A collection of 14 loose prints (with 1 duplicate) created during visits to Africa by Dr K.E. Robinson between 1952 and 1962. Y304G1/-11 are photographs by the Uganda Public Relations Photographic Department, 220 x 115 mm. They were taken during a visit to Buganda in October 1952 by the Governor of Uganda Sir Andrew Cohen (1909-1968). Other people identified in the photographs include Lady Helen Cohen (nee Donington), John Pryor Birch, Resident of Buganda, and Private Secretary to the Governor Owen Glyn Griffith.
Kenneth Robinson collection on Africa
This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library
- Reference
- GB 115 RCS/Y304G
- Dates of Creation
- 1952-1962
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- .003 cubic metre(s) 1 archive folder containing 14 images photograph
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Kenneth Ernest Robinson, CBE (b 1914) served in the Colonial Office from 1936-1948. From 1948-1957 he was Fellow of Nuffield College and Reader in Commonwealth Government; from 1957-1965 Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in the University of London, and from 1965-1972 Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong.
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 K.E. Robinson.
Note
Includes index.
Other Finding Aids
A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.
Additional Information
This collection level description was entered by PJ and MJC using information from the original typescript catalogue.
Robinson, Kenneth