The papers are arranged chronologically in the following sections corresponding to Nathan's career:
- Diaries, 1881-1939.
- Notebooks, 1876-1939.
- Private correspondence, 1868-1939.
- Royal Engineers' School, Chatham, 1880-4.
- Sudan Expedition, 1884-5.
- Lushai Expedition, 1889-94.
- Royal Engineers, 1894-5.
- Colonial Defence Committee, 1896-8.
- Governor of Sierra Leone, 1899-1900.
- Governor of the Gold Coast, 1900-3.
- Governor of Hong Kong, 1903-7.
- Governor of Natal, 1907-9.
- Secretary to the General Post Office.
- Pacific Cable Board, 1910-15.
- Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, 1911-14.
- Committee on the transfer of stamp manufacture and distribution, 1911-14.
- Royal Commission on the Civil Service, 1912.
- Committee on Crown Employment, 1912-13.
- Inland Revenue vote, 1913.
- Committee on the Civil Employment of ex-soldiers, 1914-19.
- Under-secretary for Ireland, 1914-16.
- London Defences, 1916.
- Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions, 1916-19.
- Special Grants Committee, 1917-20.
- Overseas Settlement Committee, 1919-20.
- Governor of Queensland, 1920-25.
- Committee on Geophysical Surveying, 1927-8.
- Advisory Committee on Rubber, 1926-8.
- Commission on the constitution of Ceylon, 1927-8.
- Civil Research Committee and the Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1925-38.
- The City of Westminster Health Society, 1921-30.
- Irrigation Research Committee, 1928-30.
- Miscellaneous papers.
Dates
- Creation: 1868-1939
Extent
67.1 Linear metres (671 physical shelfmarks)
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Access note
Some private correspondence is reserved from use and has consequently been omitted from the catalogue
Preferred Citation note
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MSS. Nathan 1-671
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 9407
Abstract
Papers corresponding to the career of Sir Matthew Nathan (1862-1939), soldier and civil servant
Biographical History
Sir Matthew Nathan (1862-1939) was a soldier and civil servant. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography
Arrangement note
The papers are arranged chronologically in sections corresponding to the career of Sir Matthew Nathan
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Given in 1961 by Mr. E. J. Nathan
Geographic
- Great Britain -- Politics and Government -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Politics and Government -- 20th century
Topical
- 19th century
- 20th century
- Civil service
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Australia -- Administration -- 20th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Gold Coast -- Administration -- 20th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Hong Kong -- Administration -- 20th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Natal -- Administration -- 20th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Sierra Leone -- Administration -- 19th century
- Ireland -- History -- 1910-1921
- Sudan -- History -- 1881-1899
Subject
- City of Westminster Health Society (Organisation)
- Great Britain and Ireland | Army | Royal Engineers (Organisation)
- Great Britain and Ireland | Board of Inland Revenue (Organisation)
- Great Britain and Ireland | Civil Research Committee (Organisation)
- Great Britain and Ireland | Colonial Defence Committee (Organisation)
- Great Britain and Ireland | General Post Office (Organisation)
- Great Britain and Ireland | Ministry of Pensions (Organisation)
- Great Britain and Ireland | Oversea Settlement Committee (Organisation)
- Great Britain and Ireland | Pacific Cable Board (Organisation)
- Great Britain and Ireland | Royal Commission on the Civil Service (Organisation)
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Colonial Office | Special Commission on the Constitution of Ceylon (Organisation)
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Irrigation Research Committee (Organisation)
- Nathan | Sir | Matthew | 1862-1939 | Knight | Lieutenant Colonel, Colonial Governor (Person)
- Royal Engineers' School | Chatham (England) (Organisation)
- Title
- Catalogues of the archive of Sir Matthew Nathan
- Status
- Published
- Date
- 1961; revised 2004, EAD version 2017
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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