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
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 497].
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
Subject
- 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
Weston Library
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