A copy of a typescript account of Cashmore's time in service in Kenya with handwritten corrections, c. 150 pages. The memoir covers the years 1953 to 1963, and was written up during 1992-1995. There are two accompanying letters from Cashmore to Peter Fox, Cambridge University Librarian, regarding the presentation of the work to the R.C.S.
Kenya days
This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library
- Reference
- GB 115 RCS/RCMS 175
- Dates of Creation
- 1992-1995
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 archive box(es) 1 box paper
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Thomas Herbert Richard Cashmore (b. 1928) came to Kenya as a District Officer in 1953. He retired from the Kenya Administrative Service in 1962.
Access Information
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Acquisition Information
Presented by Dr Cashmore, June 1999.
Note
Includes index.
Other Finding Aids
Alternative Form Available
Another copy is held at Rhodes House Library, Oxford.
Additional Information
This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
Cashmore, Thomas Herbert Richard, b 1928