Scope and Contents 140 x 190 mm. on mount. Studio portrait, seated. Signed and dated ‘James Crawford Maxwell 4 July 1925’. Sir James Crawford Maxwell (1869-1932) doctor, lawyer, and administrator served as a District Medical Officer in Sierra Leone from 1894 to 1900, when he became a District Commissioner. He was a First Class Resident in Nigeria from 1914 to 1920, Colonial Secretary, Sierra Leone 1920-1922, and Colonial Secretary of the Gold Coast from then until 1927, when he was appointed Governor and...

Scope and Contents Subjects include: a holiday with General 1st Lord Rawlinson, March 1920, boar hunting, riding and painting at Bendor [2nd Duke of Westminster]'s estate in Mimizan, France; complaints against Britain by André Lefèvre, the French Minister of War; considering taking a house near Mimizan for the autumn; Churchill's view of the wars of the future; the helpful effect of a hostile speech by Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith]; Churchill's admiration for F E Smith [later 1st Lord...

Scope and Contents Subjects include: a stay with Maxine Elliott at Chateau de l'Horizon in the south of France, January 1939; the relationship between the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Duchess of Windsor [earlier Wallis Simpson]; progress on ["A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"]; sales of a new edition of "The World Crisis"; the determination of [Robert] Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] not to join the Government, the chances of a big reshuffle and Churchill's view that it would be...

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150 x 100 mm. A view of three men, Smart, Captain Slessor (seated) and Illingworth, in front of a wooden shelter. On one of the vertical slats of the wooden shelter is written 'Messen Hospital Hu (obscured) Packaging'. A loose caption, found at this point in the album, may well relate to this photograph. It reads: 'No. 5 Squadron R.F.C. Three Flight Commanders'.

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190 x 145 mm.

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52 x 51 mm. Houses backing onto water.

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52 x 52 mm. Rows of houses.

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52 x 52 mm. A courtyard in shadow containing women and dogs.

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52 x 52 mm. A man and a woman standing on steps on a hill slope.

Scope and Contents This file contains notes, transcripts, correspondence, advertisements and guest-lists relating to speeches that Lady Smedley gave to the Sri Lanka Women’s Conference, June 1975; the Levin Plunket Society, October 1976; and the interprovincial conference of The Women's Division Federated Farmers of New Zealand, November 1976. Later speeches deal with her experiences as the wife of a diplomat and her book ‘Partners in diplomacy’ given to the English-Speaking Union, 19 February, 10 April 1991;...

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Correspondence with Robert Nichols on the SS Ashcrest "adventure" (the evacuation of civilians from the Riviera), on Churchill's broadcast to France, October 1940 and on propaganda and morale in France generally.

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200 x 153 mm. A view showing the town and harbour of Gustavia, the capital of the island of Saint-Barthèlemy with bungalows and other residences in the foreground and sailing ships moored in the bay. Saint-Barthèlemy lies north of Saint Kitts and is separated by a narrow channel from the island of Saint Martin.

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A group of stereoscopic halves each measuring approximately 72 x 72 mm, showing general views of the architecture in the British Isles, Belgium and Paris.

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A group of stereoscopic halves each measuring approximately 72 x 72 mm, showing general views of the architecture in the British Isles, Belgium and Paris.

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166 x 136 mm.

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A group of stereoscopic halves each measuring approximately 72 x 72 mm, showing general views of the architecture in the British Isles, Belgium and Paris.

Scope and Contents This porcelain statue bears the tag, ‘Found in ruins of St. Pierre, miraculously preserved 1902’. It was recovered from the ruins of St. Pierre, Martinique, in June 1902, by Sir Hesketh Bell, Administrator of Dominica, who visited immediately after the eruption of Mt. Pelée, ‘To our intense surprise, we found that this image was almost entirely undamaged, the hands and feet only having been broken off. This was a really an amazing thing, as it lay almost completely covered by big stones and...

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184 x 216 mm. View of the west door of Strasbourg Cathedral.

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181 x 229 mm. View of one of the entrances to the Cathedral.

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An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The numbering is sequenced from 1 to 131, but 101 is omitted. 14 of these prints are loose (118-131) , and are kept in a separate envelope in the album. Some of the prints are good quality professional work. Some of the photographs are captioned in ink; in other cases the titles have been derived from duplicate copies in Davies' other Indian album or from other photographs of the same scenes.

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65 x 45 mm. Showing a statue in the centre surrounded by pillars.

Scope and Contents Notes from rough diaries Bell kept during his service in the Gold Coast between 1890-94 (initially as Supervisor of Customs), in the Bahamas as Receiver General and Treasurer, and then from 1899 as Acting Governor of the Leeward Islands and Administrator of Dominica. Before destroying these old diaries Bell extracted 'all that appeared to be of interest in regard to my experiences and the development of my character.' Prominent subjects include Bell’s official duties, colleagues, ideas for...

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These notes cover Bell’s service as Administrator of Dominica and Acting Governor of the Leeward Islands (1899-1905), Commissioner (Governor) of Uganda (1906-1909), Governor of Northern Nigeria (1909-12), Governor of the Leeward Islands (1912-1916) and Governor of Mauritius (1916-24). Prominent subjects include Bell’s official duties, colleagues, travels, social life and personal affairs (circa 180 sheets).

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These notes chronicle Bell’s retirement in Cannes, his interests, social life and personal affairs, and his frequent travels, including an extensive tour of the Far East during 1925-26 to examine French and Dutch methods of colonial government (circa 80 sheets).

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This volume includes notes on Bell’s social life, interests, personal affairs, travel and press publications, including many on international and colonial affairs (circa 100 sheets).