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Papers of Alan Collings

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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 497

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Reports, memoranda and handing-over notes as Administrative Officer in Tanganyika, 1947-1961, as Financial Adviser in the New Hebrides, 1970-1972, and as Financial Secretary in Montserrat and Gibraltar, 1975-1979.

Dates

  • Creation: 1947-1979

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

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Shelfmark:

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 497

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 1307

Biographical / Historical

Alan Collings (b 1919) served as a cadet, District Officer, then Administrative Officer, in Tanganyika, 1946-1961, Financial Adviser in the New Hebrides, 1970-1972, and Financial Secretary in Montserrat and Gibraltar, 1975-1979.

Other Finding Aids

Listed as no. 575 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were donated to the library through the Oxford Colonial Archives Project in August 1985

Title
Papers of Alan Collings
Status
Published
Author
Paul Davidson
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
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