Reports, memoranda and handing-over notes as Administrative Officer in Tanganyika, 1947-1961, as Financial Adviser in the New Hebrides, 1970-1972, and as Financial Secretary in Montserrat and Gibraltar, 1975-1979.

Letters, 1937-1966; photocopy diary, 1942-1943.

Typescript autobiography and papers relating to service as a customs officer in India, Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar, Somaliland and Aden, 1933-1965.

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 …

Papers relating to Tanganyika, comprising preparation for Princess Margaret's tour, 1956, Kondoa District reports and handing-over notes, 1950-1960, miscellaneous reports, etc., Mzumbe administrative training centre, 1961-1963, and correspondence.

Album of photographs taken on first tour of service as Administrative Officer in Hong Kong, c1909-1911; diary of service as Deputy Chief Secretary in Tanganyika, and Chief Secretary in Zanzibar, 1933-1934.