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This diary records Bell’s life in retirement, much of it spent in Cannes, where he purchased land for the construction of a villa. It describes his social life, interests, personal affairs and travels. Subjects of particular interest include his reception of the GCMG from George V, the composition of ‘Foreign Colonial Administration in the Far East’ and letters to the press upon subjects such as the control of cinema in the colonies (circa 200 sheets).

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Prominent subjects include Bell’s social life, interests and personal affairs; the purchase of a plot of land at Cannes and the construction of a villa; the completion of his book ‘Foreign Colonial Administration in the Far East’; the writing of his memoirs; attendance at the Union Coloniale Française on behalf of the government; the publication of letters in the press concerning the treatment of captive orang-utans and the education of Africans; and European travels (circa 80 sheets).

Scope and Contents Prominent subjects include Bell’s social life, interests and personal affairs; the construction of the villa at Cannes; the publication of ‘Foreign Colonial Administration in the Far East’ and the award of the Royal Empire Society's gold medal for it; work on two committees formed by the Colonial Office to examine the recruitment of officers for the colonial service and control of cinema in the colonies; letters to the press on the consumption of alcohol in West Africa and electoral reform...

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Prominent subjects include Bell’s social life, interests, personal affairs and extensive travel within Europe; the final reports of the Colonial Films Committee and the Colonial Appointments Committee; the Caribs of Dominica; letters to the press on cinema in the colonies, film censorship and other themes; Mauritian finance; and spiritualism (circa 100 sheets).

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Prominent subjects include Bell's social life, interests, travel and personal affairs, including a serious illness caused by heart disease; the Caribs of Dominica; attendance at the Exposition Coloniale Internationale; the Manchuria Crisis and the League of Nations; and press articles on colonial cinema, the Union Coloniale Française, France's aid to her colonies, the cultivation of bananas in West Africa, hospital transportation and Charles George Gordon (circa 100 sheets).

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Prominent subjects include Bell’s social life, interests, travels and personal affairs; letters to the press on mortality in Mauritius and suggestions for aiding sugar planters, Manchuria and the League of Nations, unemployment, and fish; the financial crisis; the Caribs of Dominica; the composition of ‘Glimpses of a Governor’s life’; a plan for international colonial conferences; Charles George Gordon; and spiritualism (circa 100 sheets).

Scope and Contents Prominent subjects include Bell’s social life, interests, travels and personal affairs; letters published in the press concerning gold mining in Kenya, witchcraft in Africa, British and French colonial experience in Africa, and international peacekeeping; the composition of ‘Glimpses of a Governor’s Life’, including quotations from a notebook of 1906 now lost; public health in Mauritius; Winston Churchill’s visit to Uganda; ideas for encouraging native arts in Africa; and the publication of...

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Prominent subjects include Bell’s social life, interests, personal affairs and travel, and a series of letters published in the press dealing with Japanese expansion and international peacekeeping, fish and animal welfare, the Loc Ness monster, cruelty to animals in film, and seventeenth-century administration of Saint Kitts (circa 90 sheets).

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Prominent subjects include Bell’s social life, interests, personal affairs and travel; spiritualism; and letters to the press on the League of Nations, disarmament, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, and the administration of justice in Africa (circa 80 sheets).

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Prominent subjects include Bell’s social life, interests, personal affairs and travel; spiritualism; comments upon the deteriorating international situation; and letters to the press on the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, witchcraft, the Spanish Civil War, traffic congestion in London, and Dominica’s Caribs (circa 95 sheets).

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Prominent subjects include Bell’s social life, interests, personal affairs and travel; the composition of ‘Glimpses of a Governor’s Life’; comments upon the abdication of Edward VIII, the coronation of George VI, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia and the Spanish Civil War; and letters to the press on the training of colonial officers, witchcraft, and cruelty to animals in film (circa 60 sheets).

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A diary of time spent in France (1927), Belgium (1928), Germany (1929), Holland (1930), Scotland (1930-1931), France (1931), Northumberland (1932), Malvern (1932) and Stratford-upon-Avon (1933).

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Jackdaw No. C8 concerning the Dieppe raid during the Second World War.

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Material relating to H.C.E. Childers' daughter Emily (b. 1866).

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120 x 183 mm. A half-length studio portrait of a bare breasted New Caledonian woman.

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Photographs from 5 Squadron R.F.C., France, 1917; the British Aviation Mission, U.S.A., 1918; the R.A.F. School of Navigation, Andover, 1919; and the Cape Flight, January-March 1920.

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Material relating to H.C.E. Childers' daughter Emily (b. 1866).

Scope and Contents Album of photographs, between four to eight to a page, most measuring approximately 105 x 75 mm. and many with detailed captions. There are also four sleeves of loose photographs, captioned on the reverse Showing scenic views of holiday excursions plus various military scenes including the R.M. Academy, Woolwich No.1 Company: digging gun emplacement, at drill, charging at end of skirmish, at Salisbury Camp, and manipulating half a tonne safe with sleepers, and also a large section depicting...

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190 x 145 mm.

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Minutes of 20 and 24 Nov 1939, mentioning Hore-Belisha's visit to France and British defences there, with covering letter to Hore-Belisha from [George] David Roseway, Hore-Belisha's Principal Private Secretary at the War Office.

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The scrapbooks contain letters, press cuttings, sketch maps, printed army documents, including regulations and training instructions, tables of army rations, rough handwritten notes, movement orders, leave passes, sports papers and demobilisation papers. There are also photographs, many of which were taken during Clarke's regular tours of inspection among the frontline troops while he was at Bethune, and which include scenes from the trenches.

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Includes notes appended by Hilde Sloane.

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The collection, though small, is interesting as no other papers appear to have been left by Hore-Belisha. It comprises letters, diaries, some photographs and documents (mainly copies) covering most of Hore-Belisha's career but concentrating on his most important position as War Minister from 1937-1939 and particularly the events surrounding his dismissal by Neville Chamberlain.

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258 x 325 mm.

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192 x 145 mm. The four soldiers walk down a muddy road away from the front lines. They are wearing sleeveless leather jerkins, and the three on the right are equipped with respirators.