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Autobiography of Albert Francis B. Bridges
"So we used to do": autobiography by Bridges relating to his colonial service in Nigeria, 1921-1949, with associated photographs. Typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1881
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1921-1949
Collection
Memoirs of Ann M. Davidson
"The real paradise: memories of Africa, 1950-1963", an account by Ann M. Davidson of her life as a District Officer's wife in Nyasaland (now Malawi), based on weekly letters to her mother. Bound typescript.
Extents: 2 Volumes
Dates:
[1963?]
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Memoirs of John Brayne-Baker
Memoirs and text of talks on experiences in the Colonial Administrative Service in Nigeria and the British Cameroons, 1928-1956.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1926
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1928-1956
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Memoirs of Michael C. Atkinson
"The bush out of my soul: two decades in Western Nigeria": memoirs of Michael C. Atkinson relating to his service as an Administrative Officer, 1939-1959. Typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1836
Extents: 168 ff.
Dates:
1939-1959
Collection
Papers of James Stewart Smith
Smith's autobiography of service as an Administrative Officer in Cameroon and Eastern Nigeria (1924-1955) entitled "The Last Time", with related reports, papers and letters home.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates:
1924-1955
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Photocopied essays by Peggy Phyllis Campbell
Three essays by Peggy Campbell relating to her husband's administrative service in the Gold Coast (1936-1946). The essays are entitled "And the Bride wore Khaki Shorts!" (1939), "A thorn in the Flesh" (1941), and "My African Ghost" (1941). Photocopied typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.2130
Extents: 13 ff.
Dates:
1939, 1941
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- Autobiographies -- Ghana 1
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- Colonial administrators -- Cameroon -- Autobiographies 1
- Colonial administrators -- Nigeria 2
- Colonial administrators -- Nigeria -- Autobiographies 1
- Colonial administrators -- Nigeria, Eastern -- Autobiographies 1
- Colonial administrators' spouses -- Ghana 1
- Colonial administrators' spouses -- Malawi 1
- Ghana -- Description and travel 1
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- Nigeria -- Officials and employees 3
- Nigeria, Eastern -- Officials and employees 1
- Indexed names
- Atkinson | Michael C | b 1917 | Colonial Administrator 1
- Brayne-Baker | John | 1905-1997 | Colonial Administrator 1
- Bridges | Albert Francis B | fl 1921-1949 | Colonial Administrator 1
- Campbell | Archibald | 1914-1994 | Colonial Administrator 1
- Campbell | Peggy Phyllis | fl 1939-1941 | wife of Archibald Campbell Colonial Administrator 1
- Davidson | Ann M | fl 1950-1963 | wife of Colonial Administrator 1
- Smith | James Stewart | 1900-1987 | Colonial Administrator 1