Nigeria -- Officials and employees
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Papers of Hubert Childs
Journals of tours of administrative service in Nigeria and Cameroon (1932-1948). Also, reports and papers relating to service in Nigeria (1933-1935), Sierra Leone (1950-1956), and Southern Cameroon (1960-1961).
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates:
1932-1961
Collection
Papers of Ivor F.W. Schofield
Correspondence, reports, photographs, cinefilms, etc., relating to administrative service in Nigeria, and to work as Income Tax Adviser to the Government in Gambia.
Extents: 11 boxes
Dates:
1927-1970
Collection
Papers of John William H. O'Regan
First file contains letters from O'Regan to his mother and brother, rough diaries and papers relating to O'Regan's own career. Second file includes correspondence with Sir Andrew Caldecott and Ian Wallace and relates to the Colonial Service in general, especially in territories on the verge of self-government - Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Jamaica and Nigeria.
Extents: 2 files (2 boxes)
Dates:
1935-1962
Collection
Papers of Sir Gordon James Lethem
The collection covers all periods of Lethem's career except the time he spent in the Seychelles. The bulk of the material relates to his time spent in Nigeria. Included is correspondence; reports, and papers connected with them; some diaries; a number of papers in Arabic; printed books, pamphlets and newspapers; and minutes and opinions on subjects of particular interest to the Governments of Nigeria or British Guiana.
Extents: 22 boxes
Dates:
1914-1946
Collection
Papers of Sir John Dalzell Rankine
File on constitutional reform in Zanzibar (1952-1954), while British Resident, and 10 files as Governor of Western Region, Nigeria (1954-1960), including regular despatches to the Colonial Office and personal correspondence about pensions etc.
Extents: 3 boxes (10 files and loose correspondence)
Dates:
1952-1962
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)
Single Item
Papers of Stanley Milburn relating to society in Nigeria and Sierra Leone
Papers on education, native customs, folklore, history and secret societies in Nigeria and Sierra Leone, including sketches, photographs, articles and notes, 1926-1950. Also, transcripts of diaries of George Ross, Superintendent of Maroons in Sierra Leone, 1800-1801, and extracts from the diary of John Clarkson, [Royal Navy], 1791-1792.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1628
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1791-1801, 1926-1950
Collection
Papers of Thomas Keith Mitchell
Correspondence, courses, reports, handing-over notes, building specifications, plans, etc., as senior inspector of education (technical), 1953-1963.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates:
1953-1963
Single Item
Papers of W.J. Herbert
Account book, explanatory notes on the accounts, and receipts, as Senior Veterinary Officer in Northern Nigeria.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1780
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1953-1954
Single Item
Photograph of the opening session of the House of Chiefs, Nigeria
Photograph of the opening session of the House of Chiefs under the new constitution of Nigeria, 10 February 1947, with A.G. Eyre as Clerk of the House, far left, front row.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1838
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
1947
Single Item
Photographs relating to the work of Terence Francis Gethin Hopkins
Photographs of Nigeria and Gambia, some captioned, relating to colonial administrative service in West Africa (mostly from the 1930s).
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1665
Extents: 489 items
Dates:
1926-1930s
Single Item
Reminiscences of Rosemary Hollis
"Life as a District Officer's wife in Northern Nigeria, 1951-1959", by Rosemary Hollis. Typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.r.198
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
1951-1959
Single Item
Report and Memorandum by Algar R.W. Robertson
Report on Nigerian proposals for HM Overseas Civil Service, 1953; memorandum on the creation of a Central Pensions Fund based in the U.K., 1955. Typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1791
Extents: 36 ff.
Dates:
1953, 1955
Single Item
Report on the Boki people of Ogoja Province, Nigeria, by E.F.G. Haig
Supplementary Intelligence Report on the Boki of Ikom Division, Ogoja Province, with special reference to the Abo clan, by E. F. G. Haig, District Officer, December 1930, including 10 black and white photographs. Typescript.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.2139
Extents: 56 ff.
Dates:
1930
Single Item
Transcribed letters from Oswald Herbert Best
Transcribed letters home, written as an Administrative Officer in Northern Nigeria.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.r.228
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1920-1930