20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5005 Collections and/or Records:
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 Rex Hunt
Papers of Sir Rex Hunt (1926-2012), diplomat.
Extents: 6 Linear metres (45 boxes)
Dates:
1931-2019
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)
Collection
Papers of Sir Sidney Herbert H. Henn
Correspondence, notebooks etc. as Chairman of the Joint East Africa Board (1926-1929) and as a representative on the Imperial Economic Committee (1924-1927), the Advisory Committee of the East African Dependencies Trade and Information Office (1925-1935), and the Tanganyika Railway Commission (1930-1931).
Extents: 4 volumes, 1 box
Dates:
1922-1936
Single Item
Papers of Sir Sidney Lee relating to the article on King Edward VII for the Dictionary of National Biography
Papers of Sir Sidney Lee relating to the article on King Edward VII for the Dictionary of National Biography
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 186
Extents: 177 Leaves
Dates:
1904-1960
Series
Papers of Sir Sydney Caine and other Caine family papers, 1855-2001; n.d.
Dates:
1855-2001; n.d.
Single Item
Papers of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet (2)
22 ff., 1 volume Letters and papers of or relating to Buxton, including one letter from Thomas Clarkson and two (one a contemporary copy) from William Wilberforce, 1805-1903; also including an account of Mrs. Fry's visit to Glasgow Prison in 1818, written in 1834 by Anna Gurney.
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 559
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
1805-1903
Collection
Papers of Sir Thomas S.W. Thomas
Correspondence, memoranda etc. as Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Malay States, regarding the fall of Singapore and Malaya's war effort.
Extents: 3 boxes
Dates:
1941-1960
Collection
Papers of Sir William Allmond C. Goode
Reports, speeches, etc. concerning North Borneo, [1954-1963]; correspondence, official papers, etc. concerning the Federation of Malaysia, [1961-1963]; articles, tributes and lectures, 1963-1978; interview notes and transcripts, etc., 1969-1985; correspondence, 1964-1986.
Extents: 5 boxes
Dates:
[1960-1963]
Collection
Papers of Sir William Erle
Papers of Sir William Erle, 17th-20th century
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates:
17th-20th century
Collection
Papers of Sir William Lindsay Murphy
Letters, diaries and other papers relating to Ceylon, 1911-1942
Photographs and press cuttings relating to Ceylon, c1910-1961
Letters and photographs relating to Bermuda, 1941-1947
Press cuttings relating to Bermuda, 1942-1945
Diaries kept in the Bahamas, 1945-1948
Correspondence relating to the Bahamas, 1945-1949
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Extents: 32 boxes
Dates:
1911-1983
Collection
Papers of Stan Cornford
Papers of Stan Cornford (fl. 1991-2013), meteorologist
Extents: 1.8 Linear metres (13 boxes)
Dates:
1951-2007