20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4882 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Papers of Sir Leonard David Gammans and Lady Ann Muriel Gammans, née Paul
Diaries, notebooks, etc. of Leonard David Gammans, 1916-1956; diaries. etc. of Ann Muriel Gammans, 1918-1970; tourist brochures and other printed material concerning South Africa, [1965-1971].
Extents: 16 boxes
Dates:
1916-1971
Collection
Papers of Sir Mark Wilson
Papers relating to his work in Tanganyika and the Gold Coast. Also, a typed copy of Wilson's diary kept before and during his first tour as a cadet in Tanganyika and as a magistrate in Uganda.
Extents: 8 boxes
Dates:
1924-1956
Collection
Papers of Sir Michael Blundell
Personal correspondence, speeches, broadcasts, etc., [1925-1961]
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1948-1959
Correspondence, [1946-1963]
Papers relating to publicity and the press, 1939-1963
Subject files, 1948-1963
Papers relating to constituency matters, Rift Valley, 1948-1961
Papers relating to constituency matters,…
Extents: 55 boxes
Dates:
[1925-1976]
Series
Papers of Sir Michael Caine, 1927-2012; n.d.
Dates:
1927-2012; n.d.
Collection
Papers of Sir Michael Ernest Sadler
Notebooks and correspondence, 1897, of Sir Michael Ernest Sadler (1861-1943), educational pioneer, with a memorandum ascribed to him, c.1938.
Extents: 0.3 Linear metres (3 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1897, c.1938
Collection
Papers of Sir Neil Marten
The papers of Sir Neil Marten served a dual function: they were the private papers of a major protagonist of opposition to Britain's membership of the EEC and the working papers for a projected book. The papers consist of:
Correspondence and papers relating to organizations opposed to Britain's membership of the EEC
Files of correspondence on various political topics, relating to the…
Extents: 30 shelfmarks
Dates:
1965-85
Collection
Papers of Sir Patrick Muir Renison
The collection mainly consists of speeches and broadcasts made by Renison while serving in the West Indies and in Kenya. Topics covered in the speeches include Kenya's constitutional advancement, the Conference at Lancaster House in 1960, and the constitutional talks held in Nairobi in 1961. Also included in the collection is a small amount of correspondence about the future of the Overseas Civil Service and papers concerning recruitment.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates:
1949-1962
Collection
Papers of Sir Percy Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke (1)
Correspondence and papers relating mostly to Hong Kong and the Seychelles,
1929-1950
Correspondence, press cuttings and printed material, 1929-1972
Speeches and certificates, 1921-1972
Typescript of memoirs, [?1970s]
Photographs, including Malaya and Hong Kong, 20th century
Cassettes and tape
recording, mostly of lectures, 20th…
Extents: 11 boxes
Dates:
1911-1975
Collection
Papers of Sir Percy Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke (2)
Photographs relating to medical service in the Gold Coast and Hong Kong, with an atlas of the Gold Coast, 1915-1945.
Extents: 1 box, 1 volume
Dates:
1915-1945
Collection
Papers of Sir Percy Wyn-Harris
Papers of Sir Percy Wyn-Harris, colonial governor and mountaineer.
Extents: 0.5 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates:
1932-1981
Collection
Papers of Sir R.A.B. Mynors, classical scholar
Papers of Sir R.A.B. Mynors and papers relating to Michael Winterbottom's memoir of Mynors for the British Academy.
Extents: 0.3 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates:
1949-2011 and n.d.
Collection
Papers of Sir Ralph Dolignon Furse
Correspondence, diaries, memoranda etc. as Director of Recruitment in the Colonial Service, and as Colonial Office representative at Empire Forestry Conferences.
Extents: 11 boxes
Dates:
1916-1964
Collection
Papers of Sir Reginald Coupland (1)
The majority of the papers relate to the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth, with particular reference to Africa, Canada and India. Also included is material dating from 1907-1914 (whilst Coupland was at Trinity College, Oxford); a collection of cuttings (mainly articles and reviews by Coupland or about his work); a little printed material associated with his visit to Jerusalem in 1936-1937 as a member of the Palestine Royal Commission, and letters of congratulation on being…
Extents: 6 boxes
Dates:
1904-1948
Collection
Papers of Sir Reginald Coupland (2)
Travel diaries, photograph albums covering Britain, Greece, the West Indies, India, and South, East and West Africa.
Extents: 9 Volumes
Dates:
1909-1942
Collection
Papers of Sir Reginald Coupland (3)
Memorandum and letters about the report of the Palestine Royal Commission.
Extents: 11 ff. (1 file)
Dates:
1938-1939
Collection
Papers of Sir Robert Perceval Armitage
Papers, 1913-1990, of Sir Robert Armitage, KCMG, MBE (1906-1990), Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Cyprus, and Governor of Nyasaland.
Extents: 2.2 Linear metres (16 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1913-1990
Collection
Papers of Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon (2)
Papers as Governor of Uganda and Governor of Kenya. Also biographical material and correspondence. The years with the British South Africa Company are mainly represented by unofficial correspondence and Coryndon's own articles for magazines. No papers relating to his service under Rhodes survive in this collection. A small part of the collection is formed by correspondence and papers (1926-1931) of Sir Edward Grigg (Coryndon's successor in Kenya), along with papers (1913-1930) of…
Extents: 18 boxes
Dates:
1903-1947
Single Item
Papers of Sir Roland Clive Wallace Burn
Papers of Sir Roland Clive Wallace Burn relating to his time at Oxford University and his military service during World War I.
Shelfmark: MS. 11636
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1890-1918
Collection
Papers of Sir Ronald Syme
Papers of Sir Ronald Syme (1903-1989), classical historian.
Extents: 0.9 Linear metres (6 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1939-1968
Collection
Papers of Sir Selwyn Macgregor Grier
The collection mainly covers the years Grier was in Nigeria, and mostly consists of family letters from Grier to his mother and to his sister "Dorothy" (Mary Lynda Dorothea Grier) who was Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, from 1921-1945. There is also a file of papers relating to Nigera and an album of photographs (mostly dated 1911).
Extents: 4 boxes
Dates:
1884-1957 (bulk 1905-1925)