20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4882 Collections and/or Records:
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Papers of Robert Bernard Brooks
Papers as Resident in Calabar Province, Nigeria, including reports on the history of Native Administration, on Owerri Province, native court reports and intelligence reports on the Cameroons campaign (1914-1915).
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1873
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1914-1932
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Papers of Robert Coventry Hunter Greig
Diary, 1934; commission as lieutenant in the Palestine Volunteer Force, 1941; movement and permanent road passes for Palestine, 1946; biographical notes by his son, 1999.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2319
Extents: 1 vol., 3 items, 1 ff.
Dates:
1934-1946, 1999
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Papers of Robert Frederick Mole
Reports, minutes, memoranda, etc. on economic development, Sarawak, 1946-1953, with Governor's addresses to the Council Negri (the Legislative Council), 1951-1953. Handing-over notes relating to service in Sarawak and Kenya, 1949-1959; press cuttings on events in Kenya, 1955-1963; memorandum by Sir Charles Mortimer on the history of land alienation and the policy of reservation of the Kenya Highlands for Europeans, with other papers on land in Kenya, 1935-1958.
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit Emp. s. 455
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1935-1963
Collection
Papers of Robert Henry Codrington
Diaries, letters, lectures, correspondence, etc. mainly relating to missionary work in Melanesia (1867-1887), and as Prebendary of Chichester (1887-1922).
Extents: 26 volumes, 7 boxes
Dates:
1866-1926
Collection
Papers of Robert Hepburn Wright
Letters written to parents from northern Nigeria, 1938-1939
Letters and diary extracts on journey out via Egypt and then from Cyprus, as Administrative Officer and Private Secretary to the island's Governor, 1942-[1964]; letters written on service with the R.A.F., 1943-1946
Letters to father from northern Nigeria, 1946-1951
Bound volumes of transcripts of letters…
Extents: 5 boxes
Dates:
[1936-1964]
Collection
Papers of Robert J. Bruce relating to the New Bodleian Library during the Second World War
Papers of Robert J. Bruce relating to the New Bodleian Library during the Second World War.
Extents: 0.5 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates:
1937-2015 and n.d.
Collection
Papers of Robert Nichol Winnall
Papers of Robert Nichol Winnall (1909-2000), teacher, hunter and ornithologist
Extents: 0.6 Linear metres (6 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1925-1985
Collection
Papers of Robert Noel Turner
From the depths of my memory, reminiscences of service in Malaya, Brunei, Singapore, Sarawak, Barbados and Malaysia, 1912-1976 (photocopied typescript), with texts of speeches made in Barbados.
Extents: 3 Files
Dates:
[1912-1976]
Collection
Papers of Robert Ogle Barnes
Notes, lectures and reports about soil and water conservation in Kenya, South Africa, Basutoland and Mauritius. Typescript and photocopies.
Extents: 2 Volumes
Dates:
1938-1961
Collection
Papers of Robert Ogle Barnes and R.S.W. Barnes
Working papers, field notes, sketches, graphs, plans, maps, drawings, calculations, lecture notes, and correspondence relating to Barnes' work on soil and water conservation in Kenya, Mauritius, Basutoland and Iran. Also, some printed material relating to soil and water conservation, and notebooks used by Barnes whilst serving with the Royal Engineers during World War I. The collection also includes letterbooks kept by R.S.W. Barnes, Robert Ogle Barnes' father, relating to his…
Extents: 11 boxes
Dates:
1892-1894, 1925-1969
Collection
Papers of Robert Ross and Vyvyan Holland relating to the Literary Estate of Oscar Wilde
Papers relating to the administration of the literary estate of the poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).
Extents: 1.35 Linear metres (9 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1890-1936
Collection
Papers of Robert Staveley Boumphrey
Journals of service as auditor in the Colonial Service in Nigeria, the Falkland Islands, Malaya and Singapore, with letters, photographs, maps and printed material inserted, 1910-1965.
Extents: 7 Volumes
Dates:
1910-1965
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Papers of Robin Martin
Reminiscences of service in the Palestine Police Force, 1936-1948, and in the Nyasaland Police Force, 1949-1964.
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 514
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1936-1964
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Papers of Robin W.I. Band
Papers of Robin W.I. Band, Malayan Civil Service, including photocopied typescript of The Heights and the Depths, a memoir of internment by the Japanese and work on the Burma-Siam Railway, [1971], speeches, 1949-1956, and copy of Singapore: Memorandum for Commonwealth Conference, London, September 1950.
Shelfmark: MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 360
Extents: 278 ff. and items
Dates:
1949-1971
Collection
Papers of Roger Faryon Stowell
Papers of Roger Faryon Stowell (1908-1985).
Extents: 0.3 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1940-1958
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Papers of Ronald Keir Murton
Papers of Ronald Keir Murton.
Shelfmark: MS. 15040
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1954-1974, n.d. [1970s]
Collection
Papers of Ronald Mathias Lockley
Papers of Ronald Mathias Lockley (1903-2000), mainly relating to Skokholm Island.
Extents: 0.3 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1927-1967, 2000
Collection
Papers of Ruth Pitter
Papers of Ruth Pitter (1897-1992), poet
Extents: 3.99 Linear metres (29 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
c.1884-1998
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Papers of Samuel Burnside B. McElderry
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.
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 595
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
c1909-1911, 1933-1934
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Papers of Samuel R. Whitley
Diary of the British National Union Empire Farmers' tour of New Zealand and Australia, 1930, with associated printed material and an album of photographs.
Shelfmark: MSS. N.Z. s. 9
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
[1930]