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Nature diary of Ethel Casson, later the travel diary and commonplace book of Stanley Casson

Nature diary of Ethel Casson, later the travel diary and commonplace book of Stanley Casson.
Shelfmark: MS. 15510
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: May 1898-c. Jun 1912
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Newbolt and Furse family archive

Papers of the Newbolt and Furse families, mainly of Sir Henry Newbolt, Margaret Newbolt (née Duckworth), John Henry Monsell Furse, Sir Ralph Furse and Celia Furse (née Newbolt).
Extents: 5.04 Linear metres (88 boxes)
Dates: [1515]-2020; Majority of material found within 1760-2020
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Notebook containing details in the hand of Miss Hallowes, Joseph Conrad's secretary

Notebook containing details in the hand of Miss Hallowes, Joseph Conrad's secretary
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 578
Extents: 210 Leaves
Dates: 1915-1924
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Notebook containing verse, notes and dialogues by E. H. W. Meyerstein, dated 1917

Notebook containing verse, notes and dialogues by E. H. W. Meyerstein, dated 1917.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. f. 26
Extents: 54 Leaves
Dates: 1917
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Notes and diary entries of Sir Michael Ernest Sadler, typescript and manuscript

Notes and diary entries of Sir Michael Ernest Sadler, typescript an manuscript
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3530
Extents: 97 Leaves
Dates: 1910-40
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Official diary of Travelling Commissioners in Southern Nigeria

Official diary of three successive Travelling Commissioners in Southern Nigeria, 1900-1903: by W.G. Ambrose (May-November 1900), J.H. Ewart (November 1900-November 1901), and W.R. Reeve-Tucker (December 1901-January 1903).
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1991
Extents: 289 pp.
Dates: 1900-1903
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Papers of Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton

Lennox-Boyd's papers largely relate to the period after Boyd's resignation from the Cabinet in 1959. There is a small amount of general correspondence for the period before 1960 but virtually no material relating to his time as Colonial Secretary except a number of letters of encouragement concerning the Parliamentary debates on the Hola Camp massacre and the Devlin Report in the summer of 1959. The principal point of interest to historians of British colonial affairs will probably be the…
Extents: 486 box
Dates: 1870s-1991
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Papers of Arthur Evelyn Weatherhead

Diaries relating to his service in South Africa, Uganda and the Seychelles, with albums of photographs of South Africa and Uganda, and letters, invitations, and photographs relating to his governorship of the Seychelles (1935-1936).
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates: 1902-1936
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Papers of Ava Anderson, Viscountess Waverley

Lady Waverley's papers include photographs of family members, correspondence, financial papers, newspaper cuttings and diary notes relating to her husband, John Anderson, first Viscount Waverley.
Extents: 0.2 Linear metres (4 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1938-1975
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Papers of Captain Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank, Viscount Crookshank

Diaries and speeches of Captain Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank, Viscount Crookshank, statesman, 1925-61.
Extents: 2.0 Linear metres (15 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1925-1961
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Papers of Eden and Cedar Paul

Diaries of Eden and Cedar Paul.
Extents: 0.33 Linear metres (3 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1911-1929
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Papers of Edward Mulhearin Lilley

Positive microfilm of the diary of Edward Mulhearin Lilley, 1925-1928, with photocopies of letters relating to his resignation as survey officer, Nigeria and length of service, 1928, 1938.
Extents: 1 16mm. microfilm and 3 ff.
Dates: 20th century
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Papers of Elizabeth Mary Wright

Papers of Elizabeth Mary Wright
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 4801
Extents: 243 Leaves
Dates: 1890-1958
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Papers of James Wheeler Woodford Birch and Sir Ernest Birch

Diaries (including photographs) of James Birch as British Resident of Perak, 1874-1875 (reference MSS.Ind.Ocn.s.242/1). Correspondence and articles of Ernest Birch, 1889-1929, and diary of a voyage to the Malay peninsular, 1920-1921 (reference MSS.Ind.Ocn.s.242/2,3).
Extents: 5 boxes and volumes
Dates: 1874-1875, 1889-1929
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Papers of John Masefield collected by Diana Daniels

Archive of John Masefield (1878-1967).
Extents: 0.63 Linear metres (9 boxes)
Dates: c. 1902-1967
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Papers of Rennie Smith

Papers of Rennie Smith, Member of Parliament, lecturer and journalist.
Extents: 33 boxes (2.43 linear metres)
Dates: 1908-1966
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Papers of Rev. Hugh Legge and Major J.B. Legge

The Legge papers include the diaries of Rev. Hugh Legge 1879-1944, and letters from his son, Major J.B. Legge, to his parents, 1929-44.
Extents: 8.8 Linear metres (88 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1879-1944
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Papers of Sir George Anderson

Diary of Sir George Anderson describing his time teaching in farm schools in the Transvaal from February to August 1903. Also an extract from his unpublished memoirs concerning Winston Churchill's escape during the Boer War with a letter from Winston Churchill MP (dated 1983), and a draft version of an article by Randolph Vigne concerning the diary.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.2372
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: 1903-1983
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Papers of Sir Leonard David Gammans and Lady Ann Muriel Gammans, née Paul

Diaries, notebooks, etc. of Leonard David Gammans, 1916-1956; diaries. etc. of Ann Muriel Gammans, 1918-1970; tourist brochures and other printed material concerning South Africa, [1965-1971].
Extents: 16 boxes
Dates: 1916-1971
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Papers of Sir Reginald Coupland (2)

Travel diaries, photograph albums covering Britain, Greece, the West Indies, India, and South, East and West Africa.
Extents: 9 Volumes
Dates: 1909-1942

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20th century 173
19th century 78
Diaries 69
Diaries -- 20th century 64
Diaries -- 19th century 35
18th century 13
Humanities 12
World War, 1914-1918 11
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century 10
Authors -- 20th century 8
Journalism 8
21st century 7
India -- Description and travel 7
17th century 6
Oxford (England) 6
Birds 5
Correspondence 5
English literature -- 20th century 5
Ornithology 5
Voyages and travels -- Diaries 5
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Diaries -- 18th century 4
Great Britain 4
India 4
Letters 4
Photographs 4
Poetry 4
Religion 4
United States of America -- Description and travel 4
Voyages and travels 4
World War, 1939-1945 4
16th century 3
Africa -- Description and travel 3
Authors 3
English diaries -- 19th century 3
English literature 3
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century 3
History 3
Ireland 3
Journalists -- 20th century 3
Poetry -- 20th century 3
Russia -- Description and travel 3
Women 3
World War, 1914-1918 -- Diaries 3
Africa -- Officials and employees 2
Anthropology 2
Art 2
Art, British -- 20th century 2
Artists 2
Australia -- Description and travel 2
Authors -- 19th century 2
Autobiography 2
Broadcasting -- Great Britain 2
Canada -- Description and travel 2
China -- Description and travel 2
Civil service 2
Colonial administrators 2
Colonial administrators -- -- -- Tanzania -- Diaries 2
Diplomatic and consular service -- British 2
East Asia -- Description and travel 2
Education 2
Education -- England 2
France -- Description and travel 2
Great Britain -- Politics and government 2
Great Britain -- Colonies -- India -- Administration -- 20th century 2
Great Britain -- Politics and government 2
Hong Kong (China) -- Description and travel 2
Italy 2
Japan -- Description and travel 2
Letters -- 20th century 2
Music 2
New Zealand -- Description and travel 2
Novelists -- 19th century 2
Oxford (England) -- History 2
Oxfordshire (England) 2
Photograph albums 2
Poets 2
Politics and Government 2
Social sciences 2
South Africa -- Description and travel 2
South African War, 1899-1902 2
Sweden -- Description and travel 2
Switzerland 2
Tanzania -- Description and travel 2
Turkey -- Description and travel 2
University of Oxford 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diaries 2
x - 15th century 2
Academics 1
Africa 1
Africa -- Discovery and exploration 1
Africa -- Pictorial works 1
Agricultural education -- South Africa -- Transvaal 1
Antiquarians 1
Apartheid -- South Africa 1
Archaeology 1
Architects 1
Art museums 1
Art, British -- 19th century 1
Art, British -- 20th century -- Exhibitions 1
Art, German 1
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Indexed names
Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service 6
Asquith | Herbert Henry | 1852-1928 | 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith | statesman 2
Atkinson | James B | fl 1925-1985 | member of the World Council of Churches 2
Harcourt | Edward William | 1825-1891 | politician 2
Harcourt | Family | Nuneham Courtenay 2
Harcourt | Family | Stanton Harcourt 2
Harcourt | Lewis Vernon | 1863-1922 | 1st Viscount Harcourt | politician 2
Labour Party 2
Masefield | John Edward | 1878-1967 | poet and novelist 2
Popplewell | Geoffrey Douglas | b 1904 | District Officer Colonial Government 2
Sadler | Sir | Michael Ernest | 1861-1943 | Knight | educational pioneer and art patron 2
Spalding | Philip Anthony | 1911-1989 | writer 2
Thompson | James Matthew | 1878-1956 | Historian and Theologian 2
Thompson | Theodosia | 1892-1970 | Wife of Edward Thompson 2
University of Oxford 2
World Council of Churches 2
Addison | Beatrice Dorothy | d 1982 | 2nd wife of 1st Viscount Addison 1
Addison | Christopher | 1869-1951 | 1st Viscount Addison | statesman 1
Ainslie-Williams | family 1
Alexander | Marjorie Eugene | b 1913 | pianist 1
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Ambrose | W Gerald | fl 1900 | Travelling Commissioner in Southern Nigeria 1
Anderson | Ava | 1896-1974 | née Bodley | wife of Viscount Waverley 1
Anderson | John | 1882-1958 | 1st Viscount Waverley | civil servant 1
Anderson | Sir | George | 1877-1943 | educationalist 1
Araquistain | Luis | 1856-1959 | Spanish statesman 1
Armstrong | Edward Allworthy | 1900-1978 | ornithologist, priest 1
Asquith | family 1
Astor | Francis David Langhorne | 1912-2001 | newspaper editor and philanthropist 1
Astor | Nancy Witcher | 1879-1964 | née Langhorne | society hostess, politician and wife of 2nd Viscount Astor 1
Astor | family 1
Barrow | William | Naval Officer 1
Batty | Beatrice | 1833-1933 | Novelist and Diarist, author called Beatrice Stebbing 1
Baynes | Emma Katherine | fl 1862-1935 1
Baynes | Norman Hepburn | 1877-1961 | historian 1
Beer | Esmond Samuel de | 1895-1990 | Historical Scholar and Editor 1
Bennett | Alan | b 1934 | author and playwright 1
Benson | Samuel | 1799-1881 | Anglican clergyman, author vicar of St Saviour's, Southwark 1
Bentley | Anne | fl 1884-1898 1
Bentley | Edmund Clerihew | 1875-1956 | Writer 1
Bentley | George | 1828-1895 | Publisher and Author 1
Bentley | Lucy | fl 1936 1
Bentley | Richard | 1794-1871 | Publisher 1
Bentley | Richard | 1854-1936 | Publisher 1
Birch | James Wheeler Woodford | 1826-1875 | Resident in Perak 1
Birch | Sir | Ernest Woodford | 1857-1929 | Knight | Colonial Governor 1
Bishop | Elizabeth | b 1763 | nee Wollstonecraft 1
Blunt | Wilfrid Scawen | 1840-1922 | poet and writer 1
Bodley | John Edward Courtenay | 1853-1925 | Civil Servant and Historian 1
Bodley | John | 1922-1944 1
Bodley | Miles | 1921-1944 1
Bollaert | William | 1807-1876 | Author and explorer 1
Bonham Carter | family 1
Bowen | Aylwin | fl. 1918-1950 | writer and printer 1
Boyd | Alan Tindal Lennox- | 1904-1983 | 1st Viscount Boyd 1
Brinckman | Mary Alice | 1826-1901 1
British Red Cross 1
Brown | Edna | fl 1935-6 | nee Young | wife of Philip Anthony Spalding 1
Bruce | Robert | 1829-1908 | Congregational Minister 1
Bullard | Antonia | fl 1974-1975 1
Bunsen | Berta Mary de | 1869-1954 | née Lowry-Corry 1
Bunsen | Elizabeth de | d 1903 | née Gurney 1
Bunsen | Sir | Maurice William Ernest de | 1852-1932 | 1st Baronet | diplomat 1
Butler | Alfred Joshua | 1850-1936 | historian 1
Butler | Rohan D'Olier | 1917-1996 | historian and civil servant 1
Butler | Sir | Harold Beresford | 1883-1951 | civil servant 1
Butterworth | George Sainton Kaye | 1885-1916 | composer and folk song collector 1
Butterworth | Sir | Alexander Kaye | 1854-1946 | Knight | railway manager 1
Cameron | Julia Margaret | 1815-1879 | photographer 1
Carter | Lady | Helen Violet | Bonham | 1887-1969 | née Asquith | Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury | Liberal political figure 1
Case | R. C | fl. 1920-1971 1
Casey | Mary | fl 1950-1966 | niece of John Cowper Powys 1
Cashmore | Hilda | 1876-1943 | university teacher and welfare worker 1
Casson | Ethel | fl 1898-1905 | sister of the archaeologist Stanley Casson 1
Casson | Stanley | 1889-1994 | archaeologist 1
Castle | Barbara Anne | 1910-2002 | Baroness Castle of Blackburn | Labour politician 1
Castle | William MacCoy Fitzgerald | fl 19th century 1
Cathedral Church of Christ | Lagos, Nigeria 1
Champneys | Basil | 1842-1935 | Architect and author 1
Clark | Andrew | 1854-1922 | Clergyman and Antiquary 1
Conrad | Joseph | 1857-1924 | novelist 1
Cook | Alfred Marshall | fl. 1877-1921 | surmaster of St. Paul's school, London 1
Cook | Sir | Edward Tyas | 1857-1919 | Knight | journalist 1
Corry | Montagu William Lowry- | 1838-1903 | Baron Rowton | politician and philanthropist 1
Costin | William Conrad | 1893-1970 | President of St John's College, Oxford 1
Coupland | Sir | Reginald | 1884-1952 | Knight | colonial historian 1
Crompton | Margaret Norah | fl 1914-1982 1
Crookshank | Henry Frederick Comfort | 1893-1961 | 1st Viscount Crookshank | statesman 1
D'Orville | Jacques Philippe | 1696-1751 | Classical Scholar 1
David | Ottilie | b. 1892 1
Dell | Edmund | 1921-1999 | Labour MP and historian 1
Deneke | Clara Sophie | 1847-1933 | Author 1
Deneke | Helena Clara | 1878-1973 | German scholar 1
Deneke | Margaret Clara Adele | 1882-1969 | Author and Musicologist 1
Dickinson | Henry Strahan | fl. 1826-1828 1
Dixey | Frederick Augustus | 1856-1934 | Physiologist 1
Dixey | Harold Giles | 1893-1974 | schoolmaster 1
Dixey | Isabel | d 1916 1
Dodds | Eric Robertson | 1893-1979 | classical scholar 1
Dorville | Anne | b 1755 1
Dorville | Elizabeth | fl 1800-1899 | of Hammersmith 1
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Language
English 173
French 9
German 8
Latin 5
Italian 4
Czech 3
Dutch; Flemish 3
Hungarian 3
Polish 3
Spanish; Castilian 3
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 2
Danish 1
Estonian 1
Greek, Modern (1453-) 1
Hebrew 1
Hindi 1
Norwegian 1
Portuguese 1
Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan 1
Russian 1
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Swedish 1
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