Africa
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Single Item
Account book of Dixon Denham, kept during his travels in north and central Africa
Account book of Dixon Denham, kept during his travels in north and central Africa
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 220
Extents: 56 pages
Dates: 1822-1825
Collection
Archive of Edgar Barton Worthington
Papers of Edgar Barton Worthington (1905-2001), biologist, mainly relating to his work on fish in East Africa. With working papers of Cyril Hurcomb (1883-1975).
Extents: 2.09 Linear metres (19 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1912-1984
Collection
Archive of George Ivan Smith
Papers of George Ivan Smith (1915-95), relating to his career as a broadcaster and international civil servant, with some family and personal papers.
Extents: 10.56 Linear metres (96 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1888-1995
Collection
Archive of the Anti-Slavery Society
Papers of The Anti-Slavery Society, 1757-1982.
Extents: 118.47 Linear metres (2236 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1757-1982
Collection
Archive of the Overseas Nursing Association
Papers of the Overseas Nursing Association, formerly the Colonial Nursing Association, which was established in 1895 to provide trained nurses for hospital and private work in the British colonies and among other British communities abroad.
Extents: 26.84 Linear metres (244 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1894-1972
Collection
Bird species distribution maps of Reginald Ernest Moreau and B.P. Hall
Bird species distribution maps of Reginald Ernest Moreau (1897-1970), ornithologist, and Beryl Patricia Hall (1917-2010), ornithologist
Extents: 1.01 Linear metres (7 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: c. 1960s-c. 1970
Collection
Brookings Internally Displaced Persons Archive
Archive of the Brookings Institution project on internally displaced persons.
Extents: 9.3 Linear metres (66 Shelfmarks)
Dates: 1983-2012
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Memoirs of Basil Burwood-Taylor
Memoirs of Basil Burwood-Taylor.
Shelfmark: MS. 12715
Extents: 1.0 box
Dates: 1989-2000
Collection
Notes on West African birds by J.R. Marshall
Notes on West African birds by J.R. Marshall (fl. 1928-1955), teacher, education officer, and administrator
Extents: 0.26 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: c. 1938-1955
Collection
Papers of Roger Faryon Stowell
Papers of Roger Faryon Stowell (1908-1985).
Extents: 0.3 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1940-1958
Collection
Papers of Sir David Keir
The collection contains: Council and Committee papers of:
the Royal Technical College of East Africa (1951-1962)
the Royal College in Nairobi (formerly the Royal Technical College of East Africa) (1958-1964)
the Provisional Council of the University of East Africa (1961-1965)
the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology (1953-1962)
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Extents: 34 boxes
Dates: 1935-1965
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Papers of the novelist Ellen Ross and her son, William McGregor Ross
Papers of the novelist Ellen Ross (née Brook, b.1840) and her son, William McGregor Ross (1876-1940).
Shelfmark: MS. 12303
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1857-1912
Single Item
Papers of W.R.W. Ferguson, water engineer in Africa
Papers of W.R.W. Walton, water engineer in Africa.
Shelfmark: MS. 15899
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1948-1963
Collection
Political and Colonial papers of Charles Roden Buxton
There are two categories of papers in this collection: Political papers and Colonial papers. Political papers - covering european politics and unofficial peace efforts in both World Wars. Includes pamphlets and books, many of which are by Buxton. Some of the pamphlets were issued by the Union of Democratic Control, others by the Society of Friends which Buxton and his wife joined in 1917. Colonial papers - covering East and South Africa, the Protectorates, Northern…
Extents: 7 boxes
Dates: 1908-1950, 1971
Collection
Unpublished memoirs of Sir Charles Fernand Rey
Drafts and research notes for unpublished memoirs of Sir Charles Fernand Rey (1877-1968), civil servant.
Extents: 0.45 Linear metres (3 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: c.1947-1961