The Sorcerer's Apprentice: A Journey Through East Africa was published in 1948 by Chatto & Windus.

Comprises: (fol 1) - population estimates for Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda for 1946, 1956, 1986, and 2002, based on the 1936 figures, n.d. (fols 2-10) - some figures and opinions bearing on population growth: notes for an address on 'The Human Situation in East Africa', given at the Nairobi Rotary Club by A.R. Paterson, 6 Dec 1946. (fol 11) - cutting from a journal […

Comprises: (fols 1-21) - notes about the history of North Kavirondo from 1883 to 1900, recording the activities of notable Europeans in the district. These include: Joseph Thomson, sent to East Africa by the Royal Geographical Society; Bishop Hannington, first Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa; Sir Frederick Jackson, sent by the British East African Company to try to assist Emin Pasha; Dr Karl Peters;…

Comprises: (fols 1-4) - reprint from the East African Agricultural Journal, 'Artificial Insemination and community breeding of cattle', by Dr James Anderson, Naivasha Experimental Station, Department of Veterinary Services, Kenya, Jul 1942. (fols 5-7) - reprint from the East African Agricultural Journal, vol.X, no.1, 'Notes on Animal…

Comprises: (fols 1-4) - Kenya National Parks Progress Report No.2, by M.H. Cowie, Executive Officer, Sep 1946. (fols 5-46) - Kenya National Parks Memoranda: No.74, Mountain National Parks, n.d.; No.83, Nairobi National Park, 18 Mar 1947; No.87, Plan for 1947, 11 May 1947; and No.91, Prehistoric Sites, 30 May 1947. (fols 47-48) - letter from R.M. Graham, Assistant…

Papers by Dr L.S.B. Leakey, Curator of the Coryndun Memorial Museum, Nairobi. Comprises: (fols 1-8) - pages from The Illustrated London News with an article by Dr Leakey entitled 'Was Kenya the centre of human evolution?' and many photographs of fossil bones, 24 Aug 1946. (fols 9-11) - pages from The Illustrated London News, with an…

Cuttings from the Mombasa Times reporting the Mombasa Labour Tribunal, under Mr Justice Thacker, enquiring into labour troubles in Mombasa, 17 Feb-11 Mar 1947.

Comprises: (fols 1-4) - reprint from The East African Agricultural Journal, Vol.XI, No.4, 'Agricultural Extension Methods amongst African peasant farmers', by G.B. Masefield, Agricultural Officer, Uganda, Apr 1946. (fol 5) - notes on the Budongo and Siba forests, n.d. (fols 6-12) - excerpt about resettlement, from the 1946 Annual Report by the…

Comprises: (fol 1-9) - reprint from The Empire Journal of Experimental Agriculture, Vol.IV, No.14, 'Native production of coffee on Kilimajaro', by A.J. Wakefield, Deputy Director of Agriculture, Tanganyika Territory, Apr 1936. (fols 10-25) - Annual Report of the Moshi Native Coffee Board, 1945-1946. (fols 26-27) - reprint from the …

Comprises: (fols 1-11) - The history of Zanzibar, from the 1st century to 1944: typescript copy of chapter two of unknown publication [the letters KSR appear at the foot of several pages], n.d. (fols 12-32) - Sessional Paper No.1 of the Legislative Council, on the Programme of Social and Economic Development in the Zanzibar Protectorate for the Ten-Year period 1946 to 1955. Subjects…