20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5006 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Papers of Sir Geoffrey Miles Clifford
Papers relating to service in Nigeria, Gibraltar, Cyprus, as Governor of the Falkland Islands, and as Chairman of the United Nigeria Group (Biafran War) and the Nigerian Electricity Supply Co. Ltd., 1930-1978.
Extents: 10 boxes
Dates:
1930-1978
Collection
Papers of Sir George and Lady Mooring
Papers and photographs relating to Sir George Mooring's period as British Resident of Zanzibar, 1960-1963, with articles on Zanzibar's history, accounts of the revolution in Zanzibar in 1964, photograph album of the visit of Sayyid Khalifa (?to the British Residency), [1902], and souvenir edition of a magazine celebrating the silver jubilee of the Sultan Seyyid Khalifa, 1936.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates:
[1902-1964]
Single Item
Papers of Sir George Anderson
Diary of Sir George Anderson describing his time teaching in farm schools in the Transvaal from February to August 1903. Also an extract from his unpublished memoirs concerning Winston Churchill's escape during the Boer War with a letter from Winston Churchill MP (dated 1983), and a draft version of an article by Randolph Vigne concerning the diary.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.2372
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
1903-1983
Collection
Papers of Sir George Farrar and family
Photographs, correspondence, newspaper cuttings relating to mining activities in South Africa, 1871-1929
Telegrams, newspaper cuttings, photographs, etc. concerning the Jameson Raid, 1896
Maps, correspondence, etc. relating to the South African War, [1899-1906]
Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, cartoons, etc. relating to political career, 1903-1915
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Extents: 21 boxes
Dates:
c1864-1982
Collection
Papers of Sir George Joseph Ball
Papers and correspondence relating to Sir George Joseph Ball's work for the British Conservative Party as Director of Publicity, 1927-1930, and Director of the Conservative Research Department, 1930-1939.
Extents: 0.77 Linear metres (7 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1924-1957
Collection
Papers of Sir Godfrey Yeatman Lagden
Diaries; notebooks; a letter-book containing Lagden's private letters to J.A. Spender; biographical material; correspondence; printed material (including obituary notices and tributes); papers relating to Lagden's awards, commissions and record of service; and papers relating to Lagden's book The Basutos (1909) and other publications. Also, papers (correspondence, reports, despatches and notes) relating to the South African War, Basutoland, and South African…
Extents: 67 volumes, 6 boxes
Dates:
1877-1934
Collection
Papers of Sir Gordon James Lethem
The collection covers all periods of Lethem's career except the time he spent in the Seychelles. The bulk of the material relates to his time spent in Nigeria. Included is correspondence; reports, and papers connected with them; some diaries; a number of papers in Arabic; printed books, pamphlets and newspapers; and minutes and opinions on subjects of particular interest to the Governments of Nigeria or British Guiana.
Extents: 22 boxes
Dates:
1914-1946
Single Item
Papers of Sir Harold Kittermaster
Paper given by Kittermaster on the Somalis and other tribes of British Somaliland, c1930.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2341
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
c1930
Collection
Papers of Sir Harry Charles Luke
The collection contains papers relating to the eight years that Sir Harry Luke held the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Malta. Included are despatches, telegrams and correspondence (including correspondence between Luke and Secretaries of State, Governors of Malta, and dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church). There are also papers relating to Lord Strickland and his relationship with the Roman Catholic Church and with the British Government, and papers dealing with the threat…
Extents: 3 boxes
Dates:
1930-1937
Collection
Papers of Sir Harry Fagg Batterbee
Papers as British High Commissioner to New Zealand.
Extents: 23 boxes
Dates:
1939-1945
Collection
Papers of Sir Henry R. M. Brooke-Popham as Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Kenya
Personal papers, correspondence, etc. including period as Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Kenya.
Extents: 10 files (2 boxes)
Dates:
1936-1953
Single Item
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
Single Item
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
Single Item
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 boxes)
Dates:
1897-1998
Single Item
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