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Papers of Arthur F.W. Sheffield

 Single Item
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 476 (41)

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Detailed reminiscences on service, 1930-1958.

Dates

  • Creation: [1980s]

Extent

116 ff.

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 476 (41)].

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Shelfmark:

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 476 (41)

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 4179

Biographical / Historical

Arthur F.W. Sheffield, OBE (fl 1907-1958) worked in Nigeria as Superintendent of Agriculture from 1930, Senior Agricultural Officer from 1946, Principal from 1949, Research Adviser, Agricultural Department from 1952, Deputy Director of Agriculture, Eastern Region from 1951 and Director, 1954-1958.

Other Finding Aids

Listed as no. 582 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996). A handlist is available for consultation in the library reading room.

Custodial History

The Food and Cash Crops collection comprises material initially donated to the Oxford Development Records Project, which invited former members of the Colonial Agricultural Service to submit a memorandum dealing with their work in the development of food and cash crops after 1945 in the territories in which they served.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were donated to the library as part of the collection, Food and Cash Crops in 1984.

Related Materials

Other memoranda, etc. in the Food and Cash Crops collection (ref. MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 476).

Title
Papers of Arthur F.W. Sheffield
Status
Published
Author
Paul Davidson
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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