Identity area
Reference code
MSS.Afr.s.1986
Title
Papers of James Stewart Smith
Date(s)
- 1924-1955 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
2 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
James Stewart Smith, CMG (1955), was born on the 15 August 1900 and educated at Marlborough College, and King's College, Cambridge. He joined the Nigerian Administrative Service in 1924 and subsequently served as Senior District Officer (1943), Resident (1945) and Senior Resident (1951). He was awarded the Papal Order of Knight Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great in 1953. Smith died on the 13 February 1987.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Smith's autobiography of service as an Administrative Officer in Cameroon and Eastern Nigeria (1924-1955) entitled "The Last Time", with related reports, papers and letters home.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Conditions of access and use area
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.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
https://www.archivesportaleurope.net/ead-display/-/ead/pl/aicode/GB-161/type/fa/id/gb161-mss.afr.s.1986 The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room. Listed as no. 1406 inManuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
{{Data source}} Archive Portal Europe The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room. Listed as no. 1406 inManuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Smith, James Stewart (Creator)
- Smith, James Stewart (Subject)
- Great Britain Colonial Administrative Service (Subject)