Correspondence and other papers

Title

Correspondence and other papers

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 75

Summary

Fols. 1-59: Correspondence with A.A. Boyle, Lieutenant-Governor of Southern Nigeria, Dr Cameron Blair, Dr Solf, German Minister for the Colonies, and others, with letters between Edward Lugard and his wife, 1914-1918.

Fols. 60-63: Notes about the Lugards' movements between 1912 and 1915 taken from a rough sketch of the period, n.d.

Fols. 64-76: Speeches made on social occasions, e.g. Empire Day, 1912-1918.

Fol. 77: Petition from an African woman addressed to Lady Lugard, 1916.

Fols. 78-82: Chart of letters sent to Lady Lugard from 1916 to 1918, n.d.

Fols. 83-136: Correspondence and papers concerning the war in the Cameroons, including with the Colonial Office, General Dobell, John Harris, Jonathan Holt & Company, enclosing in a letter of 8 May 1919 a copy of a memorandum sent to the Colonial Office on "The Attitude of the Cameroon native as regards self-choice of a governing nation", 1914-1919.

Fols. 137-141: Speech given by Lugard in Lagos to representatives of the Muslims in Nigeria on the outbreak of war, 1914.

Fols. 142-145: Address of welcome to Lugard on his arrival at Buea, 1916.

Fols. 146-147: Extracts from the Cameroon Province annual report, 1916.

Fol. 148: Note by Lugard on the sale of enemy properties in Nigeria, circa Oct-Nov 1916.

Fols. 149-155: Central Africa (Class 8) Mandates, proposed Model Clauses [typescript], n.d.

Fols.156-210: Press cuttings, 1912-1919.

Fols. 211-212: Note on the strength of the Nigeria Regiment, 1918.

Date

1912-1919 and n.d.

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box