20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5006 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Papers of Sir Arthur Edwin Young
Police papers, reports and correspondence, Gold Coast, 1951, Malaya, 1952-1953, Kenya, 1954
Extents: 6 boxes
Dates:
1951-1954
Collection
Papers of Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon
Xerox copies of official papers relating to service in India, Iraq, Ceylon, Uganda and Nigeria, 1905-1948
Personal correspondence, 1905-1948
Letters to Dr. R.D. Pearce containing personal recollections, 1979-1983
Extents: 3 boxes
Dates:
1905-1948, 1979-1983
Collection
Papers of Sir Cecil Clementi
Microfilm copies of papers, reports, diary letters, etc. relating to service in Hong Kong, 1899-1912.
Extents: 32 items
Dates:
1899-1912
Collection
Papers of Sir Charles Campbell Woolley
Papers relating to Woolley's service in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Jamaica, Cyprus and British Guiana (now Guyana). Included are:
Papers concerning the visit by the Duke of Gloucester to Ceylon in 1934 and an earlier visit by the Duke and other officials
Cuttings from West Indian newspapers, including accounts of the "New Deal" for Jamaica introduced by Woolley (a land settlement scheme,…
Extents: 5 boxes
Dates:
1922-1962
Collection
Papers of Sir Charles Fernand Rey
The collection includes personal/biographical papers; business papers relating to Abyssinia; papers as Resident Commissioner of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and papers relating to Rey's retirement in South Africa.
Extents: 8 boxes
Dates:
1899-[ca. 1968]
Collection
Papers of Sir Charles Henry Harper
Diaries, correspondence, copies of despatches, reports, press cuttings etc. relating to Harper's work in the Gold Coast (1914-1920); papers relating to St. Helena and Ascension Island - mainly extracts/notes copied from other works and gathered by Harper in preparation for writing a book - (1922-1934); papers relating to Ashanti law and history (1904-1922) and to the Golden Stool of Ashanti (1921-1935).
Extents: 4 boxes
Dates:
1904-1935
Single Item
Papers of Sir Cyril Handley Bird
Correspondence, extracts from speeches, memoranda, etc., as member of the Legislative Council Uganda, Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, and Minister of Commerce and Works, with related articles, etc.; also, a paper on Veterinary Services in Uganda by R.J. Simmons.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1674
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1943-1959
Collection
Papers of Sir David Keir
The collection contains: Council and Committee papers of:
the Royal Technical College of East Africa (1951-1962)
the Royal College in Nairobi (formerly the Royal Technical College of East Africa) (1958-1964)
the Provisional Council of the University of East Africa (1961-1965)
the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology…
Extents: 34 boxes
Dates:
1935-1965
Collection
Papers of Sir Donald Maclean
Papers of Sir Donald Maclean
Extents: 1.21 Linear metres (11 boxes)
Dates:
1906-1932
Collection
Papers of Sir Edgar C.F. Whitehead
This collection contains:
Original typescript of unpublished autobiography, 1928-1946
United Federal Party 'Build a Nation' tour, 1962: correspondence, press cuttings
speeches, circulars, cuttings as Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, 1961, 1962
personal letters concerning his work and retirement, 1949-1965
press cuttings,…
Extents: 7 files, 10 volumes
Dates:
1928-1965
Collection
Papers of Sir Edmund F. Du Cane relating to the Du Cane (Du Quesne) family
Papers of Sir Edmund F. Du Cane relating to the Du Cane (Du Quesne) family
Extents: 0.40 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates:
17th-20th cent.
Collection
Papers of Sir Edward Brandis Denham
Diaries covering Mauritius (1921-1923), Kenya (1923-1928), Gambia (1928-1930), British Guiana (1930-1934) and Jamaica (1934-1938). 30 volumes. Also, papers relating to Ceylon (1911-1917), Gambia (1816-1929) and British Guiana (1806-1932), including some 19th century papers dated before Denham's time. 2 boxes.
Extents: 30 volumes and 2 boxes
Dates:
1806-1938
Collection
Papers of Sir Edward Charles Frederick Garraway
Correspondence, diaries and papers of Sir Edward Charles Frederick Garraway (1865-1932) a surgeon and colonial official in Southern Africa, 1888-1932.
Extents: 3.0 Linear metres (7 boxes, 12 volumes)
Dates:
1888-1932
Collection
Papers of Sir Ernest Birch
Personal diaries of Mrs. Margaret Birch, 1896-1904 with a loose programme of amateur theatricals at the Tanglin Club, 1885; personal diaries of Ernest Birch, 1907-1909; personal diaries of Lady Birch, 1929-1931, 1934; papers relating mostly to Ernest Birch's career, c1876-1911; personal and family correspondence, etc., 1882-1926; newspaper cuttings, 1877-1930; photographs of Ernest Birch and family, 1866-c1960; miscellaneous items, 1842-1940.
Extents: 12 boxes
Dates:
1842-c1960
Single Item
Papers of Sir E.T. Williams
Printed items and lecture texts on New Zealand history, 1964-1994; correspondence and press cuttings in the aftermath of the publication of the Devlin Commission report on Nyasaland, 1959-1964; article by Williams on Alfred Milner, 1954.
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 554
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1954, 1964-1994
Single Item
Papers of Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh relating to Anglo-Argentinian relations
Papers of Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh relating to Anglo-Argentinian relations
Shelfmark: Dep. c. 713
Extents: 186 Leaves
Dates:
1947-1949
Collection
Papers of Sir Frederick Johnson Pedler
Diaries, reports, memoranda, correspondence, etc., relating to service in Tanganyika (1934-1937); as Secretary to the Commission on Higher Education in East Africa and the Sudan (1937-1938); as secretary to Lord Hailey in British Tropical Africa (1939) and in the Congo (1940-1942); also personal papers and letters relating to work for the United Africa Company in the Gold Coast (1947-1968).
Extents: 23 boxes, 2 volumes
Dates:
1934-1968
Collection
Papers of Sir Geoffrey Evans
Diaries covering Evans' agricultural service in India, Australia, Trinidad, Fiji and New Guinea, 1906, 1909-1963 (56 volumes). Letters to Lady Evans, 1918-1919, 1939, 1947, and reports, broadcast scripts and articles, 1930-1955.
Extents: 56 volumes, 1 box
Dates:
1906-1955
Collection
Papers of Sir Geoffrey Francis Taylor Colby
Papers of Sir Geoffrey Colby, Governor of Nyasaland, including correspondence on federation, also speeches and papers on Governor's pensions.
Extents: 3 boxes
Dates:
[1948-1956?]
Single Item
Papers of Sir Geoffrey Jefferson
Papers of Sir Geoffrey Jefferson
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 5719
Extents: 87 Leaves
Dates:
1934-1960