Box 606755026
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Papers relating to White Man's Country: Lord Delamere and the Making of Kenya , 1901-1937
White Man's Country: Lord Delamere and the Making of Kenya was published in 1935 by Macmillan (two volumes).
Collection:
Papers of Elspeth Josceline Huxley (1)
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 782, box 1
Extents: 1.0 box (6 folders)
Dates:
1901-1937
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White Man's Country file 1, 1902-1928
File 1 contains:
(fols 1-62) - typed extracts from The East African Standard, chiefly concerned with Lord Delamere, Nov 1902-Oct 1928. The pages are numbered 1-64 but pages 7, 8, 10, 12-14 and 18 are missing. Five supplementary pages have been inserted.
(fols 63-78) - manuscript notes on Delamere's activities, prefaced by a chronology, 1919-1920.
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Collection:
Papers of Elspeth Josceline Huxley (1)
Shelfmark: MS. Afr. s. 782 box 1, file 1
Extents: 1.0 file
Dates:
1902-1928
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White Man's Country file 2, 1907-1931
(fols 1-189) - manuscript notes of minutes of the Kenyan Legislative Council, covering the period from Delamere's appointment as one of the first two unofficial representatives to the council until his death, 16 Aug 1907-13 Nov 1931.
Collection:
Papers of Elspeth Josceline Huxley (1)
Shelfmark: MS. Afr. s. 782 box 1, file 2
Extents: 1.0 file
Dates:
1907-1931
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White Man's Country file 3, 23 Oct 1919-31 Dec 1921
File labelled 'Papers from H.R. Tate', Provincial Commissioner, Nyeri, which deal with problems of indigenous labour in 1919-1920.
(fols 1-7) - printed copy of Labour Circular number 1, signed by John Ainsworth, Chief Native Commissioner, about native labour required for non-native farms and other private undertakings; also memoranda on the same subject by Tate, Ainsworth, and…
Collection:
Papers of Elspeth Josceline Huxley (1)
Shelfmark: MS. Afr. s. 782 box 1, file 3
Extents: 1.0 file
Dates:
23 Oct 1919-31 Dec 1921
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White Man's Country file 4, 1901-1934
Miscellaneous papers consisting of notes, extracts and correspondence relating to Delamere. Remarks on front cover of the file do not refer to the present contents.
(fols 1-4) - notes by Brigadier General A.S. Cooper, formerly Assistant Chief Accountant, Uganda Railway, on the East Africa Turf Club of which he was Hon. Secretary from 1900-1908. The notes include reminiscences of Delamere, President of…
Collection:
Papers of Elspeth Josceline Huxley (1)
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 782 box 1, file 4
Extents: 1.0 file
Dates:
1901-1934
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White Man's Country file 5, 1933
Comprises:
(fols 1-159) - manuscript notes, mainly undated, made for White Man's Country, 11 Jan-10 Feb 1933. The notes are chiefly of interviews of people who had known Delamere including: L. Amery; Dr Atkinson; S.S. Bagge; Mr Blanke; C.C. Bowring; R. Carnegie; R. Chamberlain; Clutterbuck; Powys Cobb; Lady Eleanor Cole; F. Couldrey; Professor Coupland; Gladys Delamere…
Collection:
Papers of Elspeth Josceline Huxley (1)
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 782 box 1, file 5
Extents: 1.0 file
Dates:
1933
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White Man's Country file 6, 1926-1937
Comprises three folders containing manuscript notes on the Kikuyu:
(fols 1-34) - 'I. Notes from books on the Kikuyu', with subject index, n.d.
(fols 35-105) - 'II. Muringo's Camp Notes' containing: 1. diary of events at Muringo's Camp, 4 Jan-15 Feb [1936 or 1937], with subject index; 2. notes on Squatters. n.d.
(fols 106-141) - 'MS of Book on Kikuyu (Odd Notes)', n.d.,…
Collection:
Papers of Elspeth Josceline Huxley (1)
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 782 box 2, file 6
Extents: 1.0 file
Dates:
1926-1937