20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4882 Collections and/or Records:
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Papers of Sir Herbert Ralph Hone
Papers relating to the military administration of Malaya, including minutes of meetings of the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia; signals, correspondence, etc., 1945-1953; report on the British military administration of Malaya as Chief Civilian Affairs Officer, Malaya, 1945-1946.
Shelfmark: MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 271
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1945-1953
Collection
Papers of Sir Hilary Rudolph R. Blood
Correspondence, memoranda, articles, reports etc. covering colonial service in The Gambia, Barbados, Mauritius, British Honduras, Zanzibar and Malta.
Extents: 7 boxes
Dates:
1942-1966
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Papers of Sir Hilton Poynton
Text of farewell speech at Colonial Office party, 1966
Notes on connection with commodities work at the Colonial Office, 1966
Papers and administrative arrangements for the Oxford symposium on the transfer of power in tropical Africa, 1978
Text of an article by Poynton on race relations, with associated correspondence, 1968
Corespondence concerning…
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 544
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1936-1978
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Papers of Sir Hugh Elliott
Papers of Sir Hugh Elliott.
Shelfmark: MS. 14971
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
[c.1908]-1987
Collection
Papers of Sir Hugo Marshall and Lady Christine Marshall
Papers of Sir Hugo Marshall and Lady Christine Marshall.
Extents: 1.35 Linear metres (9 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1933-1955, n.d. [1930s-1970s]
Collection
Papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin, 1897-1998, with some family papers, 1903-1972
Correspondence and papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997), philosopher and historian of ideas, with correspondence and papers of his parents, Mendel Borisovich Berlin (1884-1953), timber and bristle trader, and (Mussa) Marie Berlin (1880-1974).
Extents: 61.38 Linear metres (826 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1897-1998
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Papers of Sir Jack Johnston
Recollections, typescript memoirs, 1997, of Sir Jack Johnston, covering his service, 1950-1978.
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 555
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
1997
Collection
Papers of Sir James Augustus Henry Murray (1837-1915), editor of the Oxford English Dictionary
The papers of Sir James Murray (1837-1915), editor of The Oxford English Dictionary, with some family papers.
Extents: 9.0 Linear metres (60 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1834-1992, n.d.
Collection
Papers of Sir John Dalzell Rankine
File on constitutional reform in Zanzibar (1952-1954), while British Resident, and 10 files as Governor of Western Region, Nigeria (1954-1960), including regular despatches to the Colonial Office and personal correspondence about pensions etc.
Extents: 3 boxes (10 files and loose correspondence)
Dates:
1952-1962
Collection
Papers of Sir John Fischer Williams relating to the Reparations Commission
The papers consist of correspondence and a diary. They relate to the Reparations Commission, 1920-1928.
Extents: 0.2 Linear metres (3 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1920-1928
Collection
Papers of Sir John Pestell
Typescript diary and papers as Secretary and Comptroller to the Governor of Southern Rhodesia, 1965-1969, covering the early period of UDI, with later introductory material, press cuttings, photographs, etc.
Extents: 4 files, 2 boxes
Dates:
[1965-1969]
Collection
Papers of Sir John Pope-Hennessy
Papers relating to Ireland and Parliament (1743-1875); subject files relating to Pope-Hennessy's career (1855-1938); correspondence (1866-1890); personal letters to Pope-Hennessy (1867-1890); papers relating to his colonial governorships in Labuan, West Africa, the Bahamas, Barbados, Hong Kong and Mauritius (1844-1908). The collection also contains papers (notes, correspondence, etc.) connected with the writing of Verandah: some episodes in the crown colonies,…
Extents: 11 boxes
Dates:
1743-1964
Collection
Papers of Sir John Robert Chancellor
Despatches, official and personal correspondence, notes and memoranda relating to Chancellor's work as Governor of Mauritius, Governor of Trinidad and Tobago, Governor of Southern Rhodesia, and High Commissioner for Palestine and Trans-Jordan.
Extents: 96 Files
Dates:
1911-1931
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Papers of Sir John Smith Moffat
Papers of Sir John Smith Moffat
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2523
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1954-1964
Collection
Papers of Sir John Valentine W. Shaw
Press cuttings, photographs, correspondence and reports relating to service in the Gold Coast, Cyprus, Palestine, Trinidad and Sierra Leone, 1924-1955; album of photographs of service as Chief Secretary, Palestine, 1946; album of gramophone recordings of speeches made at inauguration as Governor of Trinidad, 1947.
Extents: 3 Volumes
Dates:
1924-1955
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Papers of Sir John Warburton Paul
Files relating to Sir John Paul's time spent in the Gambia, British Honduras (now Belize) and the Bahamas. Mainly speeches, but also monthly assessments on the political and security situation in the Gambia from April 1962 to February 1965.
Shelfmark: MSS.Brit.Emp.s.551
Extents: 3 Files
Dates:
1962-1973
Collection
Papers of Sir Kennedy Trevaskis (1)
Personal diaries, 1939-1942, 1958-1959, 1967-1968, including observations on Kenya, Tanganyika and Somaliland
Official desk diaries, 1956, 1958-1964
Observations by Trevaskis on the ecology of Northern Rhodesia, [1939];
The Northern Rhodesia Journal, June 1950,
containing articles on the region's history, natural history and sociology
…
Extents: 5 boxes
Dates:
1939-1987
Collection
Papers of Sir Kennedy Trevaskis (2)
Typescript social survey of the Hamasien, Eritrea, 1944
Notes, survey, report, etc. on Eritrea's history, inhabitants, etc.,
[1940s?]
Photographs of Trevaskis and family, [1940s?]
Papers concerning the Four Power Commission of Investigation of the Former
Italian Colonies (Eritrea), 1947
Papers concerning the appointment of the United Nations…
Extents: 6 boxes
Dates:
[1944-1966]
Collection
Papers of Sir Kenneth Wheare
Papers relating to the Conference on the Federation of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland: minutes, proceedings and reports, 1951-1952; minutes, papers, proceedings and memoranda, 1953.
Extents: 8 boxes
Dates:
1951-1953
Collection
Papers of Sir Landsborough Thomson
Papers of Sir (Arthur) Landsborough Thomson (1890-1977), ornithologist and medical administrator
Extents: 0.74 Linear metres (5 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1926-1976