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A series of watercolours commissioned from the Rhodesian artist Mrs Gilbert Stephenson to be used in colouring lantern slides to illustrate the fifth handbook, A.J. Sargent, 'South Africa: seven lectures (London, 1914). Stephenson had been recommended by the British South Africa Company.

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165 x 250 mm view of Smedley visiting Salisbury during his work as Secretary General of the Commission on Rhodesian Opinion.

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Three medals.

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82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions. The slides appear to have been gathered for lecture purposes and are not necessarily on the work of the CMS. They relate to various parts of the continent.

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82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions. The slides appear to have been gathered for lecture purposes and are not necessarily on the work of the CMS. They relate to various parts of the continent.

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A series of watercolours commissioned from the Rhodesian artist Mrs Gilbert Stephenson to be used in colouring lantern slides to illustrate the fifth handbook, A.J. Sargent, 'South Africa: seven lectures (London, 1914). Stephenson had been recommended by the British South Africa Company.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A series of watercolours commissioned from the Rhodesian artist Mrs Gilbert Stephenson to be used in colouring lantern slides to illustrate the fifth handbook, A.J. Sargent, 'South Africa: seven lectures (London, 1914). Stephenson had been recommended by the British South Africa Company.

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240 x 185 mm black and white photograph featuring Smedley, Lord Pearce and a delegation from Matabele during meetings of the Commission of Rhodesian Opinion.

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Transcripts of a telediphone recording of a 'Conference' on Rhodesia between Patrick Wall, M.P., John Hatch and George Nyandoro, with David Holden in the chair, broadcast on the Home Service on 29 June 1965.

Scope and Contents This file largely contains letters to Smedley. Not all contents have been listed, but items include a letter from Ronald Belcher (diplomat, Capetown) on events in South Africa, 30 June 1958; Major-Gen. Alec Bishop (Deputy High Commissioner, Calcutta, 1957-62), 4 April 1959, 23 January 1961, 13 April 1962; from Office of Deputy High Commissioner, Bombay, 8 February 1962; from W.A. Camps (Senior Tutor, Pembroke College), 18 August 1958; from J. Chaplin (UK Information Service, Ottawa), 23 July...

Scope and Contents Not all contents have been listed, but items include correspondence between Smedley and Sir Edward Youde (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) concerning post-retirement work; letter from W.J. Adams to Smedley, 10 October 1980, on role of wives of heads of missions and necessity for reduced expenses; correspondence with Sir Michael Palliser (CRO, 1975-82), including letter from Smedley expressing surprise at Prime Minister James Callaghan’s remarks on Africa in Washington, 2 June 1978; letter,...

Scope and Contents This file largely contains letters to Smedley, mostly dating from the 1970s. Not all contents have been listed, but items include letters from Sir Thomas Williams MP (President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union), 27 Apr. 1977; from Alan Rudwick (Headmaster of Achimoto School), 29 Sep. 1977; from Alec Douglas-Home, July 1973; from Peter Ratcliffe (British Embassy, Laos), 14 Jan. 1975; from Mr Justice Michael Kerr, regarding family issues and law commission of 1978-81, 31 July 1978; from...

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Appointment diaries for the years 1951, 1953-62, 1966 and 1970-75; and personal diary for 1955 .

Scope and Contents The primary function of the Empire Tour was to impress the party with the prosperity and economic potential of the Dominions. Kelsey reported on many visits to farms, agricultural colleges, research stations, industrial sites and commercial centres. As an engineer, he was particularly interested in mines, factories and power stations. The party also toured many sites of natural beauty as well as museums and galleries. Kelsey recorded his impressions of the people he encountered and their...

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When the RES Headquarters was rebuilt in 1934-36, gifts of timber for panelling and furnishing were obtained from Empire Governments, companies and individuals. Many were destroyed during the bombing of 1941 and replacement gifts were received. This file coordinates pre and post-war correspondence.

Scope and Contents Copies of articles by AFB as Chairman of the Movement for Colonial Freedom [later Liberation] on subjects including: visits to India, including the famine, progress in modernisation and hostilities with Pakistan over Kashmir; the future of Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; the independence movement in Africa; the Vietnam War; the future of Mauritius; the Government's restriction of Commonwealth immigration; the state of the United Nations; the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the...

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154 x 203 mm. Members of the Nyasaland delegation to the conference to review the constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland are pictured at the opening session at Lancaster House. Left to right are: Chief Mwase; Mr. H.E.I. Phillips; Sir Glyn Jones; and Mr. J.H. Ingham.

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Published and unpublished material collected by Sugg relating to Southern Africa.

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245 x 200 mm black and white photograph of Smedley speaking to the media during his work as Secretary General of the Commission on Rhodesian Opinion.

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This file contains correspondence, invitations and other material relating to public events that Smedley attended, including the printed orders of the memorial service for George VI, February 1952 and of the ceremonial parade to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, in June 1953, in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.

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82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions. The slides appear to have been gathered for lecture purposes and are not necessarily on the work of the CMS. They relate to various parts of the continent.

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This file contains letters from Cashmore to Smedley on Rhodesian affairs; cuttings from Rhodesian newspapers; copy of ‘Report of the Secretary for Internal Affairs for the year 1971’; a pamphlet ‘The missing leaders of Zimbabwe’; photocopy of letter from Lord Pearce to Cashmore, 26 August 1974; and article by Ian Colvin, ‘Rhodesia at half-time: has Britain thought about additions to the 1971 proposals?’, ‘Commonwealth’, April/May 1974 (circa 60 sheets).

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200 x 140 mm black and white photograph of the Chariman of the Commission of Rhodesian Opinion.

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A series of watercolours commissioned from the Rhodesian artist Mrs Gilbert Stephenson to be used in colouring lantern slides to illustrate the fifth handbook, A.J. Sargent, 'South Africa: seven lectures (London, 1914). Stephenson had been recommended by the British South Africa Company.