"The bush out of my soul: two decades in Western Nigeria": memoirs of Michael C. Atkinson relating to his service as an Administrative Officer, 1939-1959. Typescript.
Dates
- Creation: 1939-1959
Extent
168 ff.
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.s.1836].
Shelfmark:
MSS.Afr.s.1836
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 507
Biographical / Historical
Michael C. Atkinson (OBE) was born in 1917 and educated at Brighton College, and Worcester College, Oxford. In 1939 he entered the Colonial Administrative Service as a cadet. He was posted to Nigeria where he later held the posts of Administrative Officer, class II, in Western Nigeria (1954); Administrative Officer, class I (1957); and Administrative Officer, staff grade (1957-1959).
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Listed as no. 1281 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Custodial History
Deposited with the Oxford Development Records Project.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transferred to the library from the Oxford Development Records Project.
Subject
- Title
- Memoirs of Michael C. Atkinson
- Status
- Published
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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