Diaries of Gilbert Sale

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Comprises diaries of Gilbert Sale kept whilst serving in the First World War, as forester in the British Colonial Service and in retirement in the UK (1915-1989); letter diaries and notes on war service (1917-1973); account book (1983-1989); diaries of Sale's mother Emily Hall (1884, n.d.); badges, medals and certificates (1915-1937); memorial cards.

The 1956, 1987 and 1988 diaries include lists of the abbreviations used in the diaries.

Dates

Creation: 1884, 1915-1989

Extent

1.50 Linear metres (17 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Some material is closed.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission given by the donor to the Bodleian to authorise copying and publication.

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. 12931.

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MSS. 12931/1-17

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 12931

Additional Description

Abstract

Diaries, letter diaries, accounts, awards and certificates of Gilbert Noel Sale (1897-1991), forester in Colonial Service, and diaries of his mother Emily Hall.

Biographical / Historical

Gilbert Noel Sale (1897-1991) was a forester in the Colonial Service and in Britain. Sale served as Assistant Conservator of Forestry in Cyprus, 1922-1929, as Conservator of Forests in Mauritius 1929-1935, Conservator of Forests in Mandatory Palestine, 1936-1946, Conservator of Forests in Trinidad and the Islands, 1946-1949 and as Woodlands Adviser to the Nature Conservancy in the UK, 1950-1962. Details can be found in his obituary in The Commonwealth Forestry Review Vol. 70, No. 3.