Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Comprises correspondence and papers of Mary Hope Allen, as well as correspondence of her grandfather Robin Allen (1820-98), Secretary of Trinity House and a poet and critic, and of her father, Sir Ernest King Allen (1864-1937), Assistant Public Trustee 1915-23. Robin Allen's correspondents include 19th century politicians, artists, poets and critics such as W.E. Gladstone, Thomas Hardy, Lord Leighton, John Ruskin, Lord Tennyson, Arnold Toynbee and Mrs. Humphry Ward. There is a collection of...

Scope and Contents Comprises two typescript copies of an unpublished book titled 'An African Odyssey: the story of two porters, Mombai and Mabruki'. The first copy is draft completed in 1951 and subsequently sent to H.B. Thomas for comment. Many pencil annotations to the text. The second copy is a revised version, neatly typed. Together with memoranda and correspondence relating to the attempts to have the book published. Mombai or 'Bombay', and Mabruki, were two African porters, known for their role in...