West Indies -- History -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Archive of Margaret Reardon
Papers, 1940-2015, of Margaret Reardon (b. 1920), relating to life as a colonial wife in Eritrea, Tanganyika, Bechuanaland, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Extents: 0.6 Linear metres (6 physical shelfmarks; 5 digital shelfmarks)
Dates:
1940-2015
Collection
Archive of Sir Kenneth William Blackburne
Correspondence, etc. relating to cadetship in Nigeria, 1929-1950
Diaries and Colonial Office letters concerning period of office in Palestine, 1935-1940
Letters written by Blackburne and his wife to his parents and her mother, 1935-1941, 1943-1946, 1950-1956
Correspondence and a report relating to period of office in the Gambia, 1941-1943
…
Extents: 3.75 Linear metres (25 boxes)
Dates:
1929-1963
Collection
Archive of W.M. Macmillan and Mona Macmillan
Archive of W.M. Macmillan, historian of South Africa and critic of colonial rule in Africa and the West Indies, and of his wife, Mona Macmillan, author and journalist.
Extents: 10.66 Linear metres (76 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1867-2006
Collection
Papers of Dame Margery Freda Perham
Family papers, including journals and correspondence, [1881-1977]
Papers relating
to academic career, 1908-77
Papers relating to non-academic activities
and interests, [1916-1980]
Papers relating to publishers, finance, charities
and disposition of archives, [1925-80]
Correspondence, [1931-1979]
Diaries, [1910-1980]
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Extents: 771 boxes
Dates:
[1844]-1980
Single Item
Papers of Sir Allan Chalmers Smith
Legal papers relating to service in Bermuda, Nigeria, Gold Coast and the West Indies, including judgements, speeches and recordings of meetings, 1926-1955
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 442
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1926-1955
Collection
Papers of Trafford Smith
Letters, programmes of tours, texts of talks and printed material relating to service as an administrator in Fiji, and to tours made of the Caribbean and West Pacific territories as Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1938-1966.
Extents: 4 boxes
Dates:
1938-1966
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