20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5005 Collections and/or Records:
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
Single Item
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
Single Item
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
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