20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5006 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Papers of Trafford Smith (2)
Papers related to posting in the British colonies of the western Pacific, 1938-1941; material chiefly concerning British territories in the western Pacific, 1941-1966; material mostly received or written in, or dealing with Ceylon, 1944-1948; material concerning Palestine, 1947-1949; papers concerning appointment in Malta, 1952-1959; papers relating to Burma, 1967-1975; papers relating to various interests, 1928-1963; engagement diaries, 1947-1975
Extents: 14 boxes
Dates:
1953-1959, 1967-1970
Collection
Papers of Trevor Hearl relating to Saint Helena
Papers collected by Trevor Hearl, teacher, writer and historian, relating to the political, economic and social history of Saint Helena.
Extents: 15.3 Linear metres (113 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1589-2007
Collection
Papers of Villiers B.V. Powell relating to Nigerian sports teams
Reports, diaries, correspondence, photographs and press cuttings relating to various international tours made by Nigerian sports teams, 1948-1964, including participation in Olympic Games, as sometime General Team Manager.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates:
1948-1964
Collection
Papers of Violet M. Hughes relating to Seamus Heaney
Papers of Violet M. Hughes relating to Seamus Heaney.
Extents: 0.05 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1991
Collection
Single Item
Papers of W.F. Faulds
Typescript, Observations of a part-time spy of the federal army: an account of the service of W.F. Faulds - Captain - the Royal Rhodesian Regiment 1959-1964.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2321
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
1996
Collection
Papers of W.F.P. Kelly
Diary of travels in charge of a mobile cinema, Kenya, 1944; three volumes of memoirs of service, Kenya, 1936-1963; four volumes of travel diaries, Kenya, 1981-1982, 1989, 1992, 1996; one travel diary, South Africa, 1990; report by Miss S. Brodribb Pughe on the wells of the Northern District, Kenya, 1962.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates:
1944-[1996]
Single Item
Papers of W.H. Simmonds
Collection of newspaper cuttings about Cecil Rhodes, 1881-1905, compiled by Simmonds.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2297
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1881-1905
Single Item
Papers of W.H.F. Weber relating to the woodcock in the British Isles
Papers of W.H.F. Weber relating to the woodcock in the British Isles.
Shelfmark: MS. 15443
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
1926-1932
Collection
Papers of Wilfrid Backhouse Alexander
Papers, fieldwork and bird image collections of Wilfrid Backhouse Alexander, ornithologist.
Extents: 1.79 Linear metres (25 boxes)
Dates:
1761-1990
Single Item
Papers of William A. R. Walker
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, synopsis of lectures, etc., relating to service as Administrative Officer in the Gold Coast, 1930-1935.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1709
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1930-1935
Collection
Papers of William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney
Papers of William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney
Extents: 0.33 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates:
1864-1904
Collection
Papers of William Basil Worsfold
The collection is concerned almost entirely with Worsfold's association with Milner until the latter's death in 1925. Included is correspondence whilst Worsfold was editor of the Johannesburg Star, including letters from Milner; drafts and other papers connected with a biography of Milner; notes and extracts taken from Milner's diaries and correspondence; and articles about the Doullens Conference (held on the 26 March 1918) in which Milner took part. The…
Extents: 5 boxes
Dates:
1902-1933
Single Item
Papers of William Bell
Scripts of musical revues and pantomimes put on in Uganda by William Bell and his friends during the early 1950s, including scores for Babes in the Bush, with photocopies of Uganda Herald reviews of the performances and a photograph of Bell and Peggy Lanning as the Ayah and Child.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2239
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
20th century
Collection
Papers of William Bloomfield Douglas
Xerox copy of diary, originally in 4 volumes, written while Resident of Selangor, Malaya, 1876-1882, with offprint of an article by J.M. Gullick concerning the diary, 1975
Extents: 3 boxes
Dates:
1876-1882, 1975
Collection
Papers of William Borrowdale Tripe
Letters to his parents; reports and memoranda, etc. while a colonial administrator in Tanganyika and including war service in the Middle East. Also, anthropological notes and articles.
Extents: 3 boxes, 1 volume
Dates:
1928-1945
Single Item
Papers of William Crawford Heaney
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, printed material, etc., relating to appointment and career as Agricultural Officer in Kenya.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1669
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1949-1963
Collection
Papers of William E. Stober
Legislative papers, mainly photocopies, relating to the New Hebrides (including the Anglo-French condominium government), 1870-[1980]
Records relating to the Joint Court of the New Hebrides, and to settlement and land, 1883-1980; records relating to the British Land Trust Board, 1903-1905, 1963-1994
Records relating to Stober's land assignment, 1911-1982
Minutes,…
Extents: 29 boxes
Dates:
1870-1995
Collection
Papers of William H. Potts, Charles H. N. Jackson and Bernard D. Burtt
The collection mainly consists of papers relating to the work of William Herbert Potts in the Department of Tsetse Research in Shinyanga (includes diaries, correspondence, reports, data, statistics and printed material, 1920s-1950s). Also, letters home (1927-1932) from C.H.N. Jackson, and diaries (1925-1937) of B.D. Burtt.
Extents: 18 boxes
Dates:
1920s-1950s
Collection
Papers of William Harold Ingrams and Sir William Newton
The collection mainly consists of papers (correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, despatches, etc.) relating to Ingrams' administrative service in Mauritius, Gibraltar and Africa. There are also some papers relating to Malaya and the West Indies; press cuttings about the death of Queen Salote in Tonga in 1965; articles collected by Ingrams about the West Indies, India, Ceylon, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaya, the Philippines and Korea; and a manuscript narrative about the loss of the East India…
Extents: 7 boxes
Dates:
1863-1969