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Papers of Samuel Burnside B. McElderry

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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 595

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Album of photographs taken on first tour of service as Administrative Officer in Hong Kong, c1909-1911; diary of service as Deputy Chief Secretary in Tanganyika, and Chief Secretary in Zanzibar, 1933-1934.

Dates

  • Creation: c1909-1911, 1933-1934

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

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Shelfmark:

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 595

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 3227

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Burnside Boyd McElderry (1885-1984) worked in the Hong Kong Administrative Service, 1909-1928. He then gained the post of Deputy Chief Secretary, Tanganyika, 1929-1933 and Chief Secretary, Zanzibar, 1933-1940. He was attached to the office of High Commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland (Pretoria and Cape Town), 1940-1945, and was then temporarily employed by the Colonial Office, 1945-1946. He was a Member of Council, Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind, 1951-1970 and a member of the Royal National Institute for the Blind, 1958-1970. In 1913 he married Mildred Mary Orme, with whom he had three daughters.

Other Finding Aids

Listed as no. 595 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 by Samuel McElderry's son-in-law, W. Wenban-Smith Esq., through the Oxford Colonial Archives Project, in September 1985.

Title
Papers of Samuel Burnside B. McElderry
Status
Published
Author
Paul Davidson
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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