115 x 158 mm. A view looking along the sheer Kaaimans River gorge towards the falls near the town of George.

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions.

This section includes archives received at a later date from Hugh Bryson and some items acquired directly by the Royal Commonwealth Society.

125 x 95 mm. General view of the landscape.

Kodachromes and Kodak Ready mounts arranged by processing number relating to the visit described above.

Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone, particularly in Free Town. The majority are by the Lisk-Carew Brothers, number 14 is by the Sierra Leone Government, Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, and number 15 is by Ceylon Pictorials. Numbers 20 and 30 give no indication as to the photographer.

A signed copy presented by the author, then Director of the Commonwealth Institute, to Donald Bowen.

The Conference, sponsored by the Royal Institute of International Affairs and associated institutes in Commonwealth countries, was attended by delegates from eighteen countries, and the five from the United Kingdom included Kenneth Robinson and (Sir) Kenneth Younger (1908-1976), Director of the RIIA 1959-1971.

These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.

Postcards showing views mainly in Kenya but also some views in Tanzania.

Paintings and drawings by school pupils in Africa and India and a selection of artwork from other countries, some mounted on cardboard. The collection includes work by pupils of George Stevens, a friend of Richard Carline, who taught at a school in Africa before the Second World War. A covering note by Unity Spencer explaining the origins of the collection is with RCMS 58/1.

A series of photographs of the University of Nairobi. It was formerly the Royal Technical College of East Africa, established 1956, changing its name to University College, Nairobi in 1964 before becoming the University of Nairobi in 1970. Photographer unknown.

A series of photographs of the University of Nairobi. It was formerly the Royal Technical College of East Africa, established 1956, changing its name to University College, Nairobi in 1964 before becoming the University of Nairobi in 1970.

Archives relating to Lanning's work in Kenya and Sierra Leone, and as a colonial administrator in Uganda.

Photographs of crop farming in Kenya, countryside views, portraits of locals, warriors at a festival in Kissii and sweet potato and cotton farming in Nyanza.

Correspondence, arranged by subject, relating to Fergus Wilson's work for the F.A.O., with a few related papers.

Cuttings from British and African newspapers and journals concerning different parts of Africa, particularly South Africa. There is an index to part of the collection.

The prints listed were chiefly from the files of the Photo Bureau, the majority being mounted on sheets of paper with substantial descriptions, and in many cases the negative attached. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

Undated photographs of countryside and people. Three of the photographs are captioned on the reverse, and two of these were taken at Mount Elgon, Kenya. The envelope in which the photographs were stored is labelled in pencil 'Kokanjiru'(?).

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions from K.H. Buxton, who is probably Kathleen Hannah Buxton (1905-1999), daughter of Reverend Leonard Buxton, the Vicar of North Mimms, Hertfordshire.

Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.

153 x 208 mm. Mr. O.S. Besadiq, Elected Member of the Coastal Strip and Bejuni Lands, addresses delegates to the Kenya Coastal Strip Conference at Lancaster House.

153 x 208 mm. Pictured at the opening of the Kenya Coastal Strip Conference at Lancaster House are left to right: Sheikh Ali Muhsin El Barwani, Sheikh Ibuni Saleh, Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Rahman Balaaway, and Sheikh Abdulrahman Mohamed, all elected members of Zanzibar.