Studies in district administration in the East Africa Protectorate, 1895-1918

This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library

Scope and Content

A Ph.D. thesis written at Jesus College, Cambridge, with illustrations and maps, 445 pages. It follows the broad outlines of 'Your obedient servants' (RCMS 173), and has footnotes and source references not included in that work.

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.

Note

Includes index.

Other Finding Aids

MSS 46 V

MSS Addenda, vol. II.

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Related Material

RCMS 173 is an earlier and extended version of the thesis. The R.C.S. Manuscripts Collection also includes Cashmore's account of his time in Kenya, RCMS 175.

Additional Information

This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue.

Cashmore, Thomas Herbert Richard, b 1928