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James L. Grant, 'Take what you want', unpublished autobiography
James L. Grant, 'Take what you want', unpublished autobiography
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 1232
Extents: 246 Leaves
Dates:
1963-1965
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Journal of Edith Simcox
Journal of Edith Simcox
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 494
Extents: 189 Leaves
Dates:
May 1876-Jan 1900
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Jozef Stanowski, 'Upon ever shifting grounds', annotated typescript memoir
Jozef Stanowski, ‘Upon ever shifting grounds’, annotated typescript memoir
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 1458
Extents: 470 pages
Dates:
1979
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Letters and Memoirs of Edward and Dorothy Powys Cobb
Letters home to his daughter, Dorothy, as farmer at Mau Narok and Keringet (1924-1961); with reminiscences of life in Kenya by Dorothy Powys Cobb (1909-1950s). Typescript and photocopies.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.2058
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1909-1961
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Letters to Walter de la Mare from Helen Thomas
31 manuscript letters from Helen Thomas (widow of the poet Edward Thomas) to Walter de la Mare, 1907-1945.
Shelfmark: MS. 16127
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1907-1945
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A long autobiographical narrative written by William Fuller
A long autobiographical narrative written by William Fuller
Shelfmark: MS. Bodl. 259
Extents: 87 Leaves
Dates:
Qritten in A.D. 1724 by W. Fuller
Single Item
'Man Know Thyself by Oscar von Dresky, Napier, New Zealand, 1900'
'Man Know Thyself by Oscar von Dresky, Napier, New Zealand, 1900'
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. th. c. 21
Extents: 368 Leaves
Dates:
Written in A.D. 1900-1901 at New Zealand by O. von Dresky
Single Item
'Mancuniensis. Or An History of the Town of Manchester
'Mancuniensis. Or An History of the Town of Manchester
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Lancs c. 5
Extents: 79 Leaves
Dates:
Written at the close of the 17th century
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Manuscript entitled 'The Life And Adventures of Thomas Ducker Composed by Himself in 1826 and 1827'. Has a second title 'The Adventures of A Wanderer Composed By Himself'.
Manuscript entitled 'The Life And Adventures of Thomas Ducker Composed by Himself in and '. Has a second title 'The Adventures of A Wanderer Composed By Himself'.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3654
Extents: 33 Leaves
Dates:
1826-1827
Collection
Manuscript of John Masterman's autobiography, 'On the Chariot Wheel'
Autobiography of Sir John Masterman, academic and intelligence officer.
Extents: 6 boxes (0.66 Linear metres)
Dates:
[c.1975]
Collection
Manuscripts and Papers of E.A. Reade
Manuscripts and Papers of E.A. Reade
Extents: 0.45 Linear metres (9 boxes)
Dates:
19th century
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 Brian Havelock Potts (microfilm)
Memoirs as settler in Thika (1912-1924) and Mount Elgon (1924-1931), including service on the East African Front.
Shelfmark: Micr.Afr.596
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
1912-1931
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Memoirs of Donald Adrian Owen
Memoirs of Donald Adrian Owen, 1880-1952, being a selection of his writings, letters and extracts from diaries as Resident in Sarawak. Reproduced typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Pac.s.103
Extents: 279 ff.
Dates:
1880-1952
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Memoirs of Eric Dutton as private secretary to Governors of Kenya (microfilm)
"The Night of the Hyena": memoirs by Eric Dutton as Private Secretary to Sir Robert Coryndon and Sir Edward Grigg, Governors of Kenya, 1922-1931. Microfilm.
Shelfmark: Micr.Afr.587
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
1922-1931
Collection
Memoirs of George Dudley Meredith, with related photographs
"Recollections of Days Spent in Africa": memoirs of life and work in the Gold Coast Survey Department, 1921-1946, with two related photograph albums. Typescript.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates:
1921-1946
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Memoirs of Humphrey Thomson
Memoirs of Humphrey Thomson
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. hist. d. 155
Extents: 185 Leaves
Dates:
c. 1735-1809
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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
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Memoirs of Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroi
Memoirs of Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroi
Shelfmark: MS. Bodl. 235
Extents: 209 Leaves
Dates:
Written in the first quarter of the 17th century
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- Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service 6
- East African Trading Company 2
- Markus | Otto | fl 1900-1949 | pioneer and trader in Africa 2
- Old East African Trading Company 2
- United Nations 2
- Acland | Sarah Angelina | 1849-1930 | Fellow of Royal Photographic Society and Royal Society of Arts 1
- Anstee | Dame | Margaret Joan | 1926-2016 | United Nations civil servant 1
- Atkinson | Michael C | b 1917 | Colonial Administrator 1
- Backhouse | Edmund Trelawney | 1873-1944 | Sir | Knight, Historian, and Sinologist 1
- Bartholdy | Jacob Ludwig Felix | Mendelssohn- | 1809-1847 | composer 1
- Bayzand | William | 1808-1886 | janitor at the Radcliffe Camera, Oxford 1
- Bibby | Cyril | 1914-1987 | educationalist 1
- Bird | Douglas R | fl 1950 | antiques dealer 1
- Bodley | Sir | Thomas | 1545-1613 | Knight | diplomat, scholar, and founder of the Bodleian Library 1
- Brayne-Baker | John | 1905-1997 | Colonial Administrator 1
- Bridges | Albert Francis B | fl 1921-1949 | Colonial Administrator 1
- Brydges | Samuel Egerton | 1762-1837 | 13th Baron Chandos | Writer and genealogist 1
- Bulwer-Lytton | Rosina Doyle | 1802-1882 | wife of 1st Baron Lytton | novelist 1
- Campbell | Archibald | 1914-1994 | Colonial Administrator 1
- Campbell | Peggy Phyllis | fl 1939-1941 | wife of Archibald Campbell Colonial Administrator 1
- Carey (Cary) | Robert | 1560-1639 | Earl of Monmouth | Nobleman and courtier 1
- Case | R. C | fl. 1920-1971 1
- Coryndon | Sir | Robert Thorne | 1870-1925 | Knight | Colonial Administrator 1
- Davidson | Ann M | fl 1950-1963 | wife of Colonial Administrator 1
- Davis | Florrie | b. 1892 1
- Dresky | Oscar | von | fl 1900 | writer 1
- Ducker | Thomas | b. 1782 | seaman 1
- Duka | Tivadar (Theodore) | 1825-1908 | Hungarian army officer 1
- Dutton | Eric Aldhelm Torlogh | 1895-1973 | Colonial Administrator 1
- East India Company 1
- Farrar | Sir | George Herbert | 1859-1915 | Baronet | businessman and politician 1
- Fenning | Captain George Edward | fl 1919-1921 | Captain Colonial Civil Servant 1
- Fenning | Ellen Kathleen | fl 1919-1921 | wife of Colonial Civil Servant 1
- Fuller | William | c 1670-1733 | Imposter 1
- Galpin | Elizabeth C | fl. 1929-1948 1
- Giudice | Antonio del | 1657-1733 | Duke of Giovinazzo, prince of Cellamare | Spanish nobleman and diplomat 1
- Gough | Richard | 1735-1809 | antiquary 1
- Grant | James L. | 1893-1972 | journalist and librarian 1
- Gray | A F | b 1925 | Meteorological Officer 1
- Great Britain | Colonial Service | Kenya 1
- Grigg | Edward William Macleay | 1879-1955 | 1st Baron Altrincham | politician 1
- Guilbride | Patrick | 1919-2012 | veterinarian and bacteriologist 1
- Hewitt | Luisa | fl. 1913-1952 | daughter of Heinrich Krebs, Librarian of the Taylor Institution 1
- Hollingworth | Richard | fl 1700-1799 1
- Hyde | Edward | 1609-1674 | 1st Earl of Clarendon | Lord Chancellor 1
- Jackson | Sir | Robert Gillman Allen | 1911–1991 | Knight | international administrator 1
- Knox | Robert | 1641-1720 | merchant and writer on Ceylon 1
- Lewis | John | 1675-1747 | Antiquary 1
- Little | Francis Lawrence Gore | 1841-1914 | Chief Constable of Preston Lancashire 1
- Lowther | Muriel Frances | fl 1893-1952 | daughter of Sir George Herbert Farrar 1
- Ludlow | Edmund | 1616/17-1692 | Army officer and regicide 1
- Mare | Walter John de la | 1873-1956 | author and poet 1
- Masterman | Sir | John Cecil | 1891-1977 | Knight | Provost of Worcester College Oxford 1
- Meredith | George Dudley | fl 1921-1946 | Gold Coast Survey Department 1
- Meteorological Office 1
- Milward | Margaret Emma | b 1859? 1
- Murray | Denis | b 1923 1
- Napier | Henry Alfred | 1797-1871 | Rector of Swyncombe, antiquary 1
- Neufville | Nicolas | de | 1543-1617 | seigneur de Villeroy, was secretary of state under four kings of France: Charles XI, Henry III, Henry IV and Louis XIII 1
- Owen | Donald Adrian | fl 1880-1952 | Resident in Sarawak 1
- Parker | Henry Perlee | 1795-1873 | Portrait and genre painter 1
- Parry | Charles Henry | 1779-1860 | Physician 1
- Potts | Brian Havelock | fl 1912-1931 | settler in Kenya 1
- Powys Cobb | Dorothy | fl 1924-1961 | daughter of Edward Powys Cobb, farmer in Kenya 1
- Powys Cobb | Edward | fl 1924-1961 | farmer in Kenya 1
- Reade | Edward Anderdon | 1807-1886 | Bengal Civil Servant and Historian 1
- Reade | William Winwood | 1838-1875 | Traveller and Novelist 1
- Rey | Sir | Charles Fernand | 1877-1968 | Knight | Soldier and Civil Servant 1
- Rey | family 1
- Rossetti | Gabriele | 1783-1854 | Professor of Italian King's College London 1
- Rossetti | William Michael | 1829-1919 | Man of Letters and Art Critic 1
- Shields | Cuthbert James | 1840-1908 | | formerly Robert Laing | historian and eccentric 1
- Simcox | Edith | 1844-1901 | Anthropologist and political activist 1
- Smith | James Stewart | 1900-1987 | Colonial Administrator 1
- Stanowski | Jozef | fl. 1933-1980 | writer 1
- Stevenson | Robert Louis | 1850-1894 | Writer 1
- Stukeley | William | 1687-1765 | antiquary and natural philosopher 1
- Thomas | Helen Berenice | 1877-1967 | nee Noble | autobiographer 1
- Thomson | Humphrey | b. 1735 1
- United Nations Career Records Project | 1989-1992 1
- Whitfield | Mary L. | fl. 1962 1
- Whythorne | Thomas | 1528-1595 | Composer 1
- Williams | Frances M | 1904-1991 | Oxford University Press Employee 1
- Wilson | James Harold | 1916-1995 | Baron Wilson of Rievaulx | statesman 1
- Wynne | Robert | d 1743 | Chancellor of St Asaph 1 ∧ less
- Language
- English 63
- French 2
- Amharic 1
- Italian 1
- Portuguese 1
- Russian 1
- Spanish; Castilian 1
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