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Major accessions to repositories in 2013 relating to Imperial History |
Local
- Becher family of Bristol: account book for the slaving gally 'Jason' with household accounts 1743-1818 (45167)
- Thomas Nottidge: letters incl the introduction of birds, insectivores and bumble bees to New Zealand 1859-1902 (Acc. A13745)
- Greensmith & Thackwray, colonial outfitters, Scarborough: ledgers and papers c1845-1980 (ZZK)
- Diary of journey from Glasgow to Brisbane on the emigrant ship Otago 1884 (HR/4/1/1/2)
National
- Warner family of St Kitts and Trinidad: family papers incl corresp, photographs, estate accounts, and other papers 1817-1995 (Add MS 89047)
- Richard Campbell Bazett, partner in Bazett, Farquhar, Crawford & Co, East India agents, London: corresp 1803-1832 (Mss Eur F678)
- Sir Felix Bedingfeld, Barrister, Colonial Secretary: journal incl copies of despatches on colonial affairs 1842-1868 (Mss Eur F673)
- George Thomas Chaloner, 1/10th Baluchi Regiment, Indian Army: diary c1945-1947 (Mss Eur F670)
- Isabella Couchman, wife of Sir Francis Dundas Couchman: diaries 1889-1961 (Mss Eur F681)
- Olga Orpen-Palmer, Beijing socialite and wife of British Military Attache: letters from Peking (Beijing) 1920-1925 (Mss Eur F674)
- Herbert Kendall Percy-Smith, Lieutenant Colonel, Indian Army: papers and cards rel to Europeans in India 1920-1947 (Mss Eur F672)
- Doris Olive Symon, wife of Sir Alexander Colin Burlington Symon: papers and records incl cine film and audio recordings 1948-1961 (Mss Eur F669)
- Sir Francis Cannon Tudsbery, CBE, lecturer in merchant law: diary rel to tour of India 1939 (Mss Eur F679)
- Henry Brabazon Urmston, Colonel, Indian Army: letters (200) from India 1850-1875 (Mss Eur F677)
- James MP Landon: corresp and diary rel to family's experience of World War II in the Far East 1939-1945 (Documents.20967)
- Hugh J Lockhart, Major: diaries and corresp rel to service with the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces in Dhofar, Oman 1972-1974 (Documents.22488)
- Lawrence Geoffrey Stephens, Captain, radio scriptwriter: corresp rel to service in India and Burma during World War II 1944-1945 (Documents.22513)
- Lady Henrietta Liston, wife of Sir Robert Liston: letters to James Jackson 1796-1802 (Acc.13465)
- Colonel George Miller, 95th Rifles: letters 1804-1828 (Acc.13463)
- James Sutherland, missionary in Nyasaland: journal 1880-1885 (Acc.13411)
- William Fraser, foretopman, Royal Navy: notebook of memoirs detailing Fraser's part in suppressing the slave trade at Lagos in the Penelope, and his experiences of other events incl the Crimean War and the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny 1850-1864 (REG11/000367)
- George Warwick, ships' corporal, HMS Bacchante: diary incl an account of the Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885-1888 (REG12/000411)
University
- Royal Commonwealth Society: records 1868-1990 (ARCS)
- Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, prime minister and historian: letter to Louis de Souza, Transvaal Secretary of State for War, announcing decision to escape from prison 1899 (WCHL 2/12)
- Colonial Office (general): file of corresp rel to Winston Churchill at the Colonial Office 1906-1907 (CHAR 28/153)
- Sir John Carmichael, Colonial Administrator: 10 cinefilms taken by Sir John Carmichael during his service in the Sudan 1939-1959 (SAD)
- Thomas James, civil engineer in Sudan: translated copies of letters written to his wife and family in Cairo 1892-1902 (SAD.165)
- Thomas William Shearstone, commercial traveller: business and personal travel diaries 1909-1916 (Add.MS.1925)
- Sir George Clutton, diplomat: papers, incl press cuttings, corresp and photographs rel to his appointment as Ambassador to the Philippines, 1955, and rel to his death and funeral in 1970 1955-1984 (Clutton)
- Timothy Leland Crosthwait, diplomat: papers and corresp rel to the end of the British-run Indian Civil Service 1947-1948 (Crosthwait)
- Duncan Pearson, soldier and military consultant: diary and photographs rel to his work as a military consultant, Yemen 1966-1967 (Pearson)
- Sir William Ronald Campbell Penney, Major General: additional papers, incl corresp and an account of a visit to the Philippines and China by Penney, 1945 1942-1956 (Penney)
- Richard Francis Albert Shegog, civil servant: corresp, notes and photographs rel to travels in Africa, incl to Eritrea, Somaliland, Kenya and Rhodesia 1948-1962 (Shegog)
- Amy Katherine Bullock, nurse, MBE: memoir of nursing career, incl time training at King's College Hospital School of Nursing (1926) and as Nursing Supervisor for the state of Assam, India (1947-1961) 1920-1961 (KH/NL/PP15)
- Edward Lees, fur trader and businessman: corresp, diaries and family photographs during the Lees' residence in China c1900-1915 (MS 381183)
- Denys John Saunders, missionary in South India: filmstrips, film scripts, travel and personal diaries c1940-2009 (MS 381193)
- Frederick Maltus Smith, missionary with the London Missionary Society: papers rel to missionary work in South India c1920-1959 (MS 381184)
- James Connolly Steen, civil engineer: photographs, corresp and family papers, some rel to Steen's work in China, and army papers rel to service in the Middle East c1916-1956 (MS 381173)
- Merfyn Temple, missionary and writer on Africa: papers, corresp, photographs and articles 1946-2011 (PP MS 90)
- John Randolph Whitehead, author and Indian Army training officer: research papers and corresp rel to Whitehead's biography of TH Lewin, 'Thangliena: the life of TH Lewin' (1992) 1990-2001 (MS1199)
- Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, colonial governor: corresp, papers and photographs rel to Africa, Australia and Cyprus and to personal matters 19th-21st cent (5406 MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 590)
- Malcolm Bolton, doctor: diaries and papers rel to medical service in Malaya and with World Health Organisation in the Maldives, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and Fiji c1940-2006 (8376)
- Timothy Graham Brierly, soldier and administrator: diaries and photographs rel to military career in Palestine and Egypt, colonial service in Northern Nigeria and Tanganyika, and corresp rel to his memoirs 1946-2006 (9444)
- Jeremy Murray-Brown, writer: research papers rel to Jomo Kenyatta incl translations of corresp and interviews c1920-1979 (9469)
- John Latto Farquharson Buist, Civil Servant: papers rel to career in the Colonial Service, Ministry of Overseas Development and PLAN, esp rel to Commission on East African Co-operation c1950-2012 (7165)
- Ian Buxton, auditor: papers an auditor in Uganda with the Colonial Audit Service, later Overseas Audit Service, incl reports on municipal, district and other institutional audits c1960-1979 (9448 MSS. Afr. s. 2511)
- RTB Cowan, postal and telephone engineer: photographs of installation of telephone lines and equipment in Ghana, with ephemera rel to Ghanaian independence celebrations c1951-1960 (8532 MSS. Afr. s. 2508)
- Thomas Dailly, researcher: biographical information on governors and acting governors of British colonies in Africa 21st cent (9484 MSS. Afr. s. 2512)
- Vernon Dawson, civil servant in Malaya: diaries, letters and papers rel to work for the Malay Civil Service c1940-1976 (8175)
- Kenneth Dean, architect: albums of photographs, maps, letters and plans rel to his work and travel in Nigeria and drafts of his views on aid, consultancy and planning for education overseas 20th cent (7072)
- Evelyn Mary Foxley, nurse: papers rel to her work nursing for the Universities Mission to Central Africa, based in Tanganyika, incl journals, corresp, articles, notes and photographs c1930-1939 (7104)
- Hubert Tyler Harrington, administrator: memoirs rel to his life in Africa, incl emigration to South Africa, travel to Mtabeleland and administration and service during First World War (1890-1918) 1938 (7215)
- Margaret Rosary Haswell, rural economist: academic papers rel to agriculture, population and economics in Africa and Asia c1950-1999 (9494)
- George Frederic Howard, engineer: diary (1933-1934) rel to work with the Gold Coast Railways, Sekondi, with photographs and corresp from staff 1915-1959 (7069, 7326)
- Alfred Barnholt Hughes, sisal planter: letters (14) describing journey to East Africa and plantation work there 1925-1927 (8293)
- John Rice Francis Mills, warden of the Ugandan National Parks: papers incl notebook on safaris in Bunyoro and North West Uganda, notes and slides 1949-1952 (8440)
- Colin Murray, anthropologist: papers rel to research on southern Africa, rel mainly to books on medicine murders and on 'Black Mountain' (Orange Free State) c1970-2010 (9487)
- Flora Shaw, Lady Lugard, Colonial Editor of the Times: corresp, personal and working papers and material rel to the Jameson Raid and the Boer War 19th-20th cent (5781 MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 590)
- Margaret Stanton, political campaigner: papers rel to Birmingham and Oxford Anti-Apartheid groups incl minutes, cuttings and leaflets incl material about Namibia c1960-2008 (7721)
- Peg Sunley, of Malawi: diaries and audio cassettes rel to life in Nyasaland/Malawi 1951-2006 (8221)
- Horace Waller, writer on Africa: letters to James Steward reminiscing about Africa and discussing anti-slavery movement c1865-1881 (8442)
- Edward Rupert Zenthon, surveyor: papers rel to Colonial Survey Service work in Uganda 1951-1953 (7078)
- Photographs issued by military sources and the Kenya Information Office rel to Second World War in Africa and the Middle East, collected by Robert Fittall, editor, East African Standard 1939-1945 (8805 MSS. Brit. Emp. r. 32)
- Copy sermon preached by Rev Sam Wells, St Martin in the Fields, for memorial service for Nelson Mandela, with order of service 2013 (9492 MSS. Afr. s. 2513)
- David George Hogarth, Arab Historian and archaeologist: diary rel to travel in Turkey 1890 (Acc 9496)
- Donald Haigh Brodie, Palestine Policeman: photograph albums 1937-1942 (0581)
- David Colin Dunlop, churchman: images of Iraq (61) during his service at the Baghdad chaplaincy, with a copy of the report 'The Assyrian Christians. Report on the events of July and August 1933' c1900-1939 (0579)
- Trevor Kirby, Palestine policeman: papers rel to police service incl scrapbook and association newsletters 1932-2012 (0585)
- Ernest Walter Francis, clergyman and missionary: papers and corresp rel to time in Burma 1933-2008 (MS837)
- Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, Lebanon: additional papers 1950-1999 (MS 268)
- Legal corresp between G.E. Berouti (Beirut) and H.P Styring (Croydon) rel to the claim of Palestinians active in the Citrus Industry regarding the honoring of cheques by the Citrus Marketing Board 1948- (MS 406)
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