Papers of John Vincent Lewis

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MSS. Afr. s. 1147

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This consists of five folders in one box. The folder contents are as follows:

Folder 1: Miscellaneous papers on marketing and industrial development in East Africa, 1935-1945:

(fols. 1-8) papers connected with the Marketing of Native Produce Ordinance 1935, including a copy of the Ordinance, No. XXVIII of 1935, with emendations, and Government Notices Nos. 673, 676, and 690, 1935-1937
(fols. 9-16) envelope containing six snapshots of African boys, endorsed 'Kigoma 37/37' and their names, and a note of weight and height, n.d. [1937?]
(fol. 17) East African Production and Supply Council: form for Statement of Latest Estimates of Gross Quantities of Produce to be marketed, n.d.
(fols. 18-27) forms and memoranda concerning East African War Supplies Board and Tyre Control, and reprint about tyres from the East African Standard, 1941
(fols. 28-29) memorandum by Lewis on Co-operative transport and development in East Africa, containing the suggestion that co-operative bus services might provide an acceptable outlet to surplus spending power, 12 May 1945
(fols. 30-35) Kenya Sessional Paper, No. 3 of 1945: Proposals for the reorganisation of the Administration of Kenya, 25 Jun 1945
(fols. 36-39) East African Industrial Council: Report and recommendations regarding industrial development, 26 Sep 1945.

Folder 2: Papers concerning agricultural labour and provincial administration of Tanganyika (Tanzania), 1937-1948:

(fols. 2-9) 'Sundry papers relating to Labour at Morogoro': Forms L.1-L.6, for use of Estate Managers, concerning indigenous employees, n.d.
(fols. 10-12) 'Sundry papers relating to Labour at Morogoro': Contract of service, and Labour inspection report, n.d.
(fol. 13) 'Sundry papers relating to Labour at Morogoro': 'Report on the incidence of death of Rundi and related tribes in Morogoro District 1937 (part) among Sisal Estate Labourers', n.d.
(fols. 14-15) 'Sundry papers relating to Labour at Morogoro': Table of wages, n.d.
(fols. 16-21) 'Sundry papers relating to Labour at Morogoro': Directions for making a report on an Estate Inspection, n.d.
(fols. 22-42) 'Sundry papers relating to Labour at Morogoro': Estate Inspection Report by Lewis, on Athina Sisal Estate, Rusonga, Kidugallo, with six enclosures concerning absenteeism and enquiries into illness and death of contract workers, 21-23 Jul 1937
(fols. 43-49) 'Sundry papers relating to Labour at Morogoro': Estate Inspection Report by Lewis on Ngerengere Estate, 28-30 Jul 1937
(fols. 50-51) 'Sundry papers relating to Labour at Morogoro': Handing-over notes by Lewis on Labour, Morogoro District, 21 Sep 1937
(fols. 52-59) 'Sundry papers relating to Labour at Morogoro': Memorandum by Lewis on 'Native identification and the registration of employment', 27 Sep 1957
(fols. 61-65) memorandum by Lewis on Native Court Procedure, n.d.
(fols. 66-69) memorandum by Lewis on a unified Filing System for all District Officers, 17 Jan 1937
(fols. 70-79) memorandum by Lewis on Agricultural Apprenticeship: a tribal agricultural education camp system, 20 Jan 1937
(fols. 80-86) letter from Lewis to the Provincial Commissioner, Eastern Province, on educational policy for the district, with a copy of a memorandum based on the above, entitled 'Agricultural Apprenticeship and Rural Co-ordination', 18 Aug 1938
(fols. 87-95) handing-over notes by Lewis, Acting District Officer, Bagamoyo, referring to the period when F.W. Bampfylde was absent from the district on leave, 14 Dec 1938
(fols. 96-101) Annual Report on the Provincial Administration of Bagamoyo District, unsigned, 1938
(fols. 102-118) memorandum by Lewis on economic control and development, 1 Feb 1941
(fols. 119-122) 'Notes on items for Provincial Commissioners' Conference', concerning taxation, Co-operative Societies, welfare centres, and personal registration, n.d.
(fols. 123-126) letter from Lewis, District Commissioner, to Provincial Commissioner, Tanga, about major administrative problems calling for attention in the Tanga district, 29 Dec 1948
(fols. 127-132) handing-over notes by H.H. McCleery, District Commissioner, Tanga, to Lewis, Nov 1948.

Folder 3: Papers concerning Soil Conservation, Food and Agriculture Organisation, and economic planning for East Africa, 1938-1953:

(fols. 1-11) notes on Soil Conservation work in America, by Sir Frank Stockdale, Agricultural Adviser to the Colonial Office, dated 17 Nov 1937, sent by Ormsby-Gore to the Officer Administering the Government, Tanganyika (Tanzania), 21 Jan 1938
(fol. 12) page from United Empire: 'Erosion and Africa's Soil Resources', by G.C. Watson, Feb 1939
(fols. 13-14) Anti Soil-Erosion Rules to be applied by Native Authorities, Bagamoyo District (two drafts), n.d.
(fol. 15) sketch of a louvred shutter, n.d.
(fol. 16) list of Bagamoyo Native Authorities, n.d.
(fol. 17) 'Inspection of land applied for': details of information required before the alienation of African land should be permitted, n.d.
(fol. 18) extract from Forty thousand against the Arctic by H.P. Smolka, c. 1937, about Professor Lyssenko's system of 'facorization' for the speeding up of growth of plants, n.d.
(fols. 19-37) Working Party on Prices of Colonial Products: Chairman's Interim Report with a covering note by the Secretary, J. Rosa, issued by the Colonial Office, 23 May 1946
(fols. 38-40) circular despatch from Creech Jones to the Governments of the African territories, on the development of local government for Africans, 25 Feb 1947
(fols. 41-42) Food and Agriculture Organisation: Memorandum and a cable by E. Melville, Head of the Colonial Office Production and Marketing Department 'A', on arrangements for the meeting in London of technical officers of the 1950 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Census, mentioning that Lewis would be in charge of the Secretariat, 4 Dec 1947
(fol. 43) French translation signed by Lewis of the procedure of the meeting, 11 Dec 1947
(fols. 44-46) FAO Agricultural Census, 1950: Meeting on undeveloped areas - Administrative Instruction No. 1, 13 Dec 1947
(fols. 47-51) text of a memorandum by Lewis on the necessity of a post-war survey of the economic needs of colonial territories, in particular Tanganyika (Tanzania), and the importance of educating the local population in the reasons for adopting a policy, n.d.
(fols. 52-53) observations in Lewis's hand on the possible development of local government within the tribe, and the future position and function of the Chief, n.d.
(fols. 54-60) typescript of a speech by Lewis, for a British Council meeting at Limbe, on the prices of produce and goods in Nyasaland (Malawi), 20 Sep 1951
(fols. 61-64) memorandum by Lewis, Director of Marketing and Supply, Limbe, on the marketing of the 1952 groundnut crop, with a covering note to the Chief Secretary, Zomba, 3 Jan 1953
(items 1-2) Colonial Office directories, showing distribution of business with an index of names and departmental telephones. In the first volume, Lewis's name appears as a member of 'Production and Marketing Department 'A', May 1948 and Sep 1949.

Folder 4: Papers concerning Lend-Lease, East African Production and Supply Council, and the East African Governors' Conference, 1942-1946:

(fols. 1-39) papers about Lend-Lease and its effect on the post-war economy, including memoranda by Lewis, extracts from relevant Agreements, the 1942 Report to Congress on Lend-Lease operation, a letter from the Secretary of State to UK Government Departments concerned about capital goods supplied under Lend-Lease, and cuttings from the East African Standard, Feb-7 Sep 1942
(fol. 40) cutting from the East African Standard about East African Civil Defence and Supply Council, 7 Jul 1942
(fol. 41) extract from a cable from the Chief Censor, India, about the treatment of Soviet vessels calling at Calcutta (Kolkata), 16 Nov 1942
(fols. 42-115) file labelled 'Produce Disposal Minutes, etc.' containing minutes, memoranda, and correspondence of the East African Production and Supply Council of which Lewis was Secretary, and Reports of the Statistical Section of which he was in charge from its formation in Feb 1943, 1 Jan-23 Aug 1943
(fols. 116-118) draft of memorandum by Lewis concerning the need for planning for the first four years following the end of hostilities, n.d.
(fols. 119-123) observations by Lewis on the continual need for restraint and restrictions on a world-wide basis after the war, 'Beveridge for East Africa' and 'Post-war developments in East Africa', n.d.
(fols. 124-125) draft, perhaps of a speech, by Lewis on economic theories, 16 Apr 1944
(fol. 126) letter from Sir Charles Lockhart to Lewis about a minute, 18 Oct 1945
(fols. 127-130) note by Lewis on the origin and organisation of the Imports Section of the Economic Division of the East African Governors' Conference, 14 Jan 1946
(fols. 131-157) notes addressed by Lewis to the Acting Chief Secretary concerning the reorganisation of the East African Secretariat, and a copy of the Registration Index, 25 Mar-30 May 1946.

Folder 5: Printed matter, 1947-1950:

(item 1) Colonial Office report on a visit to the rubber growing smallholdings of Malaya (Malaysia) by P.T. Bauer, Lecturer in Economics, London School of Economics, Jul-Sep 1946
(item 2) Report of the European and Asian Cost of Living Committee (Chairman, F.L. Brown), of which Lewis was a member, representing the Nyasaland Civil Servants' Association, 30 May 1950.

Dates

Creation: 1935-1953

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

English
French

Preferred Citation

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Shelfmark:

MSS. Afr. s. 1147

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 2919

Additional Description

Abstract

Archive of John Vincent Lewis, Colonial Administrator.

Biographical / Historical

John Vincent Lewis was born in 1907 and educated at King William's College, Isle of Man, and Keble College, Oxford (BA). He entered the Colonial Service in 1930 as a Cadet in Tanganyika (Tanzania). He served as Assistant District Officer in Morogoro and Bagamoyo Districts, and in Jun 1959 was transferred to the Secretariat, Dar es Salaam. He was seconded in 1941 to Nairobi, where his duties included the post of Secretary to the East African Imports Distribution Advisory Committee and Acting Chief Secretary to the East African Governors' Conference. He spent some months during 1947-1948 at the Colonial Office (Marketing Department), until his appointment as District Commissioner, Tanga. In May 1949, he was transferred to Nyasaland (Malawi), where he served in various capacities connected with development and finance, and as Director of Agriculture (Marketing) and Controller of Essential Supplies and Prices. He was finally appointed Director of Marketing and Supply, in which post he retired on abolition of the office in May 1953.