Sri Lanka -- History -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Correspondence and papers of Sir William Denis Battershill
Correspondence, mainly with the immediate Battershill family,
1908-1956
Papers concerning administrative service, chiefly in
Cyprus, Palestine and Tanganyika, 1935-1957
Notes on safaris undertaken in
Tanganyika and Kenya, 1945-1948
Manuscript and printed material relating to
the political situation in Cyprus, also typescript of personal reflections on the island,…
Extents: 14 boxes
Dates:
1914-1952
Collection
Papers of J. R. Granville Bantock
Letters home, diaries, reports, photographs and press cuttings relating to service in the Ceylon Police Force, 1920-1939.
Extents: 3 boxes, 1 volume
Dates:
1920-1939
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 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
…
Extents: 32 boxes
Dates:
1911-1983
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