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Major accessions to repositories in 2023 relating to Imperial History |
Local
- John Bishop Estlin (1785-1855) & Mary Estlin: records collected by John Bishop Estlin and Mary Estlin, mostly corresp, incl anti slavery movement, medical issues, family and religious matters, transferred from Bristol Reference Library c1800-1880 (46947)
- John Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin Of Upton Park (1893-1957), army officer and Conservative Party politician: various papers incl rel to duties as Governor General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nasayaland, notes for a possible biography, press cuttings on ministry of supply and munitions factories, corresp, photographs and other papers fl1900-1957 (D-3346)
- Grant Peterkin family of Grange Hall: family and estate papers, Forres and Chatham Estate, Jamaica incl letterbooks, account ledgers and corresp c1690-1943 (D1521)
- Dawkins family of Over Norton: family and estate papers mainly relating to property in Oxfordshire (Over Norton, Chipping Norton and Salford) and Jamaica 16th to 20th cent (7069)
- Private George Frederick Wishart, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment: army papers and photographs including relating to the earthquake in Quetta, India (1935), with papers of Private James Albert Wishart, also Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment 1921-1945 (10473)
- John Evershed (1864-1956), astronomer, and Mary Acworth Evershed (1867-1949), astronomer and Dante scholar, of High Broom, Moon Hall Road, Ewhurst: copy diaries, photographs and papers relating to Kashmir, where John Evershed was Director of the Kodaikanal Observatory, and relating to Ewhurst, including garden diary and visiting cards from High Broom c1913-2000 (10541)
- Bandmaster Cecil Yates, East Surrey Regiment: papers and photographs, including of the South African (Boer) War with papers of Band Sergeant Robert James Francis 1899-1935 (10525)
National
- Clay and Baylis families: papers documenting the careers and personal lives of members of the Clay and Baylis families who served in India c1880-1950 (Mss Eur F765)
- Sir Hugh Trowbridge Keeling (1865-1955), engineer: papers rel to his career as an engineer with the Public Works Department, Madras, and Chief Engineer on the construction of New Delhi c1811-1970 (Mss Eur F767)
- Wilson Family: papers documenting the careers and personal lives of several members of the Wilson family who served in India 1812-1933 (Mss Eur F764)
- Allan Ronald Macdonald (1906-1984), colonial administrator: correspondence and papers 1929-1935 (Acc.14522)
- William Whyte (fl1839-1867), emigrant and shepherd: journal kept during his voyage from Leith to Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand as an emigrant 1860-1861 (Acc.14574)
- Warrant, dated 14 October 1652, signed by William Constable as president of the Council of State for Oliver Cromwell and Parliament asking the Commissioners of the Royal Navy to fit out the warship the Armes of Medenblick for sending to the coast of West Africa. This followed a petition from the Company of Merchants trading in West Africa for Royal Naval protection against Dutch competition in the trade of gold, ivory and enslaved Africans. 1652 (NMRN 2023/114)
University
- Amy Geraldine Stock (1902-1988), writer, academic and member of the British Labour Movement: papers, incl corresp, especially with and rel to Jomo Kenyatta (c1897-1978)), Kenyan anti-colonial activist; biographical and autobiographical accounts of her life, incl draft typescript of 'Taking what comes: a biography of A.G.Stock' by Basil Clarke (1999) and corresp rel to it; divorce papers; typescripts of articles nd (ICS214)
- Baptist Missionary Society: India property correspondence and reports 1974-1983 (BMS Acc. 348)
- Nabih Al-Azmah (1886-1972), politician, and his brother Adil Al-Azmah (c1888-1952), lawyer and state official, who played a major role in the development of Arab nationalism in the Middle East: papers (mostly photocopies) incl photographs 1900-1999 (EUL MS 215 add. 1)
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