Norman C. Drury Papers

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Collection Level Description: Papers of Norman C. Drury relating to the Government Press in East Africa

Reference: GB 0162 MSS.Afr.s.1625
Title: Papers of Norman C. Drury relating to the Government Press in East Africa
Dates of Creation: 1914-1963
Extent: 2 volumes, 2 boxes
Name of Creator: Norman C. Drury

Language of Material: eng

Administrative/Biographical History

Norman C. Drury, first Government Printer in Kenya and Tanganyika.

Scope and Content

Typescript account of the early history of the Government Press in Kenya and Tanganyika, from 1917, by Drury, the first Government Printer; with related correspondence, 1959-1960, and press cuttings, maps, printed material and photographs relating to East Africa, 1914-1963.

Administrative Information

Access Conditions

Bodleian reader's ticket required.

Reproduction Restrictions

No reproduction or publication of personal papers without permission. Contact the library in the first instance.

Further Information

Finding Aids

The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.

Listed as no. 967 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).

Access Points

Drury | Norman C | fl 1914-1963 | Government Printer in Kenya and Tanganyika

Printers | Africa, East

Printing | Africa, East

Africa, East | Description and travel

Kenya

Tanganyika

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