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Papers of Sir Allan Chalmers Smith
Legal papers relating to service in Bermuda, Nigeria, Gold Coast and the West Indies, including judgements, speeches and recordings of meetings, 1926-1955
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 442
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1926-1955
Collection
Papers of Sir Archibald Alison
Papers of Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet (1826-1907).
Extents: 0.7 Linear metres (8 boxes)
Dates:
1849-1907
Collection
Papers of Sir Arthur Edwin Young
Police papers, reports and correspondence, Gold Coast, 1951, Malaya, 1952-1953, Kenya, 1954
Extents: 6 boxes
Dates:
1951-1954
Collection
Papers of Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon
Xerox copies of official papers relating to service in India, Iraq, Ceylon, Uganda and Nigeria, 1905-1948
Personal correspondence, 1905-1948
Letters to Dr. R.D. Pearce containing personal recollections, 1979-1983
Extents: 3 boxes
Dates:
1905-1948, 1979-1983
Collection
Papers of Sir Cecil Clementi
Microfilm copies of papers, reports, diary letters, etc. relating to service in Hong Kong, 1899-1912.
Extents: 32 items
Dates:
1899-1912
Collection
Papers of Sir Charles Henry Harper
Diaries, correspondence, copies of despatches, reports, press cuttings etc. relating to Harper's work in the Gold Coast (1914-1920); papers relating to St. Helena and Ascension Island - mainly extracts/notes copied from other works and gathered by Harper in preparation for writing a book - (1922-1934); papers relating to Ashanti law and history (1904-1922) and to the Golden Stool of Ashanti (1921-1935).
Extents: 4 boxes
Dates:
1904-1935
Collection
Papers of Sir Edmund F. Du Cane relating to the Du Cane (Du Quesne) family
Papers of Sir Edmund F. Du Cane relating to the Du Cane (Du Quesne) family
Extents: 0.40 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates:
17th-20th cent.
Collection
Papers of Sir Edward Charles Frederick Garraway
Correspondence, diaries and papers of Sir Edward Charles Frederick Garraway (1865-1932) a surgeon and colonial official in Southern Africa, 1888-1932.
Extents: 3.0 Linear metres (7 boxes, 12 volumes)
Dates:
1888-1932
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Papers of Sir E.T. Williams
Printed items and lecture texts on New Zealand history, 1964-1994; correspondence and press cuttings in the aftermath of the publication of the Devlin Commission report on Nyasaland, 1959-1964; article by Williams on Alfred Milner, 1954.
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 554
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1954, 1964-1994
Collection
Papers of Sir Geoffrey Miles Clifford
Papers relating to service in Nigeria, Gibraltar, Cyprus, as Governor of the Falkland Islands, and as Chairman of the United Nigeria Group (Biafran War) and the Nigerian Electricity Supply Co. Ltd., 1930-1978.
Extents: 10 boxes
Dates:
1930-1978
Collection
Papers of Sir George Farrar and family
Photographs, correspondence, newspaper cuttings relating to mining activities in South Africa, 1871-1929
Telegrams, newspaper cuttings, photographs, etc. concerning the Jameson Raid, 1896
Maps, correspondence, etc. relating to the South African War, [1899-1906]
Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, cartoons, etc. relating to political career, 1903-1915
…
Extents: 21 boxes
Dates:
c1864-1982
Single Item
Papers of Sir Hilton Poynton
Text of farewell speech at Colonial Office party, 1966
Notes on connection with commodities work at the Colonial Office, 1966
Papers and administrative arrangements for the Oxford symposium on the transfer of power in tropical Africa, 1978
Text of an article by Poynton on race relations, with associated correspondence, 1968
Corespondence concerning…
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 544
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1936-1978
Collection
Papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin, 1897-1998, with some family papers, 1903-1972
Correspondence and papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997), philosopher and historian of ideas, with correspondence and papers of his parents, Mendel Borisovich Berlin (1884-1953), timber and bristle trader, and (Mussa) Marie Berlin (1880-1974).
Extents: 61.38 Linear metres (826 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1897-1998
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Papers of Sir Jack Johnston
Recollections, typescript memoirs, 1997, of Sir Jack Johnston, covering his service, 1950-1978.
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 555
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
1997
Collection
Papers of Sir John Bankes
Papers of Sir John Bankes, attorney-general, c. 1622-1650
Extents: 7.59 Linear metres (69 boxes)
Dates:
c. 1622-1650
Collection
Papers of Sir John Pestell
Typescript diary and papers as Secretary and Comptroller to the Governor of Southern Rhodesia, 1965-1969, covering the early period of UDI, with later introductory material, press cuttings, photographs, etc.
Extents: 4 files, 2 boxes
Dates:
[1965-1969]
Collection
Papers of Sir John Valentine W. Shaw
Press cuttings, photographs, correspondence and reports relating to service in the Gold Coast, Cyprus, Palestine, Trinidad and Sierra Leone, 1924-1955; album of photographs of service as Chief Secretary, Palestine, 1946; album of gramophone recordings of speeches made at inauguration as Governor of Trinidad, 1947.
Extents: 3 Volumes
Dates:
1924-1955
Collection
Papers of Sir Kennedy Trevaskis (1)
Personal diaries, 1939-1942, 1958-1959, 1967-1968, including observations on Kenya, Tanganyika and Somaliland
Official desk diaries, 1956, 1958-1964
Observations by Trevaskis on the ecology of Northern Rhodesia, [1939];
The Northern Rhodesia Journal, June 1950,
containing articles on the region's history, natural history and sociology
…
Extents: 5 boxes
Dates:
1939-1987
Collection
Papers of Sir Kennedy Trevaskis (2)
Typescript social survey of the Hamasien, Eritrea, 1944
Notes, survey, report, etc. on Eritrea's history, inhabitants, etc.,
[1940s?]
Photographs of Trevaskis and family, [1940s?]
Papers concerning the Four Power Commission of Investigation of the Former
Italian Colonies (Eritrea), 1947
Papers concerning the appointment of the United Nations…
Extents: 6 boxes
Dates:
[1944-1966]
Collection
Papers of Sir Michael Blundell
Personal correspondence, speeches, broadcasts, etc., [1925-1961]
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1948-1959
Correspondence, [1946-1963]
Papers relating to publicity and the press, 1939-1963
Subject files, 1948-1963
Papers relating to constituency matters, Rift Valley, 1948-1961
Papers relating to constituency matters,…
Extents: 55 boxes
Dates:
[1925-1976]
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- Kenya | Public Works Department 3
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- Noble | Mark | 1754-1827 | Biographer, genealogist, and antiquary 3
- Oxford University | New College 3
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- Salter | Herbert Edward | 1863-1951 | Historian 3
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- Todd | Sir | Reginald Stephen Garfield | 1908-2002 | Knight | prime minister of Southern Rhodesia 3
- University of Cambridge 3
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- Wood | Anthony | 1632-1695 | Antiquary 3
- Annan | Noel Gilroy | 1916-2000 | Baron Annan | historian and academic administrator 2
- Anti-Apartheid Movement 2
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- Armitage | Sir | Robert Perceval | 1906-1990 | Knight | colonial administrator 2
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