Papers of Professor Laurence Cecil B. Gower

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Afr. s. 1825 (38) (Boxes XXI-XXVII)
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1959-[1984]
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 7 boxes

Scope and Content

Papers relating to the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor and the ensuing crisis, also material relating to the Nigerian civil war, and to legal education in other African countries, 1959-[1984].

Administrative / Biographical History

Professor Laurence Cecil B. Gower was Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 1962-1965.

Other Finding Aids

Listed as no. 811 (38) in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996). A handlist is also available in the library reading room.

Corporate Names

University of Lagos