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African Papers of Sir John Gray
Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.
'Colonialism: before and after'
Diary of Agnes Wilson in South Africa
Edward Enoch Jenkins and Muriel Alice Jenkins (née Ackermann): personal papers and photographs
Newscuttings on Southern and East Africa
Four volumes of newscuttings, three relating to Southern and East Africa and one to the Native Question in South Africa, and loose cuttings on related subjects. Many of the articles concern the activities of the colonial powers in Africa, notably Great Britain, Germany, Spain and France.
Papers of Sir John Hawley Glover
This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.
Papers on West Africa
Photographs of William Joseph Ward
Comprises a series of photograph albums relating to Ward's work and travels in India, particularly relating to Rangoon and Calcutta, and various customs houses in British India. The albums also cover Ward's war service in East Africa and Iraq. There is a small amount of personal family material which gives an indication of the social life of the Wards.
Richard Frederick Rainsford collection
Sir Alexander Johnston: administrative papers relating to Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Comprises: four notebooks assembled by Johnston on aspects of law, history and administration in Ceylon; letter-book containing regulations relating to Roman Catholics in Ceylon; copies of law officers and counsels' opinions on various colonial acts. Note that 'Notebook V', extract from statement concerning the arrival of Chalias in Ceylon (presented by Professor Lee alongside the rest of the collection and listed in Donald Simpson's 1975 manuscript catalogue) is missing.
Sir George Arthur, Superintendent of British Honduras: papers
Sir William Allardyce: scrapbooks
'The Caribbean in international politics, 1670-1707': PhD thesis
A Ph.D. thesis for the University of London, 554 pages, with a map.
'The Raj: India, 1890-1920: a story in photographs': typescript by Norah Burke with photographs
West Indian documents
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
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