Correspondence and printed material

Title

Correspondence and printed material

Shelfmark

MSS. Lugard 60

Summary

File 1, fols 1-5: Correspondence about the Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Africa awarded to Lugard by the President of Liberia in recognition of his services to that country, together with the King's permission for Lugard to wear it on specified occasions, 1928-1930.

File 2, fols. 1-105: General correspondence about Liberia with related papers, arranged in chronological order, 1931.

File 3, fols. 1-167: General correspondence about Liberia with related papers, arranged in chronological order, 1932-1936.

File 4, fols. 1-47: Notes on Liberia by Lugard, the Aborigines Protection Society and others, 1931-1933.

File 5: 'Liberia 1930-34' [sic] Item 1: Request for Assistance submitted by the Liberian Government to the League of Nations, C.469 M.238 1932 VII, 1932. Item 2: Hansard record of the House of Lords debate on Liberia in which Lugard spoke, 25 Apr 1934. Item 3: La Question du Liberia, par A. Moeller, Institut Royal Colonial Belge Bulletin des Séances, VI, 1935. Fols. 1-2: Review of Moeller's work, 1935.

File 6, fols. 1-47 and items 1-6: Papers about the situation in Liberia issued by the League of Nations, the Bureau International pour la Défence des Indigènes, the Royal Geographical Society, the Anti-Slavery Society, the Bensonville Whip, the Foreign Policy Association, New York, the International Labour Organization and the American Colonization Society, 1931-1934.

File 7, fols. 1-47: Cuttings from newspapers and journals about slavery, forced labour and the situation in Liberia, 1928-1936.

Date

1928-1936

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box