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Published and unpublished writing by A.T. Matson, correspondence with D.H. Simpson, and extracts and cuttings from journals and newspapers.

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A description of Wilson's years working in Zanzibar, Kenya and Cambridge, 1933-1952.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Two albums with two loose prints (which may not belong to this collection) inserted. The two albums were the property of Charles Edwin Collard, Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The albums have been rebound, but the labels on the covers ‘Uganda 1898-1900’ have been retained. Most of the photographs are 115 x 90 mm. Collard was presumably the photographer except for the few prints in which he appears, and all the photographs are captioned. However, it appears likely that this was...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of loose prints. The prints are mainly British official photographs representing aspects of development in the colonies and are chiefly 250 x 200 mm. Captions on the reverse, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The prints fall into subject collections.Nigeria: 1 - 8 Udi Village; 9-20 Ogwofia...

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110 x 75 mm.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Two albums with two loose prints (which may not belong to this collection) inserted. The two albums were the property of Charles Edwin Collard, Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The albums have been rebound, but the labels on the covers ‘Uganda 1898-1900’ have been retained. Most of the photographs are 115 x 90 mm. Collard was presumably the photographer except for the few prints in which he appears, and all the photographs are captioned. However, it appears likely that this was...

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199 x 147 mm. A view showing a passageway lined with spears and war drums in the British Residency at Lamu, now the Lamu Museum. Another copy of this photograph can be found at Y30468F/5.

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Miscellaneous monochrome postcards issued by various publishers, largely unknown.

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240 x 184 mm. glossy print.

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Showing patients queuing on the verandah of the clinic.

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Showing Peggy and four people of an unknown ethnic group.

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201 x 142 mm. Showing the steam tug resting on sand at low tide, with the old water condensers and a flour mill in the background. It was named after the first Chairman of the Uganda Railway Committee, and was the first steam tug in looking, arriving in 1895. After 1903, when construction work in the harbour had eased off, the boat was dismantled and taken to Lake Victoria, where it saw service until 1967, when it was scrapped after 72 years’ service.

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Personal papers including Phyllis Dobinson’s British Red Cross Society Certificate; her membership card for the Oxford Telephone Area Sports and Social Club; letters from Crown Agents to the Colonies regarding her travel to Kenya; blank notepaper headed ‘Dunnottar Castle’; medical records; letter from British East Africa Corporation regarding Phyllis Dobinson’s employment; motorcar receipts; and pension plans.

Scope and Contents Personal papers including correspondence regarding Phyllis Dobinson’s pay and departure from her post at the Ministry of Supply; letter from the Director of Traffic at the General Post Office, Nairobi, welcoming Henry Dobinson to the East African Postal service; Post Office savings bank correspondence and balance records; letter from British East Africa Corporation Ltd regarding Phyllis Dobinson’s allowance; driving permits; two envelopes with insignia of South African Airways; and insurance...

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Personal papers, photographs, books and news cuttings relating to the Dobinsons' work and travel in England and East Africa.

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A collection of nine photographic diaries compiled by Thomas Donald Simon, measuring approximately 220 x 155 mm, with photographs as separate pages measuring generally 205 x 145 mm. The diary entries are typed, and each entry is accompanied by a number of photographs, presumably all taken by Thomas Donald Simon himself.

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Copies of photographs illustrating Satwant Singh Suman's service in the East African Railways. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

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A collection consisting of one cibachrome print, one 130 x 100 mm colour transparency, one 130 x 100 mm colour negative and twelve 130 x 100 mm monochrome copy negatives. The originals of these photographs were part of the collection of Sir Edward William Macleay Grigg (1879-1955), 1st Baron Altrincham and Governor of Kenya 1925-31. They were loaned by John Grigg in August 1985, when these copies were made by John Falconer.

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An album containing images illustrating Benson's prospecting work, complementing his letters in RCMS 364/1/3. His captions have been reproduced.

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A collection of loose snapshots of various sizes with pencilled captions on the reverse. The photographs show scenes in a settler's life in the young colony. Bromhead joined in 1912 and died in Australia in 1944.

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160 x 210 mm. Showing a senior agricultural instructor examining plants in a cooperative coffee nursery at Chogoria, Kenya.

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155 x 110 mm. Showing women working in a small crop field.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Two albums with two loose prints (which may not belong to this collection) inserted. The two albums were the property of Charles Edwin Collard, Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The albums have been rebound, but the labels on the covers ‘Uganda 1898-1900’ have been retained. Most of the photographs are 115 x 90 mm. Collard was presumably the photographer except for the few prints in which he appears, and all the photographs are captioned. However, it appears likely that this was...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Two albums with two loose prints (which may not belong to this collection) inserted. The two albums were the property of Charles Edwin Collard, Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The albums have been rebound, but the labels on the covers ‘Uganda 1898-1900’ have been retained. Most of the photographs are 115 x 90 mm. Collard was presumably the photographer except for the few prints in which he appears, and all the photographs are captioned. However, it appears likely that this was...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Two albums with two loose prints (which may not belong to this collection) inserted. The two albums were the property of Charles Edwin Collard, Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The albums have been rebound, but the labels on the covers ‘Uganda 1898-1900’ have been retained. Most of the photographs are 115 x 90 mm. Collard was presumably the photographer except for the few prints in which he appears, and all the photographs are captioned. However, it appears likely that this was...