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20th century

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5006 Collections and/or Records:

Collection

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
Single Item

Papers of Mary Benson

Letters from Semane Khama Molotlegi to Mary Benson and press cuttings from South African and other newspapers concerning the banning of the Bafokeng Women's Club in 1988 and the deportation of Semane Molotlegi from Bophuthatswana in 1991.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2264
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: 1988-1991
Single Item

Papers of Mary Marquand

Photocopied typescript and manuscript of Him now; a Solomon Islands honeymoon, reminiscences of life as the wife of a colonial officer, 1946, with part of a re-write, 1949-1950.
Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 99
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1946-1950
Collection

Papers of Maurice F. Headlam and Brigadier General Hugh R. Headlam

Papers of Maurice F. Headlam, civil servant (1873-1956), of his brother Brigadier General Hugh R. Headlam (1877-1955), and of other members of the Headlam family.
Extents: 3.12 Linear metres (30 boxes)
Dates: 1871-1963
Single Item

Papers of Mavis Birdsey

"Sigh softly, African winds: a pioneering tale" (of Australia, South Africa and British East Africa). Typescript, ca.1970, with press cuttings, photographs, and correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1794
Extents: 1 box
Dates: [ca. 1970]
Single Item

Papers of M.C. Ayton

Reports and handing-over notes, 1958-1961.
Shelfmark: MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 362
Extents: 4 items
Dates: 1958-1961
Collection

Papers of Michael Francis Strachan, relating to his work, Esmond de Beer: scholar and benefactor: a personal memoir (Norwich, 1995)

Papers of Michael Francis Strachan, relating to his work, Esmond de Beer: scholar and benefactor: a personal memoir (Norwich, 1995)
Extents: 157.0 Leaves
Dates: 1960-1996
Single Item

Papers of Michael H. Breese

Memorandum on service in Nyasaland and Trinidad, 1947-1963, with related articles.
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 476 (3)
Extents: 1 file
Dates: [?1980s]
Collection

Papers of Michael Kaser

Papers of Michael Kaser (1926-), British economist.
Extents: 4.77 Linear metres (38 boxes)
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1970-1988; 1965-1988, 2000
Single Item

Papers of Mike Bevan

Diary, 1941-1945, written by Bevan while interned in Stanley Camp, Hong Kong, 1940-1945 and typed up in 1965 from his notes; with copy of Sweet Waters by Lieut. John Gibson on the surrender of Hong Kong by the Japanese, [fron] Blackwood Magazine, January 1946, and press cutting on the surrender.
Shelfmark: MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 359
Extents: 22 ff.
Dates: 20th century
Collection

Papers of Miles Timothy Myres

Papers of M.T. Myres (1931-2009), ornithologist
Extents: 4.69 Linear metres (33 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: [1940s]-1990, 2008
Single Item

Papers of Mr. D. Aston

Nyasaland police file, Historical Survey of Native Controlled Missions operating in Nyasaland, December 1940 and The Revised Edition of Dowa District Book 1 with Additional Notes, January 1950.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2212
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: [1940-1950]
Collection

Papers of Mr. L.F. Bradburn relating to the Parsons and Thomson families of Oxford

Papers of Mr. L.F. Bradburn relating to the Parsons and Thomson families of Oxford
Extents: 0.55 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Dates: [c.1960-1970]
Single Item

Papers of Mrs. Margaret J. Elwell-Sutton

Letters, notes, syllabi and other papers relating to service as a Woman Education Officer in Tanganyika/Tanzania.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1969
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1955-1966
Collection

Papers of Mrs. P. Francillon

Papers of Mrs. P. Francillon
Extents: 0.20 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 1789-1791, 1852, 1860-1866, 1910
Collection

Papers of Murray Graeme Dickson

Sarawak diaries, as Director of Education, 1949-1950, 1957-1962; miscellaneous correspondence, photographs and press cuttings relating to service in Sarawak, 1946-1973.
Extents: 1 box, 3 volumes
Dates: 1946-1973
Collection

Papers of Neil R. Ker, Reader in Palaeography, Oxford University

Papers of Neil R. Ker, Reader in Palaeography, Oxford University
Extents: 13.0 Linear metres (78 boxes)
Dates: 1921-2011
Collection

Papers of Neville Barwick

Papers, mainly as District Officer, Eastern Region, Nigeria, including annual reports and handing-over notes as well as day-files for Orlu division; arrangements for the coronation, 1953; State of Emergency, Bende Division, 1958.
Extents: 3 boxes
Dates: 1953-1958
Single Item

Papers of Neville John Pierce Wadley

Papers of Neville John Pierce Wadley.
Shelfmark: MS. 15513
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1943-1952
Collection

Papers of Norman C. Drury relating to the Government Press in East Africa

Typescript account of the early history of the Government Press in Kenya and Tanganyika, from 1917, by Drury, the first Government Printer; with related correspondence, 1959-1960, and press cuttings, maps, printed material and photographs relating to East Africa, 1914-1963.
Extents: 2 volumes, 2 boxes
Dates: 1914-1963