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Higher Education in Anglophone Tropical Africa

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Memoranda, reports, letters, and other papers on university and college education, chiefly relating to the Universities of Makerere (Uganda), Ibadan (Nigeria), Dar es Salaam (Tanganyika (Tanzania)), Legon (Gold Coast (Ghana)), and Salisbury (Harare) (Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)), [1924-1985].

Contributors and institutions include:

  1. Allan, Miss Ailsa C.; Ibadan
  2. Angus, John Darrell; University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
  3. Baker, Professor Samuel J.K.; Makerere
  4. Barbour, Kenneth Michael; Khartoum and Ibadan
  5. Bassindale, Ronald and Pamela; University College of the Gold Coast
  6. Beadle, Professor Leonard C.; Makerere
  7. Belton, Eric J.; Makerere
  8. Bevin, Henry James; University College of Ghana and Makerere
  9. Birley, Miss Barbara; Uganda
  10. Birmingham, Professor Walter B.; Ghana and Lesotho
  11. Bown, Professor Lalage; University College of the Gold Coast, Makerere, Ibadan, Zambia
  12. Brock, Professor Andrew; University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nairobi, and Lesotho
  13. Burnet, Miss Alice; Makerere
  14. Calder, Dr Allan; Makerere
  15. Carney, Thomas Francis; University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
  16. Carthew, Michael John; Dar es Salaam
  17. Caswell, George Henry; Ibadan and Zaria
  18. Clarke, Derek A.; University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
  19. Collard, Professor Kathleen; Ibadan
  20. Crabbe, John Reginald; Makerere
  21. Curle, Professor Adam; University College of Ghana
  22. Dalton, Robert H.G.; University College of Ghana
  23. Davis, Professor Arthur G.; University of Rhodesia
  24. de Bunsen, (Sir) Bernard; Makerere and University of East Africa
  25. Dickson, Alexander Graeme; Gold Coast (Ghana) and Nigeria
  26. Dinwiddy, Hugh; Makerere
  27. Duncanson, Professor W. Eric; Kumasi
  28. Dunn, Professor Thomas A.; Ghana and Lagos
  29. Elgood, John H.; Ibadan, Lagos, and Ahmadu Bello University
  30. Elliott, A. Valentine P.; Makerere
  31. Emeleus, Thomas George; Dar es Salaam
  32. Ewer, Professor Denis William; Ghana
  33. Fage, Professor John D.; Ghana
  34. Ferguson, John; Ibadan
  35. Finnegan, Ruth; University College of Rhodesia and Ibadan
  36. Fordham, Professor Paul; Makerere and Kenya
  37. Goldthorpe, John E.; Makerere
  38. Gower, Professor Laurence Cecil B.; Lagos
  39. Guite, Professor Harold F.; Ibadan and University College of Rhodesia
  40. Gurr, Professor Andrew J.; Nairobi
  41. Hands, Arthur R.; Ibadan
  42. Hardcastle, George F.; Zambia
  43. Harper, Professor S.H.; University of Rhodesia
  44. Harris, W. John; Ibadan, Ghana, and Benin
  45. Harris, W.J.A. (Jack); Makerere
  46. Hawkes, Trevor O.; Makerere
  47. Hawkridge, Professor David G.; University College of Rhodesia
  48. Herington, Mrs Monica (née Plumptre); Ibadan
  49. Hickinbotham, Revd. James Peter; University College of the Gold Coast
  50. Hirst, Professor J.; Ibadan
  51. Hodder, Professor B.W.; Ibadan
  52. Hodgkin, Thomas; Ghana
  53. Holmes, E.G.; [unknown]
  54. Hopkins, Brian; Ibadan
  55. Hunt, Dr Thomas C.; Member of the Inter University Council
  56. Hutcheon, Professor Alan T.; Ghana and Lesotho
  57. Ingham, Professor Kenneth; Makerere
  58. Ingle, Richard B.; Makerere
  59. Irwin, Professor Graham W.; Ibadan
  60. Jago, Nicholas D.; Ghana and Dar es Salaam
  61. James, Professor Dinah Mary; Ibadan
  62. Junod, Violaine; Makerere
  63. Kanyeihamba, George W.; Makerere
  64. Keay, Margaret A.; Makerere and Ahmadu Bello University
  65. King, Professor Noel; Ghana and Makerere
  66. Knox, Andrew; Zaria and Dar es Salaam
  67. Lander, Professor J.R.; Ghana
  68. Lawson, Mrs Rowena M. (née Jackson); Ghana
  69. Lind, Edna M.; Makerere and Nairobi
  70. Low, (Professor) D. Anthony; Makerere
  71. Lucas, Professor Eric; Makerere
  72. Mackenzie, Professor Norman H.; University College of Rhodesia
  73. McMaster, D. and Mrs Una; Makerere
  74. MacPherson, Professor Margaret; Makerere
  75. Mahood, Professor Molly; Ibadan and Dar es Salaam
  76. Marriott, John W.P.; Makerere
  77. Maxwell, Ian; Inter University Council
  78. Mellanby, (Professor) Kenneth; Ibadan
  79. Milton, Professor Alan; University College of Rhodesia
  80. Mitchell, Professor J. Clyde; University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
  81. Nye, Mrs Phyllis; [Ghana]
  82. Omari, Revd. Cuthbert K.; Dar es Salaam
  83. Omer-Cooper, Mrs Iris; Ibadan
  84. Omer-Cooper, John D.; Ibadan
  85. Osborne, Professor Denis G; Sierra Leone and Ghana
  86. Paliwala, Abdul; Dar es Salaam
  87. Parsons, Dr Neil; Zambia and University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS)
  88. Pattison, Bruce; [unknown]
  89. Payne, Revd. Denis; Makerere
  90. Pirouet, Dr M. Louise; Makerere and Nairobi
  91. Pratt, (Professor) P. Cranford; Dar es Salaam
  92. Pugh, Professor John Charles; Ibadan
  93. Ramsaran, Professor John A.; Ibadan
  94. Ranger, Professor Terence Osborn; University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and Dar es Salaam
  95. Rees, Professor Alun H.; Ibadan, Ife, and Port Harcourt
  96. Robertson, Professor John H.; Dar es Salaam
  97. Robertson, Revd. William Scott; Ghana and Dar es Salaam
  98. Rogers, Professor Cyril A.; University College of Rhodesia, Zambia and University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS)
  99. Rowe-Evans, C.A.T.; Makerere
  100. Ruel, Malcolm J.; Ibadan and Makerere
  101. Ryder, Professor Alan F.C.; Ibadan
  102. Sandison, Miss Eyvor E.; Ibadan
  103. Seidman, Professor Ann; Ghana, Dar es Salaam, Zambia, and University of Zimbabwe
  104. Shannon, David; Makerere and Ahmadu Bello University
  105. Shinnie, Professor Peter L.; Ghana and Khartoum
  106. Sibly, Mr and Mrs John; Makerere
  107. Slee, Alan T.C.; Makerere
  108. Snaith, H.L. (Jock); Dar es Salaam
  109. Stanton, Hannah M.; Makerere
  110. Swarbrick, James and Mrs Ailsa; Dar es Salaam
  111. Tattersall, Arthur; Makerere
  112. Tenniswood, Professor Charles; Makerere
  113. Tordoff, Professor William; Ghana, Dar es Salaam and Zambia
  114. Townsend-Coles, Edwin K.; University College of Rhodesia
  115. Trowell, Mrs Margaret; Makerere
  116. Twining, (Professor) William; Dar es Salaam
  117. Varley, Douglas; University College of Rhodesia
  118. Vick, Sir Arthur; Ghana Universities Visiting Committee
  119. Vowles, Miss Margaret; University College of Rhodesia and Zambia
  120. Vowles, Paul F.; Inter University Council and Makerere
  121. Wake, Clive H.; University College of Rhodesia
  122. Walker, Miss A. Elise; University College of Ghana
  123. Walton, Professor Geoffrey; University College of Ghana, Makerere, and Ahmadu Bello University
  124. Ward, Professor Alan H. and Mrs Elizabeth H.; Ghana, Zambia, and Swaziland (Eswatini)
  125. Wardman, Professor Harold W.; University College of Ghana
  126. Warner, Professor Alan J.; Makerere
  127. Welbourn, Frederick B.; Makerere
  128. Welter, Dr (Mrs) Marianne; Makerere
  129. Williams, Adeniyi; Ibadan
  130. Williams, Professor John William; University College of Ghana
  131. Willson, Professor F.M. Glenn; University College of Rhodesia
  132. Wilshere, Mr and Mrs Alan D.; Makerere and University College of Rhodesia (includes papers of Tenniswood, Professor Charles)
  133. Wilson, Professor Roger; Malawi
  134. Wrigley, Christopher; Makerere and Ibadan
  135. Yates, Professor E. Leighton; University College of Rhodesia.

Dates

  • Creation: 1924-1985

Extent

6.13 linear metres (88 boxes)

Language of Materials

  • English

Conditions Governing Access

Some material is closed.

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Afr. s. 1825 Box I (1), fol. 1].

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MSS. Afr. s. 1825 Box I-LXXXVI

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 2366

Additional Description

Abstract

Records related to higher education in anglophone tropical Africa.

Biographical / Historical

This collection is the result of the work of the Oxford Development Records Project relating to higher education in Africa. The project set out to record the experiences and preserve the reminiscences of people who had been involved in higher education, both during and after the colonial period, whether as academics or indirectly (such as those who worked for the Inter University Council). An aide-mémoire was sent to potential contributors, which they were invited to answer in the form of a memorandum, adding any original papers they were willing to donate. The period mainly covered was from the end of World War Two to independence.

Arrangement

The papers are arranged alphabetically by the surname of the contributor.

Other Finding Aids

Listed as no. 811 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquired through the Oxford Development Records Project.

Related Materials

Other materials related to projects of the Oxford Development Records Project include:

  1. Archive of the Swynnerton Plan: development of African agriculture in Kenya, MSS. Afr. s. 1717
  2. Medicine and Public Health in British Tropical Africa, MSS. Afr. s. 1872
  3. Law Enforcement in former British African Territories, MSS. Afr. s. 1784
  4. Food and Cash Crops in the British Commonwealth, MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 476
  5. Localisation and Public Service Training, MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 478
  6. Primary and Secondary Education in Six Selected African Territories (the Gold Coast (Ghana), Northern Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Nyasaland (Malawi), Tanganyika (Tanzania) and Uganda), MSS. Afr. s. 1755.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Catalogue of records related to Higher Education in Anglophone Tropical Africa
Status
Published
Author
Collection Level Description by Paul Davidson.
Date
2002; EAD version 2025
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Edition statement
Second edition.

Repository Details

Repository Details

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