Abyssinia correspondence, memoranda and press cuttings
MSS. Lugard 100
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Title
Abyssinia correspondence, memoranda and press cuttings
Shelfmark
MSS. Lugard 100
Summary
File 1, fols. 1-104: Correspondence with Charles Rey, Raymond Buell of the Foreign Policy Association, New York, Sir Richmond Palmer, Lady Simon, Travers Buxton, Lord Noel Buxton, Sir John Harris, Lord Lloyd, Frank de Halpert, Tracy Philipps and H.W.D. Longden, 1929-1935.
File 2, fols. 1-173 and items 1-2: Correspondence with Sir John Simon and the Foreign Office, with related memoranda, 1930-1935.
File 3, fols. 1-190: Correspondence with Colonel Sandford about slavery, education, the war in Abyssinia and negotiations with the Emperor on his return to Ethiopia, 1929-1943.
File 4, fols. 1-79: Correspondence with Margery Perham, Charles Roberts and C.W.W. Greenidge, chairman and secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society, Frank de Halpert, Lord Croft, Sir Philip Mitchell and Sir Julian Crossley, with memoranda by both Lugard and Sandford, 1935-1942.
File 5, fols. 1-40: Copies of memoranda on slavery in Abyssinia compiled in Nigeria and sent by Gordon Lethem to Sir Donald Cameron for Lugard's use, 1931.
File 6, fols. 1-16: Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings and notes on Ethiopian slavery, 1939-1941.
Date
1929-1943
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Papers of Frederick Dealtry Lugard, Baron Lugard of Abinger
Slavery
Abyssinia
Abyssinia correspondence, memoranda and press cuttings
