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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
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Papers of Sir Archibald Alison

Papers of Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet (1826-1907).
Extents: 0.7 Linear metres (8 boxes)
Dates: 1849-1907
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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]
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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
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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
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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]
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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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20th century 650
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History 272
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17th century 197
Local history 163
Humanities 96
16th century 78
21st century 56
Literature 56
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration 49
Parish churches -- England -- Oxfordshire 43
Oxfordshire (England) 38
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Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 32
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Science -- History -- 20th century 29
Antiquarians 28
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Kenya -- History -- 1895-1963 24
x - 15th century 24
Greece -- History 20
Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th Century 20
Correspondence 18
England 18
Malaysia -- History -- 20th century 18
Church 17
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Ireland -- History 8
Norfolk (England) 8
Oxford -- England -- History 8
Spain -- History 8
World War, 1939-1945 8
x - 10th century 8
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Indexed names
University of Oxford 20
Conservative Party 16
Conservative Party | Conservative Central Office 12
Rhodes | Cecil John | 1853-1902 | imperialist, colonial politician and mining entrepreneur 11
Hodgkin | Dorothy Mary Crowfoot | 1910-1994 | nee Crowfoot | chemist 9
Gough | Richard | 1735-1809 | antiquary 7
Conservative Party | professional headquarters 6
Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire 5
British South Africa Company 5
Charles II | 1630-1685 | King of England, Scotland and Ireland 5
Conservative Party | Conservative Research Department 5
Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service 5
Talbot | William Henry Fox | 1800-1877 | MP, pioneer of photography 5
Tanner | Thomas | 1674-1735 | Bishop of St Asaph and antiquary 5
University of Oxford | Sir William Dunn School of Pathology x Dunn School 5
British Records Association 4
Charles I | 1600-1649 | King of England, Scotland and Ireland 4
Collingwood | Robin George | 1889-1943 | philosopher and historian 4
Conservative Party | Conservative Campaign Headquarters 4
Conservative Party | parliamentary party 4
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Goadby | Frank Reginald Lindsay | 1899-1985 | Brigadier Historian of Standlake 4
Henry VIII | 1491-1547 | King of England and Ireland 4
Labour Party 4
Loubat | Joseph Florimond | 1831-1927 | Duke of Loubat | bibliophile, antiquarian, sportsman, and philanthropist 4
Ross | William Mcgregor | 1876-1940 | Director of Public Works East Africa Protectorate 4
The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society 4
United Nations 4
Africa Bureau | 1952 - 1978 3
Anstee | Dame | Margaret Joan | 1926-2016 | United Nations civil servant 3
Bellamy | Frank Arthur | fl 1870-1930 | pharmacist 3
Bonaparte | Napoleon | 1769-1821 | Emperor of the French 3
Butler | James | 1610-1688 | 1st Duke of Ormonde | soldier and statesman 3
Cameron | Julia Margaret | 1815-1879 | photographer 3
Church of England 3
Conservative Party | Conservative Political Centre 3
Conservative Party | Conservatives in the European Parliament 3
Conservative Party | National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations 3
Conservative Party | Swinton College 3
Cromwell | Oliver | 1599-1658 | Lord Protector 3
England and Wales | Parliament 3
Fairfax | Thomas | 1612-1671 | 3rd Baron Fairfax | politician, general, and Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War 3
Federation of University Conservative and Unionist Associations 3
Florey | Harold Walter | 1898-1968 | Baron Florey | experimental pathologist and bacteriologist 3
Freeman | Edward Augustus | 1823-1892 | historian 3
Heatley | Norman George | 1911-2004 | biologist and biochemist 3
Huxley | Elspeth Josceline | 1907-1997 | née Grant | author and journalist 3
Hyde | Edward | 1609-1674 | 1st Earl of Clarendon | Lord Chancellor 3
James II | 1633-1701 | King of Great Britain and Ireland 3
Kenya | Public Works Department 3
Lawrence | Thomas Edward | 1888-1935 | Soldier, Author, and Archaeologist known as Lawrence of Arabia 3
Noble | Mark | 1754-1827 | Biographer, genealogist, and antiquary 3
Oxford University | New College 3
Reade | Edward Anderdon | 1807-1886 | Bengal Civil Servant and Historian 3
Salter | Herbert Edward | 1863-1951 | Historian 3
Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury 3
Taunt | Henry William | 1842-1922 | photographer and antiquary 3
Todd | Sir | Reginald Stephen Garfield | 1908-2002 | Knight | prime minister of Southern Rhodesia 3
University of Cambridge 3
Wharton | Philip | 1613-1696 | 4th Baron Wharton 3
Wood | Anthony | 1632-1695 | Antiquary 3
Annan | Noel Gilroy | 1916-2000 | Baron Annan | historian and academic administrator 2
Anti-Apartheid Movement 2
Aquinas | Thomas | 1225-1274 | Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic Priest 2
Aristotle | 384-322 BC | Greek philosopher 2
Armitage | Sir | Robert Perceval | 1906-1990 | Knight | colonial administrator 2
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 2
Ashton | Matthew | fl. 1681-1685 | Merchant in Leeds 2
Attorney General of Ireland | Ireland 2
Baker | John Randal | 1900-1984 | biologist 2
Ballard | George | 1705-1755 | Antiquary 2
Bandinel | Bulkeley | 1781-1861 | Bodley's Librarian 2
Berlin | Sir | Isaiah | 1909-1997 | Knight | historian and philosopher 2
Blacker | J | fl 1800-1840 | Major 2
Blomfield | James Charles | 1821-1895 | Rector of Launton Antiquary 2
Bodleian Library 2
Borneo Mission Association 2
Botha | Louis | 1862-1919 | South African general and statesman 2
Bow Group 2
Brooke | family | Rajahs of Sarawak 2
Butler | James | 1665-1745 | 2nd Duke of Ormonde | Army officer, politician and Jacobite conspirator 2
Buxton | Sir | Thomas Fowell | 1786-1845 | 1st Baronet | Philanthropist 2
Cardwell | Edward | 1787-1861 | Church Historian 2
Carte | Thomas | 1686-1754 | historian 2
Channel 4 2
Charlett | Arthur | 1655-1722 | Master of University College Oxford 2
Church of England | Diocese of Canterbury 2
Church of England | Missions | Borneo 2
Clarke | Henry | 1828-1907 | Church of England clergyman and politician 2
Clarkson | Thomas | 1760-1846 | slavery abolitionist 2
Conservative Party | Central Committee on Post-War Problems 2
Conservative Party | Centre for Policy Studies 2
Conservative Party | Conservative Overseas Bureau 2
Conservative Party | National Society for Conservative Agents 2
Conservative Party | affiliated organisations 2
Craster | Sir | (Herbert Henry) Edmund | 1879-1959 | librarian and historian 2
Davies | Sir | John | 1569-1626 | Knight | Attorney General of Ireland and Poet 2
Davis | Henry William Carless | 1874-1928 | historian 2
Dell | Edmund | 1921-1999 | Labour MP and historian 2
Douglas | Frederick Sylvester North | 1791-1819 | politician and classical scholar 2
Ducarel | Andrew Coltee | 1713-1785 | Antiquary 2
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Language
English 1118
Latin 142
French 83
Italian 50
German 38
Spanish; Castilian 24
Greek, Modern (1453-) 21
Russian 15
Dutch; Flemish 13
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 11
Hebrew 11
Afrikaans 9
Chinese 9
Danish 9
Portuguese 9
Welsh 8
Undetermined 7
Arabic 6
Czech 6
Swedish 6