Identity area
Reference code
MSS.Afr.s.1926
Title
Memoirs of John Brayne-Baker
Date(s)
- 1928-1956 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1 box
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Name of creator
Archival history
John Brayne-Baker, CMG (1957), was born on the 13 August 1905. He was educated at Marlborough College, and Worcester College, Oxford. In 1928 he entered the Colonial Administrative Service as a cadet. He was posted to Nigeria where he held the posts of Assistant District Officer (1928), District Officer (1938), Senior District Officer (1948), and Resident (1953). In 1954 he became Senior Resident and Deputy Commissioner of the Cameroons, a post he held until his retirement from the Service in 1956. After retirement from the Service, Brayne-Baker served as a Member of Tiverton Rural District Council (1959-1974) and Tiverton District Council (1973-1976). He died on the 10 January 1997.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Memoirs and text of talks on experiences in the Colonial Administrative Service in Nigeria and the British Cameroons, 1928-1956.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
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Conditions governing access
Bodleian readers ticket required.
Conditions governing reproduction
Rights to access and re-use digital objects: Unknown Rights to access and re-use archival descriptive information: Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, ShareAlike No reproduction or publication of personal papers without permission. Contact the library in the first instance.
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Language and script notes
English.
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Finding aids
https://www.archivesportaleurope.net/ead-display/-/ead/pl/aicode/GB-161/type/fa/id/gb161-mss.afr.s.1926 The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room. Listed as no. 1295 inManuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
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Note
{{Data source}} Archive Portal Europe The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room. Listed as no. 1295 inManuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
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Name access points
- Brayne-Baker, John (Creator)
- Brayne-Baker, John (Subject)