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'Your obedient servants, 1895-1918'

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 173

Scope and Contents

An unpublished account of the role of the early district officer in Kenya and the problems inherent in implementing policy, with illustrations and maps, 501 pages. There is a five-page survey of sources, but only limited source references. The book was written with the financial support of the Department of Technical Cooperation, which enabled Cashmore to spend two years on research and writing, one of which was spent in Kenya. The volume is dated at the front October 1964.

Dates

  • Creation: 1964

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Herbert Richard Cashmore (b. 1928) came to Kenya as a District Officer in 1953. He retired from the Kenya Administrative Service in 1962.

Extent

1 volume(s) (1 volume) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

MSS 46 V

Other Finding Aids

MSS Addenda, vol. II.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by Dr Cashmore.

Related Materials

RCMS 174 is a shorter version of 'Your obedient servants', prepared as a Cambridge University thesis. The R.C.S. Manuscripts Collection also includes Cashmore's account of his time in Kenya, RCMS 175.

General

This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue.

Originator(s)

Cashmore, Thomas Herbert Richard, b 1928

Includes index.
Date
2003-11-27 14:35:52+00:00
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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