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20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5005 Collections and/or Records:

Collection

Papers of James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell

Papers of James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell (1871-1948), collector.
Extents: 13.85 Linear metres (19 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1916-1946, n.d.
Collection

Papers of James Stewart Smith

Smith's autobiography of service as an Administrative Officer in Cameroon and Eastern Nigeria (1924-1955) entitled "The Last Time", with related reports, papers and letters home.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates: 1924-1955
Collection

Papers of James Wheeler Woodford Birch and Sir Ernest Birch

Diaries (including photographs) of James Birch as British Resident of Perak, 1874-1875 (reference MSS.Ind.Ocn.s.242/1). Correspondence and articles of Ernest Birch, 1889-1929, and diary of a voyage to the Malay peninsular, 1920-1921 (reference MSS.Ind.Ocn.s.242/2,3).
Extents: 5 boxes and volumes
Dates: 1874-1875, 1889-1929
Single Item

Papers of Jane Fosbrooke

'Ambo': transcripts of letters to her parents from Tanganyika, 1934-1935; transcript of interview, 1972, with J.J. Tawney on her experiences as wife of Henry Fosbrooke; autobiography, etc. Typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1906
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1934-1935
Single Item

Papers of J.C. Griffiths

Article entitled On Understanding the Chinese by Griffiths, 1997.
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 557
Extents: 3 folders
Dates: 1984-1997
Single Item

Papers of J.C.W. Houghton relating to work on egg shell removal carried out with N. Tinbergen, G.J. Broekhuysen, F. Feekes, H. Kruuk and E. Szulc

Papers of J.C.W. Houghton relating to work on egg shell removal carried out with N. Tinbergen, G.J. Broekhuysen, F. Feekes, H. Kruuk and E. Szulc.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8415, fols. 66-80
Extents: 16 Leaves
Dates: 1959-1960
Single Item

Papers of Jeffery Boswall

Papers of Jeffery Boswall.
Shelfmark: MS. 14914
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1963-1974
Collection

Papers of Jeremy Murray-Brown relating to Jomo Kenyatta

Papers accumulated by Jeremy Murray-Brown while researching his biography of Jomo Kenyatta.
Extents: 0.6 Linear metre (4 boxes)
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1930-1972; 1902-1973
Single Item

Papers of J.H. Barrett and A.J.B. Thompson

Papers of J.H. Barrett and A.J.B. Thompson.
Shelfmark: MS. 14908
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1943-1957
Single Item

Papers of J.M.D. Mackenzie

Papers of J.M.D. Mackenzie.
Shelfmark: MS. 15332
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: 1945-[1948?]
Collection

Papers of Joh. Noothout

Albums containing photographs and ephemera of Joh. Noothout, a Boer prisoner of war on St. Helena, 1900-2
Extents: 0.15 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1900-2
Collection

Papers of John Alexander Gibb

Papers of John Alexander Gibb (1919-2004), ornithologist.
Extents: 0.63 Linear metres (4 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1937-1958, n.d.
Collection

Papers of John Alexander-Sinclair

Papers of John Alexis Clifford Cerda Alexander-Sinclair (1906-1988), diplomat
Extents: 3.26 Linear metres (9 boxes)
Dates: 1944-1963
Collection

Papers of John Avery, teacher and linguist

Translation by John Avery of J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, into the Swiss language, Romansch, and his correspondence with his former professor, Geoffrey Robertson-Mellor regarding the translation.
Extents: 1.10 Linear metres (7 boxes)
Dates: 1960-2008
Single Item

Papers of John Bart Shearer

Papers relating to service on the Commission appointed to enquire into the fears of minorities and the means of allaying them, Nigeria, Henry Willink - chairman, 1958.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2274
Extents: 1 file
Dates: 1958
Collection

Papers of John Blunden relating to Rhodesia

Papers of John Blunden relating to the 1972 Pearce Commission on Rhodesian Opinion and the 1980 election.
Extents: 0.3 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1971-1994
Collection

Papers of John Buxton

Papers of John Buxton (1912-1989), ornithologist.
Extents: 3.36 Linear metres (21 boxes)
Dates: 1920-1999, n.d. [1920s?-2001?]
Collection

Papers of John Deemin

Business correspondence between John Deemin (as Agent and Agent-General in West Africa) and John Holt & Company (Liverpool) Ltd. Also, correspondence relating to legal cases in which John Holt & Company were involved (including the Marina Case at Lagos, 1907-1913).
Extents: 4 boxes
Dates: 1900-1913
Collection

Papers of John E. Warmington

Personal papers of Warmington and his mother. Included are diaries, correspondence, certificates, memorial cards, family photographs and papers relating to genealogy and antiques. Much of the correspondence relates to the years spent in the West Indies and includes letters between Warmington and a close friend, Evelyn Laurie, a headteacher in the West Indies.
Extents: 8 boxes
Dates: [ca. 1876]-1960
Single Item

Papers of John F. M. Millard relating to military campaigns

Account by Millard of invasion of French Madagascar (1942) and of return to England from Italian campaign (undated); also account of Abyssinian campaign (1941-1942). Typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.2026
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1941-1942