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20th century

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5005 Collections and/or Records:

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Papers of Leonard H.D. Scard

Letters, mostly aerogrammes, from Scard to Dr. Patricia Romero, 1984-1993, covering Kenyan politics and his daily life.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2286
Extents: 42 ff.
Dates: 1984-1993
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Papers of Leslie B. Harmer relating to the development of the telephone in East Africa

Memoranda and reports on the development of the telephone in East Africa, 1942-1945. Typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1912
Extents: 5 Files
Dates: 1942-1945
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Papers of Leslie Hilton Brown

Papers of Leslie Hilton Brown.
Extents: 4.3 Linear metres (58 boxes)
Dates: 1945-1986
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Papers of Lieut.-Colonel Basil Maurice de Quehen

Notes by de Quehen on his early life in the Channel Islands, South Africa and Rhodesia; article by de Quehen about his experiences in the Middle East; photocopy of a letter to Mary Rixon (later Mrs. de Quehen) about Muyenyezi and the part he played in leading the British columns in the Ndebele campaign.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2219
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: 1997, 20th century
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Papers of Lieutenant-Colonel Angus Colin Duncan-Johnstone

Diaries, reports, correspondence, press cuttings, etc. relating to his service in the Gold Coast (now Ghana).
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.593
Extents: 6 Volumes
Dates: 1922-1957
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Papers of Lieutenant-Colonel O.F. Watkins relating to the First World War in East Africa

Papers of Lieutenant-Colonel O.F. Watkins relating to the Carrier Corps and other military work in East Africa during World War I.
Extents: 0.6 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates: 1906-1937
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Papers of Llewellyn Sidney Vaughan (Pat) Venables

Papers of Llewellyn Sidney Vaughan (Pat) Venables.
Shelfmark: MS. 15494
Extents: 1 box
Dates: n.d. [c.1930s]-1975
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Papers of Longleat Estate Limited in Kenya

Minute book, bank statements, cash books, farm notes, labour allocation records, muster rolls, produce records and maps, relating to the administration of the estate.
Extents: 31 volumes, 1 file, 1 box
Dates: 1928-1964
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Papers of Lord Claud David Hamilton relating to the Masai in Kenya

Correspondence on the Masai tribe, Kenya, with collections of tribal folk-tales and songs, articles on life in Kenya and a manuscript history of the Masai.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1810
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1958-1967
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Papers of Maboonde Estate in Kenya

Reports, accounts and correspondence concerning the estate, farm prices and farming conditions.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1671
Extents: 2 Files
Dates: 1921-1959
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Papers of Maitland Baron Jobson

Letters to his family from South Africa, c1892-1901; journal, 1901-1904; miscellaneous papers concerning career, 1888-[c1935]; particulars of service, letters of recommendation and correspondence with the War Office concerning pension, 1892-1932; part of personal scrapbook, with loose related papers, [1891-c1977]; photographs, including family, fighting units and Boer War, [c1891-1943].
Extents: 2 boxes : Some of the collection was initially mounted and annotated, possibly by Jane Phillipson, the original donor's mother.
Dates: 1888-c1977
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Papers of Major Frederick Myatt relating to his service in the Royal West African Frontier Force

Papers of Major Frederick Myatt relating to his service in the Royal West African Frontier Force
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 601
Extents: 1 box
Dates: c.1895-2005
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Papers of Major-General Stephen Seymour Butler

Typescript memoirs of service in the South African War, East Africa, Arabia, Egypt, North India, Sudan, etc., with photographs, sketches, postcards, letters, etc., 1899-1943.
Extents: 3 Volumes
Dates: 1899-1943
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Papers of Malcolm E. Greenhalgh and P.A. Greenhalgh

Papers of Malcolm E. Greenhalgh and P.A. Greenhalgh.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8407, fols. 1-26
Extents: 26 Leaves
Dates: 1966
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Papers of Malcolm Mitchell relating to Zambia

Papers of Malcolm Mitchell relating to Zambia.
Shelfmark: MS. 21657
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1961-1978
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Papers of Margaret Crum

Papers of Margaret Crum, 1801-1856, [1953?]-1984, 2004 n.d.
Extents: 0.71 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Dates: 1801-1856, [1953?]-1984, n.d.
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Papers of Margaret Pickles

Personal papers of Margaret Pickles, a clinical pathologist and microbiologist who worked at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford.
Extents: 0.7 Linear metres (4 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: c.1900-c.1978
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Papers of Marjorie Reeves

Family correspondence and papers of Marjorie Reeves (1905-2003), historian and educationist, and of the Reeves, Whitaker, Saffery and related families.
Extents: 2.7 Linear metres (43 boxes)
Dates: 1686-2025
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Papers of Marjorie Wynne relating to Janet and Reynolds Stone

Papers of Marjorie Wynne relating to Janet and Reynolds Stone.
Shelfmark: MS. 6272
Extents: 1 box
Dates: Nov 1969-Jan 1994, n.d.
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Papers of Martyn Skinner

Skinner's correspondence and literary papers. The bulk of the collection consists of literary and personal correspondence. Biographical notes by Skinner on the major correspondents are to be found at MS. Eng. lett. c. 638, fols. 139-42.
Extents: 4.18 Linear metres (38 shelfmarks)
Dates: 1930-1988