Typescript transcription of letters written by Heaney from Tanganyika to his parents in England, compiled under the title Letters and Notes from Tanganyika 1929-1943.
Dates
- Creation: 1929-1943
Extent
141 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Afr. s. 2271].
Shelfmark:
MSS. Afr. s. 2271
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 2306
Biographical / Historical
Leonard M. Heaney (b 1906), CMG (1959), was educated at Bristol Grammar School and at Oriel College, Oxford, undertaking military service, 1940-1945 (Major). He began work in the Colonial Service as cadet, Tanganyika, 1929, was made assistant district officer, 1931, district officer, 1941, deputy provincial commissioner, 1948, provincial commissioner, 1951 and senior, 1956. He retired in 1958, was made temporary principal, Colonial Office, 1959 and continued in the Civil Service to [c1964?].
Other Finding Aids
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were donated to the library by Lieut.-Colonel Parker-Jones, on behalf of Leonard Heaney, on 25th June 1998.
Subject
- Title
- Correspondence of Leonard Heaney
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Paul Davidson
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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