Detailed reminiscences on service, 1930-1958.
Papers of Arthur F.W. Sheffield
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- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 476 (41)
- Dates of Creation[1980s]
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description116 ff
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Arthur F.W. Sheffield, OBE (fl 1907-1958) worked in Nigeria as Superintendent ofAgriculture from 1930, Senior Agricultural Officer from 1946, Principal from1949, Research Adviser, Agricultural Department from 1952, Deputy Directorof Agriculture, Eastern Region from 1951 and Director, 1954-1958.
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Listed as no. 582 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford,Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996). A handlistis available for consultation in the library reading room.
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Custodial History
The Food and Cash Crops collection comprisesmaterial initially donated to the Oxford Development Records Project, whichinvited former members of the Colonial Agricultural Service to submit amemorandum dealing with their work in the development of food and cash cropsafter 1945 in the territories in which they served.