Box CLX-A-16

Scope and Contents This file contains material relating to trade, in particular tea and tobacco.Pamphlet: "The Nyasaland Tea Industry in the era of International Tea Restrictions" by Robin Palmer.Correspondence: Professor Shepperson to: Allan R. Stark, Blantyre and East Africa Ltd, Mrs Irene Stark, Mrs Shiels, Mr C. P. Finlayson (Keeper of Manuscripts, Edinburgh University Library), Dr G. O. B. Thomson (Department of Education) and Tom Price (Lecturer in African Studies, Glasgow...

Scope and Contents The file contains material relating to East Africa, specifically reports, pamphlets and papers on Tanganyika and Uganda.Tanganyika: - Report of 'The United Nations Visiting Mission to Tanganyika 1954'. Speech by George Shepperson, Reader in Imperial and American History, University of Edinburgh, on the occasion of dinner to celebrate the Independence of Tanganyika, held by EU Jumbo Club.Uganda: - Constitution of the Uganda Peoples' Congress. - Policy...

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Material relating to Julius Nyerere.

Scope and Contents Correspondence between Julius K. Nyerere (JKN), George Shepperson (GS) and others. 1946-1990. 1946 JKN to the Editors, Makerere. Gift of education must be shared. 1955 JKN to GS. Recommendation of a date for Independence. 1960 GS to JKN. Asks JKN about the benefits he received from his time at Edinburgh University; JKN TO GS. Reply to the above; GS to JKN. Covering letter for article; Jean W. Wilson (Mrs)...

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Press cuttings covering the career of Julius Nyerere, 1959-1990.

Include an article on Julius Nyerere by A. S. Hafidh, a Tanzanian student on a scholarship from the Thompson Foundation, Editorial Centre, Cardiff. April 1971.

Scope and Contents Conference on Commonwealth and American History: the making of constitutions and the development of National Identity. McKewan Hall, Edinburgh, 3-6 July 1987.Letter: Julius K. Nyerere accepts invitation to the conference. Tanzania, 9 April 1986.Newspaper cutting: Julius K. Nyerere to return to Edinburgh for the 'Constitution Conference' in tribute to Professor George Shepperson.List: conference participants.Programme: - Opening Address:...

Scope and Contents Letters, speeches, articles and reports relating to the career of Julius Nyerere, the Independence of Tanganyika, and the United Republic of Tanzania. Julius Nyerere: Biography [early years] by George Dunheved. June 1959. Nyerere's period at the University of Edinburgh. Request for information. 1960. Gazette: University of Edinburgh, October 1960. Article by George Shepperson 'University of Edinburgh's First Prime...

Scope and Contents Publications: Commonwealth Institute and Britain-Tanzania Publications. Annual Report - Commonwealth Institute, Scotland, 1988. Reference to: education programme; postponement of Professor Shepperson's retirement; return of a hand-carved stool to Malawi; Scotland's gift of stones from Scottish parishes to Australia (the stones were built into a cairn on a site overlooking Sydney harbour); photograph (p.14) Professor George Shepperson with Dr Julius K. Nyerere at the conference on...