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Major accessions to repositories in 2017 relating to Imperial History |
Local
- Emily Mary Sparkes (1859-1954), of Dawlish Warren and India: diaries, with memoranda book 1890-1952 (SPA)
- Durham Light Infantry, 68/106th Regiments: material incl Boer War diaries 1900-1901 (D/X 2078)
- Letter from descendant of John and Margaret Lewis of Merthyr Tydfil describing the experience of John and Margaret travelling to Hughesovka, Russia with a party of 25 to teach Russian workers about the steal making process 1969 (HRA/D1443)
- Deeds rel to property in the West Indies 1731-1853 (Acc 5949)
- William Marriott (fl 1853-1885), Crimean War soldier: army records for Crimean War incl discharge and pension papers 1853-1885 (9130)
- James Vaughan (fl1842-1881), assistant surgeon, Light Battalion: note book 1842-1881 (B/SOC/4)
National
- Charles Harvey (fl 1830-1840), solicitor, of Spanish Town, Jamaica: papers rel to the compensation claims of Thomas Breakenridge, late owner of the Philips Valley Estate, Port Royal, Jamaica, lodged under the West India Compensation Account 1822-1841 (Add MS 89260)
- Dorothy Finn, teacher, fl 1970-1980: amateur film shot in the context of transition from the period of Unilateral Independence, Southern Rhodesia to national independence as Zimbabwe 1970-1980 (MGH 6904)
- William Drury (fl 1899-1902), soldier: letters written whilst serving in the Boer War 1899-1902 (NAM. 2017-12-4)
- Patrick Higgins (fl 1947), soldier: oral history interview focusing on time serving in India around the time of the Partition of India 2017 (NAM. 2017-09-6)
- Emmanuel Njimgye (b 1985), sergeant, Royal Military Police: oral history mainly rel to concerns with being a Commonwealth soldier in the British Army and being based in Germany and on Operation HERRICK, Afghanistan (2002-2014) (NAM. 2017-01-2)
- Frederick Richardson (fl 1947), soldier: oral history interview focusing on time serving in India around the time of the Partition of India 2017 (NAM. 2017-09-4)
- George Francis Stewart Elliot (1822-1901), barrister and historian: corresp rel to David Livingstone's Zambesi expedition c1858-1864 (Acc.13885)
- James Stewart (1831-1905), missionary and college principal in Africa: corresp, notes, photographs and commission c1860-1900 (Acc.13862)
- Laurence Dalrymple Maclagan Wedderburn (1885-1965), Church of Scotland missionary in China: memoir, primarily focused on his missionary work in Manchuria and war work 1957-1958 (Acc.13831)
- East India Co: log of the company ship 'Charles Grant' 1810 (Acc.13876)
University
- Lascelles family, Earls of Harewood: estate records for Barbados, Jamaica and Tobago 1745-1891 (Lascelles)
- Sir Walter Buchanan-Smith (1879-1944), colonial administrator: glass plate images rel to service in Nigeria 1909-1939 (Y3043ZZ)
- Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael (1882-1969), colonial administrator: Sudan papers 1922-1990 (SAD)
- Edwin Geoffrey Sarsfield-Hall (1886-1975), colonial administrator: corresp, diaries and papers rel to the Sudan incl personal papers and objects catalogues 1915-37 (SAD)
- John Stewart Black (1865-1930), barrister and consular official: journals of tours of Java and Siam including observations on population, economy and government 1895-1896 (MS 381312)
- John Cledwyn Hughes (1926-2016), colonial officer: papers rel to the Cameroons 1952-1960 (MS. 12711)
- Richard Charles Overton (1923-2007), colonial officer: papers rel to Nigeria and Cameroon, with papers of his wife Susan, a civil servant 1950-2016 (MS. 12697/1-2)
- George Habib Antonius (1891-1942), colonial officer, historian and political activist: papers rel mainly to the Palestine Round Table Conference (1939) with some maps and photographs c1920-1939 (0011)
- Sir Alec Seath Kirkbride (1897-1978), diplomat: unpublished autobiography, with copy documents and photographs c1930-1977 (0567)
- Robert Leslie Morris (fl 1861-1862): letters to his mother covering journeys from London to Cairo and Akaba to Austria, with digital copies and transcription 1861-1862 (0658)
- Solomon N Negima (fl 1885-1933), dragoman: scrapbook of client recommendations with corresp 1885-1933 (0661)
- John Gervase Trafford Shipman (1939-2016), diplomat: papers and photographs rel to his Middle East service and later involvement in societies rel to the Middle East incl the Anglo-Omani Society and the Travellers Club 1962-2016 (0654)
- Arthur Rose Vincent (1876-1956), politician and barrister: personal corresp (copies) 1902-1932 (TCD MS 11562)
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