Colonial administrators
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Diary of Agnes Wilson in South Africa
Edward Enoch Jenkins and Muriel Alice Jenkins (née Ackermann): personal papers and photographs
George Kingsley Roth and Adolf Brewster Brewster: Papers on Fiji
Papers of Peter Allen and Joan Cundall relating to Uganda
Comprises material relating to the Ugandan Civil Service in the colonial period and in the years immediately prior to independence from Britain in 1962 including reports, official publications, news cuttings, and photographs. There are also photographs, ephemera and organisational notes from the royal tours directed by Peter Allen, and some examples of Joan Cundall Allen's original artwork.
Photograph albums of Henry Richard Wallis relating to British Central Africa [Nyasaland; now Malawi] and Uganda
Two photograph albums chronicling Wallis' period of employment with the colonial service and a folder of biographical information assembled by the donor.
Photographs of William Joseph Ward
Comprises a series of photograph albums relating to Ward's work and travels in India, particularly relating to Rangoon and Calcutta, and various customs houses in British India. The albums also cover Ward's war service in East Africa and Iraq. There is a small amount of personal family material which gives an indication of the social life of the Wards.
Sir Alexander Johnston: administrative papers relating to Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Comprises: four notebooks assembled by Johnston on aspects of law, history and administration in Ceylon; letter-book containing regulations relating to Roman Catholics in Ceylon; copies of law officers and counsels' opinions on various colonial acts. Note that 'Notebook V', extract from statement concerning the arrival of Chalias in Ceylon (presented by Professor Lee alongside the rest of the collection and listed in Donald Simpson's 1975 manuscript catalogue) is missing.
Sir Charles William Dixon: Memoirs
Unpublished typescript memoirs of a Colonial Office and Commonwealth Relations Office official, covering his career from 1911 to 1967. With a forward by Sir Harry Batterbee. One of 100 duplicated copies prepared for presentation. 115pp.