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Collection

Papers of Professor R. W. Heussler

Letters and papers on thesis and in preparation for his book, Yesterday's Rulers. The making of the British Colonial Service (London, Oxford University Press, 1963; Syracuse, N.Y., Syracuse University Press, 1963), 1906-1977 Letters concerning the Oxford Colonial Records Project, 1962-1969 Papers relating to research on British Tanganyika, 1960-1974 …
Extents: 19 boxes
Dates: 1950-1984
Collection

Papers of Thomas Nelson Goddard

Correspondence, letters home, press cuttings, photographs, etc., relating to service in the Falkland Islands, 1914-1920, and in Sierra Leone, 1920-1933.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates: 1914-1933
Collection

Papers of the East Africa Dinner Club

Minute books (1927-1966), lists of members (1935-1940, 1957-1970), annual dinner-table plans (1928-1939, 1952-1967).
Extents: 3 volumes, 1 box
Dates: 1927-1970
Collection

Papers relating to the development of Sukumaland, Tanganyika

Memoranda, correspondence, diaries, photographs and associated material of administrators involved in the development of Sukumaland, Tanganyika, in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Extents: 0.6 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates: 1900-1984
Collection

Papers relating to the transfer of power in Nyasaland

Reports, memoranda, reminiscences, photographs and associated material of administrators, on political and economic conditions in Nyasaland, principally from post World War II to Independence, 1946-1964.
Extents: 0.9 Linear metres (6 boxes)
Dates: 1926-1985
Collection

Papers of Frank Derek Corfield, mainly relating to Mau Mau

Historical survey of the origins and growth of Mau Mau, by Corfield, in 2 volumes, plus appendices, commissioned by the Kenyan Government and published in an abridged version in 1960. Also, correspondence and news cuttings relating to Mau Mau, the Survey, East African affairs and the Joint East and Central African Board, 1956-1967.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates: 1956-1967
Collection

Papers of Hubert Childs

Journals of tours of administrative service in Nigeria and Cameroon (1932-1948). Also, reports and papers relating to service in Nigeria (1933-1935), Sierra Leone (1950-1956), and Southern Cameroon (1960-1961).
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates: 1932-1961
Collection

Papers of Sir Edward Brandis Denham

Diaries covering Mauritius (1921-1923), Kenya (1923-1928), Gambia (1928-1930), British Guiana (1930-1934) and Jamaica (1934-1938). 30 volumes. Also, papers relating to Ceylon (1911-1917), Gambia (1816-1929) and British Guiana (1806-1932), including some 19th century papers dated before Denham's time. 2 boxes.
Extents: 30 volumes and 2 boxes
Dates: 1806-1938
Collection

Papers of A.T. Jourdain

Official and private correspondence (1954-1958), including notes and letters as representative of John Holt & Company (Nigeria) Ltd. and as Special Member of the House of Assembly in Northern Nigeria. Also, unofficial reports of sessions of the House of Assembly (1956-1958).
Extents: 2 Files
Dates: 1954-1958
Collection

Papers of Villiers B.V. Powell relating to Nigerian sports teams

Reports, diaries, correspondence, photographs and press cuttings relating to various international tours made by Nigerian sports teams, 1948-1964, including participation in Olympic Games, as sometime General Team Manager.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates: 1948-1964
Collection

Papers of William H. Potts, Charles H. N. Jackson and Bernard D. Burtt

The collection mainly consists of papers relating to the work of William Herbert Potts in the Department of Tsetse Research in Shinyanga (includes diaries, correspondence, reports, data, statistics and printed material, 1920s-1950s). Also, letters home (1927-1932) from C.H.N. Jackson, and diaries (1925-1937) of B.D. Burtt.
Extents: 18 boxes
Dates: 1920s-1950s
Collection

Food and Cash Crops in the British Commonwealth

Reports, memoranda and papers of 63 administrators, relating to their experiences in agriculture and administration in Commonwealth and colonial territories after 1945, with a selection of their printed articles, etc.
Extents: 9 boxes
Dates: [1980s]
Collection

Papers of J. R. Granville Bantock

Letters home, diaries, reports, photographs and press cuttings relating to service in the Ceylon Police Force, 1920-1939.
Extents: 3 boxes, 1 volume
Dates: 1920-1939
Collection

Papers of Alexander Mair Wilkie

Correspondence, memoranda etc. of service in Kenya, the British Solomon Islands and as British Resident Commissioner in the New Hebrides.
Extents: 4 boxes
Dates: 1935-1969
Collection

Primary and Secondary Education in Six Selected African Territories

Memoranda, correspondence, diaries, etc. relating to primary, secondary and teacher education in the Gold Coast/Ghana, Northern Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia/Zambia, Nyasaland/Malawi, Tanganyika/Tanzania and Uganda, [1928-1984].
Extents: 50 boxes
Dates: [1928-1984]
Collection

Papers of Clarence E.V. Buxton

Papers, reports and correspondence relating to Kenya, 1921-1964, Zanzibar, 1913-1965, and Palestine, 1939.
Extents: 8 boxes
Dates: 1913-1965
Collection

Papers of the East Africa European Pioneers' Society

Papers, including accounts, biographies, minutes, reminiscences etc.
Extents: 9 boxes
Dates: 1952-1964
Collection

Papers of Frederick Karl Butler

Report on, and diary of, the operations of 11th African Division of Abyssinia, from River Tana to Addis Ababa, February-April 1941, with letters home and maps (1 box). Cricket in Nigeria, a history, also by Butler, 1946, with scorebooks, 1925-1953 (1 box).
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates: 1925-1953
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 Patrick Muir Renison

The collection mainly consists of speeches and broadcasts made by Renison while serving in the West Indies and in Kenya. Topics covered in the speeches include Kenya's constitutional advancement, the Conference at Lancaster House in 1960, and the constitutional talks held in Nairobi in 1961. Also included in the collection is a small amount of correspondence about the future of the Overseas Civil Service and papers concerning recruitment.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates: 1949-1962

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20th century 2289
19th century 1471
18th century 728
17th century 652
Music 454
Literature 252
16th century 236
Letters 231
Humanities 224
Oxford (England) 223
Religion 216
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University of Oxford -- Examinations -- Music 131
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Antiquarians 107
Ornithology 106
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century 99
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x - 15th century 70
Science 67
Diaries 64
Photographs 61
University of Oxford -- Societies, etc. 61
English literature -- 20th century 57
Composers -- England -- Manuscripts 55
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration 49
14th century 48
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University of Oxford 42
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Nigeria -- Officials and employees 35
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x - 12th century 31
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Colonial administrators 29
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Classical literature 18
Letters -- 20th century 18
Mathematics 18
Parishes -- England 18
Parishes -- England -- Oxfordshire 18
University of Oxford -- Libraries 18
Architecture 17
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Indexed names
University of Oxford 230
Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service 108
Church of England 86
Conservative Party 57
Conservative Party | Conservative Central Office 37
Clark | Andrew | 1854-1922 | Clergyman and Antiquary 36
Bodleian Library 33
Rhodes | Cecil John | 1853-1902 | imperialist, colonial politician and mining entrepreneur 26
Conservative Party | professional headquarters 22
Lewis | Clive Staples | 1898-1963 | writer 20
Harris | C. G | Oxfordshire Family History Society 17
Bliss | Philip | 1787-1857 | Antiquary and Editor 16
Jenkins | John | 1592-1678 | composer 16
Lowe | Edward | 1610-1682 | composer, music copyist, organist and writer on music 16
Wilberforce | Samuel | 1805-1873 | Bishop of Oxford and Winchester 15
United Nations 14
Asquith | Herbert Henry | 1852-1928 | 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith | statesman 13
Oxfam GB 13
Oxford University 13
Pusey | Edward Bouverie | 1800-1882 | Canon of Christ Church Oxford 13
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Larkin | Philip Arthur | 1922-1985 | poet 12
Purcell | Henry | c 1659-1695 | composer 12
Simpson | Christopher | c 1602/1606-1669 | composer 12
University of Oxford | Christ Church 12
Auden | Wystan Hugh | 1907-1973 | poet and writer 11
Boyce | William | 1710-1779 | musician 11
Bridges | Robert Seymour | 1844-1930 | Poet Laureate 11
Conservative Party | Conservative Research Department 11
Conservative Party | National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations 11
Oxford University | New College 11
Wood | Anthony | 1632-1695 | Antiquary 11
Lawes | William | 1602-1645 | musician and composer 10
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 9
Blunden | Edmund Charles | 1896-1974 | poet 9
Handel | George Frederick | 1685-1759 | musical composer 9
Hurst | Herbert | 1834-? 1914 | Oxford Antiquary 9
Labour Party 9
University of Oxford | Balliol College 9
Acland | Sir | Henry Wentworth | 1815-1900 | 1st Baronet | physician 8
British South Africa Company 8
Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror 8
Parker | George | fl 1869-1897 | antiquary and Clerk of the Schools, University of Oxford 8
Salter | Herbert Edward | 1863-1951 | Historian 8
Sherard | James | 1666-1738 | apothecary, botanist and amateur musician 8
Tanner | Thomas | 1674-1735 | Bishop of St Asaph and antiquary 8
University of Oxford | Magdalen College 8
Bennett | Sir | William Sterndale | 1816–1875 | Knight | composer 7
Blow | John | 1648-1708 | composer 7
Carte | Thomas | 1686-1754 | historian 7
Charles I | 1600-1649 | King of England, Scotland and Ireland 7
Church of England | Bishops 7
Church of England | Diocese of Oxford 7
Gibson | Strickland | 1877-1958 | Librarian and Bibliographer 7
Gutch | John | 1746-1831 | clergyman, antiquary, Registrar of Oxford University 7
Hailey | William Malcolm | 1872-1969 | 1st Baron Hailey 7
Hodgkin | Dorothy Mary Crowfoot | 1910-1994 | nee Crowfoot | chemist 7
Lugard | Frederick John Dealtry | 1858-1945 | Baron Lugard of Abinger | colonial administrator, soldier and author 7
Macartney | George | 1737-1806 | 1st Earl Macartney | diplomatist and colonial governor 7
Milner | Alfred | 1854-1925 | Viscount Milner | statesman 7
Ouseley | Sir | Frederick Arthur Gore | 1825–1889 | 2nd Baronet | Professor of Music at Oxford University 7
Oxford University Dramatic Society 7
Oxford University | All Souls College 7
Talbot | William Henry Fox | 1800-1877 | MP, pioneer of photography 7
Tolkien | John Ronald Reuel | 1892-1973 | philologist and author 7
University of Oxford | Jesus College 7
University of Oxford | Wadham College 7
Aristotle | 384-322 BC | Greek philosopher 6
Asquith | Margaret Emma Alice (Margot) | 1864-1945 | née Tennant | Countess of Oxford and Asquith | political hostess and diarist 6
Austen | Jane | 1775-1817 | Novelist 6
Bandinel | Bulkeley | 1781-1861 | Bodley's Librarian 6
British Records Association 6
Butterworth | George Sainton Kaye | 1885-1916 | composer and folk song collector 6
Church Missionary Society 6
Coghill | Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer | 1899-1980 | literary historian 6
Conservative Party | Conservative Political Centre 6
Conservative Party | affiliated organisations 6
Conservative Party | parliamentary party 6
Corelli | Arcangelo | 1653-1713 | composer and violinist 6
Dodds | Eric Robertson | 1893-1979 | classical scholar 6
Elizabeth I | 1533-1603 | Queen of England and Ireland 6
Fell | John | 1625-1686 | Bishop of Oxford 6
Gibbons | Orlando | 1583-1625 | composer 6
James | Thomas | ? 1573-1629 | Bodley's Librarian and Sub Dean of Wells 6
Jones | John Collier | 1770-1838 | Rector of Exeter College Oxford 6
Masefield | John Edward | 1878-1967 | poet and novelist 6
Nicholson | Edward Williams Byron | 1849-1912 | Bodley's Librarian, Poet, and Celtic and Biblical Scholar 6
Oxford University Scout and Guide Group 6
Oxford University | Exeter College 6
Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (formerly Oxford Architectural Society) 6
Parry | Sir | Charles Hubert Hastings | 1848-1918 | Knight | composer and musical writer 6
Sadler | Sir | Michael Ernest | 1861-1943 | Knight | educational pioneer and art patron 6
Savile | Sir | Henry | 1549-1622 | knight | mathematician 6
Sayers | Dorothy Leigh | 1893-1957 | playwright, author and humanist 6
Starkie | Enid | 1897-1970 | scholar 6
University of Cambridge 6
University of Oxford | Lincoln College 6
University of Oxford | Sir William Dunn School of Pathology x Dunn School 6
Wilberforce | family | 1614-1900 | Markington 6
Acland | Sarah Angelina | 1849-1930 | Fellow of Royal Photographic Society and Royal Society of Arts 5
Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire 5
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Language
English 3918
Latin 443
French 142
Italian 105
German 89
Greek, Modern (1453-) 49
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 45
Spanish; Castilian 38
Russian 20
Dutch; Flemish 19
Hebrew 17
Arabic 16
Chinese 15
Portuguese 15
Welsh 15
Danish 10
English, Old (ca.450-1100) 9
Swedish 9
Polish 7
Undetermined 7