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were donated to the library by Askwith, via the Museum of Empire & Commonwealth, Bristol on 10th May 1995.
- Title
- Papers of T.G. Askwith
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Paul Davidson
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
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