Scope and Contents
Eleven diaries beginning in Cape Town, 1 January 1932, which Lawson was travelling through on route to take up his post, and continuing with occasional gaps up to 1943. The writing is mainly manuscript, but there are some inserted typescript entries. Although Lawson's will bequeathed 'the diaries written by me while a member of the Colonial Civil Service in Nyasaland from 1932 to 1944', there are no volumes for 1941 or 1944.
Dates
- Creation: 1932 - 1981
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
David Geoffrey Malloch Lawson (1895-1981), B.Sc., A.M.I.E.E., A.R.C.S.I., was born on 14 December 1895. He joined the Colonial Service as Assistant Telegraph Engineer in the Gold Coast on 19 May 1926, and transferred to Nyasaland as Telegraph and Telephone Engineer on 11 December 1931. He went on leave pending retirement on 5 September 1945, and his latter years were spent in the West Country. Lawson was a Life Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society from 1928 until his death on 8 April 1981.
Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
MSS 51 V
Other Finding Aids
MSS Addenda, vol. III.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed by D.M. Lawson through Messrs Nalder, Addleshaw and Rickards, April 1981.
General
This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
Originator(s)
Lawson, David Geoffrey Malloch, 1895-1981
Geographic
- Date
- 2003-12-11 14:52:28+00:00
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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