A.R. Allen worked in Nigeria as an education officer in Kano, 1950-1951, acting provincial education officer, Plateau Province, 1951, education officer, H.Q., Kaduna, 1951-1952, provincial education officer in Katsina, 1952 and education officer (financial), H.Q., Kaduna, 1952-1953. He was provincial education officer, Katsina, to 1954, education officer (admin.), H.Q., Lagos, 1954, senior education officer (financial), H.Q., Kaduna, 1954-1956, finance officer, H.Q., Kaduna, 1956-1958, and senior education officer in Sokoto, 1958-1960. He also held position(s) as education officer in Nyasaland during roughly the same period.

Papers relating to education in Nigeria, mainly 1950s-1960s, including official papers, articles, reports and correspondence on various mainly Nigeria-related topics.

The papers were donated to the library by Allen in May 1994.

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Memorandum on experiences in the Education Service in Northern Nigeria, with related reports and memoranda, c1956-1964, and a thesis on education, 1969 (ref. MSS. Afr. s. 1755 (34)); The development of post-primary education in Northern Nigeria, 1916-1960, typescript thesis, 1969, with related correspondence; handing-over notes as Education Officer in Nigeria and Nyasaland, 1951-1961; official correspondence and printed material relating to appointment and colonial service, 1949-1960 (ref. MSS. Afr. s. 1700); papers as education officer in Malawi, 1950-1968 (ref. MSS. Afr. s. 2022).

Allen | A.R. | fl 1949-1994 | education officer

Porch | Montague Phippen | 1877-1964 | colonial administrator

Education | Nigeria | History

Education | Malawi | Bibliography

Nigeria | History

Archaeology | Nigeria

Tin mines and mining | Nigeria | History

Manuscripts, Arabic | Nigeria

Legends | Northern Nigeria