Typescript account of the early history of the Government Press in Kenya and Tanganyika, from 1917, by Drury, the first Government Printer; with related correspondence, 1959-1960, and press cuttings, maps, printed material and photographs relating to East Africa, 1914-1963.
Dates
- Creation: 1914-1963
Extent
2 volumes, 2 boxes
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.s.1625].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS.Afr.s.1625
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 1630
Biographical / Historical
Norman C. Drury, first Government Printer in Kenya and Tanganyika.
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Listed as no. 967 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information unknown.
- Title
- Papers of Norman C. Drury relating to the Government Press in East Africa
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Marion Lowman
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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