GUIDE TO MIGRATED ARCHIVES

1. Kenya High Commission 45 Portland Place London W1

The origins of this office go back to the 1930s when it was organized as a trade and information office, later becoming the East Africa Office, London. In the later years, the office comprised the office of the Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika Agent. When the three East African States became independent, the office became High Commissions for the three East African States separately. The records described here cover Kenya only.

(a) Records of the East Africa office, London, including the Lancaster House Conference Papers, 1952-1963.

(b) Colonial pamphlets, annual reports, press cuttings, photographs etc., of the East Africa office in London, 1920-1963.

(c) Films – mainly promotional, relating to Kenya and East Africa. Black and White, color, sound and silent films including some from the Cavendish family.

(d) Papers and files relating to the Kenya Students Scholarship Fund, 1952-1964.

2. Public Record Office

Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.

CO 519 East African Original Correspondence, 1904-1905 (1 reel). Original correspondence on Land Grants to Indians and transfer of certain parts of Uganda to Kenya.

CO 544 Sessional Papers, 1903-1921 (10reels) Includes Annual Reports for Agriculture, Labour, Education, Public Works, Forestry and Health.

CO 822 East Africa Original Correspondence, 1927-1939 and 1952-1955 (80 reels) Imperial Airways, Hilton Young Commission, East African Information Office, London; Closer Union in East Africa; East Africa Land Agricultural Bank; Meteorological Services; Governor’s Conferences; King’s Africa Rifles; Education; Detention Camps; Mau Mau Casualties Reports; Lari Massacre, etc.

CO 537 Colonies General Supplementary Correspondence (4 reels) Mombasa defence scheme 1912; Mazrui Land Company1919; discussions on Jubaland 1923; dispatches.

CO 879 Confidential Prints on Africa, 1879-1961 (31 reels) Administration reports; Kings African Rifles; Trade Statistics; Railways; Land Grant and Leases; Financial Estimates; Regulations and Proclamations, etc.

CO 533 Kenya Original Correspondence, 1902-1951 (597 reels) Records pertaining to communication between the Governor of Kenya and the Colonial Office in London.

FO 2 General Correspondence on Africa, 1856-1902 (197 reels) Includes correspondence on the partition of East Africa; The Slave Trade; Expeditions; Imperial British East Africa; Administration Reports; Land Commission and Grants.

FO 107 Zanzibar Original Correspondence, 1893-1905 (42 reels) Telegraphs; British Consul in Zanzibar, Mombasa, Lamu and Pemba; Hardinge; Punitive Expeditions; Ainsworth; Grawford; letters from Machakos; Taita, Jubaland and Somali.

FO 403 Confidential print, 1890-1913 (16 reels) Selected confidential correspondence on East Africa.

3. The British Library,

London School of Economics and Political Science, 10 Portugal Street, London WC2.

(a) D. N. Pritt, private papers of, relating mainly to Kenyatta’s trial at Kapenguria (3x35mm reels)

(b) Webb, Sidney J. papers. 1st Baron Passifield, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

Private and Personal papers with Sir Edward Grigg 1929-1930.

(c) Private papers concerning policy in East Africa 1936, and concerning Joint Select Committee on East Africa.

(d) Papers concerning the work of E. Morel (4x35mm reels).

4. Church Missionary Society,

156 Waterloo Road, London SE1.

Archdeacon Owen Papers (9 reels)

The papers of Archdeacon Owen commonly known as “Owen of Kavirondo” include: Natives authority and other ordinances; Land Committee; Kavirondo Taxpayers Welfare Association; African Reserve; Force Labour; Nyanza Gold Fields; Natives Land Trust; Forced Marriages; Biographical materials by Charles Richards on Archdeacon Owen; Correspondence with Norman Leys, R. Hooper, J. W. Oldham, etc. 5.Museum of Mankind Library, Burlington Gardens, London W1.

“8x10” photographs on colonial chiefs.Includes Mumias of Wanga, Karuri wa Gakure and Ole-Murumbi.

6.Royal Anthropological InstituteOf Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

C/o Museum of Mankind, 6 Burlington Gardens, London W1X 2EX.

Anthropological papers:

(a)MSS. 1 Genealogical notes on the history of Vumba of East Africa with descendants of its Diwanis by A. Hollis.

(b)MSS. 27 Anthropological papers by various people and correspondence collected by A. W. Champion 1909-1950.

(c)MSS. 37 Brown, Granville St. John Orde, physical peculiarities of the minor tribes of East Africa.

(d)MSS. 157 Unwin Joseph, handwritten notes on the Akamba, Nandi and Maasai.

(e)MSS. 168 Great Britain Colonial Office Committee of Civil Research Kenya Welfare Native Committee Papers 1925-1927 (Xerox copies).

7.Royal Botanic Gardens,

Richmond, Kew, Surrey, TW93 AB.

The Official papers of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, relating to Economic Botany; correspondence with Department of Agriculture; Kenya Coryndon Museum; correspondence with individual botanists.Kenya files includes East African letters from Rev. Hannington, H. K. Binks and Sir John Kirk; Tana River Inquiry 1935; East Africa miscellaneous reports on Forestry, Rubber, and copal; crop possibilities 1866-1953 (10X35mm reels)

8.School of Oriental and African Studies,

University of London, Malet Street, London WCLE 7 HP

(a)The papers of Sir William Mackinon, the first President of the British East African Company; Emin Pasha Relief Expedition scheme; British India Steam Navigation Company; City of Glasgow Commercial Files; British East African Company papers, 1856-1892 (68 reels)

(b)Conference of British Missionary Society Archives and International Missionary Council Joint Archives 1919-1950, East Africa, General Education; Labour; Indian Policy; Missionary work; Church Union and others (Microfiche).

(c)Taylor, W., Swahili manuscripts (incomplete set).

(d)Methodist Missionary Society Archives, Education, Missionary Council, Anthropological studies at Meru and Ribe; Missionary Newsletters; Church Union; Leave and Passage; Harry Laughton’s Studies on the Meru of East Africa (Microfiche).

9.Liddel Hart Centre for Military Archives,

King’s College, The Strand, London WC 2.

Papers of the Air Chief Marshal, Sir Robert Brook-Popham, Governor of Kenya, 1937-1939 (10 files, 1 reel). Captain R. H. Conveton, Recollections of Sir Titchborne, “Game hunting in Kenya to Europe, Winter sports in Switzerland” chapter IX (Xerox copy).

10.Imperial War Museum,

Department of Sound Recordings, Lambeth Road, London SE1.

Sound Recordings of interviews with British Army Personnel who served with King’s African Rifle in East Africa during World War II (18x7 reel to reel).

11.Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

Library and Records Department, Great Smith Street, London SW1.

East Africa (Hilton Young) Commission and Closer Union Memoranda; correspondence and other papers circulated; evidence by individuals and organization taken in Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Nothern Rhodesia and London (3x35 mm reels).

12.Associated Press,

83 Farringdon Street, London EC 4.

Black and white photographs relating to the Emergency in Kenya 1952-1954.

13.Society of Friends Library,

Friends House, Euston Road, London WC1

Annual Reports of the Friends Industrial Mission, Pemba; Anti slavery Committee Minutes for the suffering 1912-1916; Annual Reports of Anti-slavery Committee; Parliamentary papers on Africa 1886-1904. Some originals (1x16mm, 3x35mm).

14.Barclays Bank International,

54 Lombard Street, London EC3p 3AH.

Typescript chapter of a projected, “History of Barclays Bank DCO”, written by Mr. Leslie Borer.Chapter II deals with East Africa (Xerox copy).

15. University Library,

Cambridge University, Cambridge.

(a)Stanley Baldwin Papers: Correspondence on the report of the East Africa Commission; Memorandum on the railway development by Sir Edward Grigg, (1926); correspondence on the Conference of East African Governors; Notes on the East African Guaranteed Loan; Settler situation in East Africa; Report of Commission on Closer Union 1929.

(b)Badger, C. P. Papers: Includes dispatches relating to Zanzibar, Muscat and Aden; Commission Report on slave trade, 1860-69; correspondence with Sir Bartle Frere; proceedings connected with the Commission appointed by the Government to investigate and report on the disputes between the rulers of Muscat and Zanzibar 1861; Historical Studies on the rise of Muscat.

(c)James Christie Papers: Handwritten copies of letters from Christie to his brother, written from Zanzibar.Conditions of slavery (7x35mm reels)

16.University of Birmingham,

Main Library, P. O. Box 363, Egbaston, Birmingham.

The Church Missionary Society Archives (70x35mm reels).The Church Missionary Society founded in 1799 established Missions in West Africa, Abyssinia and South Africa before beginning work in East Africa in 1842.The records of the Society, which are fairly complete, provide a wealth of source material for the study of East African history.The original records are currently housed at Birmingham University.The records include: Mission books containing copies of incoming letters; letter books containing copies of outgoing letters; journals and papers comprising of all incoming letters sent by the Mission Secretary or occasionally directly by missionaries, catechists, officials and others.

17.Centre for New Religious Movements Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham B29 6LG.

Includes various seminar papers, press-cuttings on separatist and cultist; spiritual churches in Kenya (microfiche).

18.Rhodes House Library,

Oxford University, Oxford OXP 3RG.

Aston E. O. – Three albums of photographs fully captioned with explanatory notes depicting life of E. O. and R. N. Ashton as Missionaries in Kenya 1902-1927.MSS Afr. S. 1607 (1 reel). Balfour, J. W. – Diaries as D. C. in Kenya (Kangundo, Marigat, Tana River, Moyale) 1955-1963 (99 vols).Miscellaneous papers; Handing-over Notes; Annual Reports (10 vols). MSS Afr. S. 1469 (1 reel). Bell, C. R. J. V. – Letters home (U.K.) 1934-1949 as Education Officer, Government School, Narok, Kenya (with) letters home from Mrs. Jane Bell (c. 44) Mss Afr. S. 1113 (1 reel).

Blundell, Sir Michael – The Kenya papers of Sir Michael Blundell; Correspondence and Constituency Affairs; The Emergency; As Minister for Agriculture; European Elected Members Organization; Constitutional Development; Federation Proposals 1925-1961. MSS Afr. S. (39 reels).

Brooke-Popham, Sir Henry Robert M. – Personal correspondence as Governor of Kenya 1937-1939. (1 reel, Xerox copies).

Burden, Major Geoffrey – Transcript of interview given to the Oxford Colonial Records Project on Central Africa Labour Posts.

Cashmore, T. H. R. – Your Obidient Servant 1895-1919; Administration in Kenya; the early District Officers and problems inherent in implementing policy. MSS. Afr. S. 1034.

Memorandum for the guidance of Provincial and District Commissioners in promoting continuity in policy and similarity in administrative action.Province of Kenia, District of Embu c. 1910.

Mombasa social survey papers 1956-1968. MSS. Afr. S. 919.

Papers about the death of T. W. Powys (1931) farm manager at Nanyuki; including report by Governor J. A. Byrne. MSS. Afr. S. 1601.

Clive, J. H. – Reminiscences of Administration of Kenya 1920-1947. MSS. Afr. S. 678.A short history of Lamu. MSS. Afr. S. 1273.

Hall, F. – Administration in Kenya, Anthropological Studies.MSS. Afr. S. 54; 55; 56; 58; 59; 62; Letters to his father; Diaries.

Handerson Mackon – Diary and account of active service, experience in East Africa 1900, including the Nandi Expedition and Uganda with notes by General J. Evatt, extracts from Henderson’s letters home, news-cuttings. MSS. Afr. S. 1684.

Hinde, Sir William Robert N. – Mau Mau Emergency in Kenya; Correspondence as Director of operations; Committees; Minutes; Operational Directives; Briefs for Commander-in-chief, etc. 1953-1961 (13 files).MSS. Afr. S. 1580 (3 reels).

Hobley, Charles William – Kenya Diariss 1890-92 (4 vols.) with transcript of 1894-1897, Diaries.Imperial British East African Company; Geological Diary kept by Hobley on Journey from Mombasa to Taita, July-December, 1890. MSS. Afr. 143-148.

Hollis, Sir Alfred Claud – 1860s c. 1940 Administration Autobiography with original papers and photographs (1894-1948); Maasai moves 1904 and 1911; Freeland Expedition; Service in Voi and Taveta Districts; Uganda Mutiny, etc.; Wasengeju: Their History and Customs, Rhodes House Library Brit. Emp. S. 293-304. MSS. Afr. S. 1272 (6x35mm reels).

Todd, C. T. – Kenya Emergency Liaison Committee: correspondence; Memoranda 1952-1959 and miscellaneous papers of C. T. Todd including, “Should Somalia be surrendered?” 1960-1964 MSS. Afr. S. 929.

Matson, A. T. – Includes Manuscript on Nandi Resistance to British Rule Parts I and II.Africana Letter Series, reports, book reviews, Nandi District Records, Nandi historical material; Articles for Kenya Weekly Review, confidential prints; papers from Entebbe Secretariat Archives; Church Missionary Society; Seminar and conference papers from Historical Association of Kenya; African studies; African Institute of Social Research, School of Oriental and African Studies.Transcript of prints and books; mainly on the Nandi Resistance to British Rule. McGeach, W. R. – Diaries as Cadet and D. O. in Kenya 1927-1929 and as an Administrative Officer – Zanzibar 1933-1935. Peterson, John Henry – Diary, February, 1898 to January, 1899 as Colonial Civil Servant, East Africa Protectorate. MSS. Afr. S. 93.

Johnson, J. R. – Interrogation of Mau Mau 1954. Thomson, W. H. – Mau Mau Classification Report, Tabere Works Camp, Forest.Personal letters including correspondence on Mau Mau related issues. MSS. Afr. S. 1534 (1x35mm reels)

19.Pitt Rivers Museum,

South Parks Road, Oxford OX 1.

Balfour Diary, Curator of Pitt Rivers Museum covering his visit to Kenya in 1928.

20.E. P. Microform,

East Ardesley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF 3 2AT.

“The Taveta Chronicle” being the first newspaper published in East Africa with an introduction by A. T. Matson.

21.Regimental Museum,

The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment, Fulwood Barracks, Preston PR2 4AA.

Two war diaries covering the military campaign of the 2nd Battalion.The Royal North Lancashire Regiment in East Africa.The diaries recorded by Intelligence Summaries; the locations, action, casualties and experiences of the battalion during the war. (Xerox copies) D46 A. B.

22.Hull University,

Brynmor Jones Library, Hull.

DCL Records of the Council for Civil Liberties 1934-1953 (Photocopies).DDC Records of the Union of Democratic Control 1933-1961) Photocopies) DDA 16, Papers of F. W. Dalley on the East Africa Royal Commission, Labour Training in East Africa, etc. 1952-1955 (Photocopies).

23.Manchester Public Libraries,

Central Library, Manchester M2 5PD.

Manchester Chamber of Commerce Archives.East Africa Committee Minutes, 1924-1927 (1 reel).

24. National Bible Society of Scotland,

7 Hampton Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5XU.

Reports and notes on the work of translation of the Bible into Kikuyu.Includes report by A. R. Barlow to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1948. (1x35mm reels).

25.The Library,

New College, Mound Edinburgh.

History of the Colonial Mission of the Church of Scotland by the Rev. David Preston (Xerox copy).

26.Sydney Jones Library,

University Library, P O Box 123, Liverpool 3DA L69.

Pape5ers of Eleanor Florence Rathborne, M. P., on the rights of coloured women in the colonies; correspondence and evidence (including an interview with Jomo Kenyatta).A lot of this relates to the work of Parliamentary Committee for the protection of coloured women in the colonies and particularly female circumcision in East Africa.

27.Cumbria County Records Office,

The Castle, Carlisle CA3 8UR.

Sir John Ramsden’s estates in Kenya: Kipipiri and Waterloo at Gilgil and Marula at Naivasha, correspondence with Estate Manager, Balance Sheets, Annual Reports, Monthly Returns on Wool, Flax and Milk, correspondence with A. C. Hoey, Managing and Visiting Agents of Eldoret relating to the purchase of various farms, 1923-1944. (6x35mm reels of microfilm).

28.Stafforshire Records Office,

County Building, East Gate Street, Stafford ST 16 2NF.

Draft pf Concession submitted to His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar by Rev. G. P. Badger and Mr. Gerald Waller of Sir William Mackinon’s Imperial British East Africa Company.

29.Museum of Northamptonsire Regiment,

Gibraltar Barracks, Barrack Road, Northampton.

Records of the Northamptonsire Regiment: Colonel C. N. Barton, 2nd Bn. Manuscript diaries with photographs and sketches; East Africa Campaign (1914-1918) covering advance into German East Africa.

30.British Red Cross Society,

National Training Centre, Barnett Hill, Wonarsh, Nr. Guildford.

British Red Cross Society, Kenya Branch Archives covering Kenya 1927-1970.Includes Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1961 and Dagoretti Children’s Home (Microfilm).

31.Church of Scotland,

121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 44n.

Nyasaland and Kikuyu Quarterly Review Vol. I-VI (1874-1908); Kikuyu News (Complete set filmed) (1x16mm reel).

32.Edinburgh University Library,

George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ.

(a)A. R. Barlow:Collection on Kikuyu linguistics including Kikuyu Language Society minutes 1908-1917; Mission Papers (3 reels)

(b)Rev. R. C. Scott: Correspondence from Kenya 1881-1895 (1 reel).

(c)Rev. C. A. Grieve: Papers, diaries, 21 letters as Headmaster, Alliance High School, Kikuyu 1919-1952 (1 reel).

(d)Rev. John Willian Arthur: Papers and correspondence on Kikuyu 1901-1938 (2 reels).

33.National Library of Scotland,

George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EHI IEW.

Records of the Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee deposited with the National Library of Scotland and includes Kenya Mission council Minutes; Annual Reports; Diaries; Missionary Accounts; Letter Books; Journals; Correspondence with Christian Organizations operating or interested in activities in Kenya, e.g. the Church Missionary Society. National Bible Society of Scotland, American Bible Society, Conference British Missionary Societies, International Missionary Council and Africa Inland Mission.Minutes of Conferences such as the Kikuyu Conferences, Education Conferences, National Christian Council of Kenya Minutes; Education Adviser, etc.

34.Leeds Public Libraries,

Archives Department, Sheepscar Branch Libraries, Leeds 7.

Two boxes of papers of the British East Africa Wattle Estates Ltd., of which the registered office was in Leeds from 1915.Included Agenda Books 1910-13; Director’s Report and Balance Sheets up to 1916; Correspondence from Africa 1912-1919 from Mixed Farming estates in Kikuyu (includes War news); Wages records of plantation workers 1916; Letter books (out letters) 1910-1919.

Arthington Trust Collection: Robert Arthington of Leeds (1823-1900) left a fortune for missionary work mainly in Africa, India and China. His papers include: United Methodist Church, East Africa; Correspondence 1910-1914; Africa Inland Mission 1924-1935; Lumbwa Industrial Mission 1921-1922.

35.Regimental Headquarters,

The Royal Green Jackets, Peninsular Barracks, Winchester, Hants SO 23-8TS.

Extracts from the Rifle Brigade Chronicle (The Annual Regimental Magazine) being report of the first Battalion, i.e. The Rifle Brigade Operations in Kenya against Mau Mau Terrorists 1954-1956 (22pp.)

36.Victoria Art Gallery and Municipal Libraries,

Bath.

Grant of concessions for fifty years by Seyyid Bargarsh-bin-Said, Sultan of Zanzibar to the British East Africa Association, May 24 1887.

37.The Regimental Headquarters,

The Black Watch, (Royal Highland Regiment), Balhousie Castle, Perth PH1 5FR.

Extracts from Regimental Magazine of D. Company.The Black Watch Regiment 1953-1955 on their activities against Mau Mau.

38.Hoover Institution on War,

Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305.

Mau Mau Oath Ceremonies: Being an account prepared by Department of Information on the stages undergone during these ceremonies.

39.Library of Congress,

Jefferson Building, 2nd Street between East Capital and Independence available, Washington D. C. 20540, Theodore Roosevelt.

Hunter-Naturalist on Safari by Kate M. Stewart.An account of game hunting in East Africa 1909-1910.

40.Peabody Museum,

Massachusetts, U.S.A.

East Africa and Zanzibar Gazette 1892-1896 (incomplete set).(1 reel).

41.Peabody Museum,

Harvard University, Divinity Avenue, Massachusetts 02138, U.S.A.

Photographic prints on various tribes of Kenya taken between 1914 and 1933.

42.The Bellweather Group,

15910 Venturas Boulevard, Encino, California 91435 U.S.A.

Films on Kenya, “Mau Mau”, “Kenyatta”, and “White Man’s Country”. (3x16mm reels).

43.University of California,

Powel Library, Los Angeles,

California 90024, U.S.A.

Correspondence of Ralph Skeene, District Officer, Lamu, Kipini and Malindi 1910-1915. (5 reels)

44.Caltex Petroleum Corporation,

380 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10017, U.S.A.

Film, “African Heritage” based on East Africa.

45.The Queen’s University Archives,

Kathleen Ryan Hall Queen’s University, Canada, KFL 3N6.

The papers of Sir Edward Grigg, Governor of Kenya, 1925-1931. (15 reels).

Abbott, S.

“The African Education Policy of the Kenya Government 1904-1939” M. A. Thesis presented to University College, London 1970.

Allen, J. W. I. Swahili manuscripts (copies of originals held at Dar-es-Salaam University). (12 reels).

Allen, S. Akamba oil paintings depicting African Homelifescenes by a certain artist, Andrea Kimani, n.d.

Anderson, G. W. “6x8” Black & White photographs taken by Mr. T. S. Anderson, Senior Entomologist in the Kenya Agriculture Department 1909-1912.

Askwith, T. G. Papers and Reports as Community Development Officer 1936-1961 (Originals)

Barberton, R.M. Papers and Notes as settler in Kenya 1912-1923.

Benson, T.G. Notes, Pamplets, Sound Recordings, Linguistic Studies, etc. acquired by T. G. Benson as teacher at Jeans School, Kabete (Originals

Bertha, Jones A set of East Africa Annuals 1949-1963 (incomplete) report on 1942 educational visit to Kenya and Uganda.

Bewes, T. F.C.

“Kikuyu conflict, Mau Mau and the Christion Witness” (Printed Book).

Blackeley Dr., A.P.D. Two photographs depicting 87 General Hospital, King George VI Hospital Nairobi as it was in 1936.

Bostock, Rev. Peter Private papers as Missionary in Kenya 1936-1953 including Synod papers; Taita historical studies; photographs; Mau Mau; St. Julians, Limuru; the Wataveta (microfilms and originals).

Bowers, B.L. Annual Reports on Maseno Central School 1922-1969 (incomplete set).

Brockway, Lord Fenner Press cuttings and letters following a fact finding Mission to Kenya in 1952 (microfilms).

Buttler, James Portraits of the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, taken prior to the preparation of the statue outside Kenyatta Conference Centre.

Buxton, C. Letters from Kericho and Kedowa 1913-1924, as a traveler and settler in Africa to her neqhew, Desmond Buxton (1 reel).

Campbell, H. A. Personal papers of H. A. Campbell on Road Tours in Kenya and South Afroca 1939-1944. (originals).

Callander, J.F. “Independence and Primary Education in Nairobi, Kenya 1963-73” M.A. Thesis, Institute of Education, London 1973.

Carter, Eric “Case studies in East Africa Geography”.Manuscript of a School Textbook for East Africa Geography Syllabus 1972.

Carvers, H.R. Papers and correspondence of Mr. Carvers as District Commissioner in Kerugoya and Nandi, 1928, 1944.

Cashmore, T.H.R. Correspondence between T.R. Cashmore and H.E. Lambert (1960-1964) relating to Cashmore’s Chronology of the Wanyika of the Kenya coast and the fate of the later Mazrui. (1 reel).

Chmberlain, J.g. Jewish settlement in East Africa 1922; Slavey in East Africa (Dates, Microfiche Original at Birmingham University).

Clayton, A.R. “Labour in the East Africa Protectorate”, 1895-1918. Ph.D. Thesis, University of St. Andrews. (Xerox copy).

Colchester, T.C. Origins of Kenya as the name of the country (Xerox copy).

Cowen, M.P. “Capital and Household Production: The case of the Wattle in Kenya’s Central Provinve 1903-1964, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Cambridge 1978. (1 reel).

Damman, Prof. A set of Swahili Manuscripts compiled by Mohammed Kijuma of Lamu (Xerox copy) 1920’s-1930.

Davis, R.K. “African Home Life Series” – set of black and white silent films.Early 1940s.

Dutton, E. Memoirs “Night of the Hyena”, private secretary to Governor Coryndon in Uganda and Kenya 1921-25, and to Governor Grigg 1925-1930. (1 reel).

Fendall Dr., N.R.E. Papers on Poliomyelitis studies in Kenya, 1961.

Forrester, P. Letters from Kenya 1914; press-cuttings as settler in Kenya. (1 reel).

Gordon, E. Papers relating to the Agricultural Veterinary work in the post-Emergency era in Kenya, 1957-60. (1 reel).

Grant, I.H. Extracts from original and published soruces on the work of Richard Grant who arrived in Mombasa in 1898 on a contract to build a ship William Mackinnon on Lake Victoria for the Uganda Protectorate.Includes poems about Kenya extracted from “Rymes Wise and Otherwise” a limited edition printed in Nairobi 1908.

Green, S. Local survey of Machakos Township and Environs 1955.A local survey of Mombasa 1952. (Original).

Haggard, G. Letters and papers as Vice consul at Lamu 1883-1885 (microfilm).

Hale, Lord Leslie Press-cuttings on the Emergency in Kenya.Letters to various individuals and organizations in Kenya on the Emergency 1952 (1 reel).

Harley, Vera Press cuttings and newsletters relating to YWCA work in Kenya 1958-1967.

Harrolds, Mrs. E. Papers and letters to the Editor on Red Cross work in Kenya during the inter-war period.Agriculture, press cuttings articles, etc. 1933-1950.

Henn, H.K.

Papers of Katherine Henn 1940-1962 on spinning and weaving in Kenya; Kenya Woman; the Emergency, etc. (1 reel).

Jicks, J.B.G. Personal papers as police officer Rhodesia 1911-20; Kismayu 1921-22; NFD 1920-23; Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kenya, 1934-1937, Deputy Police Commissioner 1937-1940. (1 reel).

Hillman, Jesse Annual letters to Church Missionary Society and Friends 1957-1969. (Xerox copies).

Holding, Mary Anthropological studies on the Customs and Folklore of the Meru of Kenya, 1930s (Trascript copies).

Hopper, Cyril One file containing papers of Handley Hooper, Missionary to Kenya and Secretary to the Church Missionary Society; Native Affairs; Printed Records; Kikuyu letters, etc., 1930s.

Housden, S.W. Trans Nzoia Scrap Book, 1969, published by the East African Women’s League, Trans Nzoia Branch. (Originals).

Howard, J.W. Copy of Nandi Dictionary compiled by African Inland Mission 1951.Manuscript on Kipsigis grammar; Notes and Studies on aerial photography in Central Province during ALDEV Programme. (Originals).

Imperator, F. Papers about Dr. Arthur Donaldson Smith, an American Physician from Philadelphia who crossed from Marsabit to Uaso Nyiro.List of ethnographic collections deposited by Frank Imperator with University of Pennyslavania.

Johnson, J. Letters from Tom Mboya to James Johnson on the political situation in Kenya, 1952.Originals held by Munger Africana Library, California. (1 reel).

Kane, J.C. Papers relating to Nicholas Lidster family, an Australian who managed Lord Delamere’s Florida Farm 1908-1917; including correspondence with Errol Trebinski and Elspeth Huxley. (1 reel).

Keeble-White, M. Interviews with Jomo Kenyatta, 1961. (Open reel to reel tape).

Kydd, Dermott “Land Marks”, A review of European Settlement in British East Africa and a personal account of Land Transfer Scheme in Kenya from 1960-1976. (Microfilm).

Landei, Allarisha Ole “Moral Customs and Moral Education among the Maasai of Tanzania and Kenya”, M.A. Thesis, Hull University, 1982. (Xerox copy).

Langdon, S.W. “Multinational Corporations in the Political Economy of Kenya”. Ph.D. Thesis, University of

Sussex 1977. (Xerox copy).

Lapage, Rev. Michael “Half a century in Kenya”, Film strip depicting life in Kenya 1914-1954.

Larby, N. Two photographs of the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta at Githunguri Independent School with an Inspector of Education, 1940s.

Laughton, H. Papers and Memoirs of Mr. Laughton as an Education Missionary in the service of the United Methodist Church Mission; Record of career in African Education 1927-1961. (Originals).

Lawson, .R. Safari Notes of an African District Commissioner: Meru Sub-Station 1926.

Leech, R.B. Annual letters to XMS and friends by Dr. Leech as Medical Doctor 1938-1947. (1 reel).

MacDonald, J.A. Photographs and obituary notes of the late E.E. Biss, former Chief Inspector of Schools in Kenya, 1950s.

Marcus, O. A biography of Otto Marcus, one of Kenya’s first traders, founder of the Old East African Trading Company. (1 reel) n.d.

Metson, J.E. “Normantive supply: Response in a Mixed Farming System.A study of Dairy and Maize Production in Nandi District, Kenya”.Ph.D. Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1979. (Xerox copy).

Minchin, B. Papers of Betty Minchin a Kenyan Settler at Eldoret and Kitale.Includes a letter and reply from the Archbishop of Canterbury on the role of the Church in Kenya. (1 reel).

Minihame, T.F. “The Feasibility of Alternative Systems of Collection and Transport of Small-scale Farmers: Sugar cane from Field of Factory for a Proposed Project in Kenya”.Ph.D. Thesis, National College of Agricuultural Engineering, Bedford. (Xerox copy).

M’Mwereria, G. “Education, Poverty and Power in Kenya: A Politico-Theological Critique”.M.A. Thesis, Birmingham University, 1981. (Xerox copy).

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Muoria, M.

Unpublished works.

(i)The Joy of Being Free.

(ii)The Inquisitive Karamando Gets to Work in London.

(iii)Sunshine of Creative and Humanizing Beliefs.

(iv)Let the Truth Cast the Mau Mau Curse (Microfilm).

Murray, M.

Photographic albums on the Taita of Kenya, 1930s.

Oates, C.O.T.

Kenya Settler 1925-1960; History of the Muthaiga Club 1958-1963. (1 reel)

Orchardson, I.Q.

Kipsigis Grammar Transcript, 1929. (originals) . Ovenden, Grace

Meru Customs and Folkore, 1940-1955.

Page, Rev. Alan

Black and White photographs, one depicting Chief Sendeyo of the Maasai; papers and books on Kikuyu. (Microfim).

Pearson, G. King’s Africaan Rifles Journal 1959-1962 (incomplete).A guide to Recruiting and Introduction to King’s African Rifles.

Pease, J.W.K.

An Anthropological/Historical Study of the Gurrey Clan of Northern Frontier District of Kenya, c. 1921.

Pischke, Von J.D. “The Political Economy of Farm Credit in Kenya”. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1977. (Xerox copy).

Ponsoby J Diary of service in Uganda with the Cold Stream Guard 1898-1899. (1 reel).

Potts, B.H. Memoirs as a farmer and settler in Kenya 1895-1931.Farmer at Thika up to 1924 and Mt. Elgon between 1924-1931. (1 reel).

Rice, R.K. Early experience in British East Africa, c. 1920. (Xerox copy).

Riddelsden, Canon J. Annual letters to church Missionary society and Friends including ten (10) old postcards on Mombasa, 1950s. (Microfilm).

Ritchie, G.H. “The Role and Relevance of Non-Governmental Aid: A case study in Kenya”. Vol. 1 and 2, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Ashton in Birmingham. (Xerox copy).

Rosa, J.P. “An Investigation of Dermatoglyphic Variation Among Ethnic Population in Kenya” Ph.D. Thesis, Durham University, 1981.

Rycroft, R.I. Press cuttings; Booklets; Army Magazines on Kenya, 1940s.

Saint Julians-Kenya Records of St. Julians Limuru Community Centre, Kenya, 1955-1981; Correspondence; Board Minutes; Land Lease Agreements, etc. (1 reel).

Sandgreen, D.P. Recorded interviews in Kiambu/Murang’a, Kenya, 1960s/

Schmidt, J. Colour transparencies on the Kisii, Maasai and others, 1960s.

Shepperson, G.A. “Comment on Corfield”, being a copy of Makerere College Students reaction to the Corfield Report, November, 1960.

Shirref, A. Confidential handing-over report by A. Sherred to R. M. Boyle, Meru District with comment on various Meru personalities.

Smith, N. Letters to her mother from Eldoret, Kenya, as settler and farmer 1914-1928. (1 reel).

Suthren, Mary Press cuttings and photographs relating to YWCA work in Kenya, 1950s.

Swinfield-Wells, Muriel Photographs on Coast Girls School, Wusi, Kwale and Tana River, 1948-1958.

Symonds, D.G.C. Four Black and White films on places like Nairobi, Kilifi and Taita, taken as Missionary Education Adviser.

Tatton-Brown, R. Memoirs of Administrative Officer, Northern Frontier District, 1937.

Wigram, J.O. School visits reports in Murang’a District as Education Missionary Supervisor. (Microfilm).

Wilcock, Dr. C. “A Tropical Doctor in Africa”. (1 reel).

Williamson, Rev. John Swahili manuscript by Mohamed Kijuma of Lamu and other linguistic papers and books relating to East Africa. (Originals).