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Collapse D3287 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - [13th-20th cent]D3287 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - [13th-20th cent]
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1-113 - Miscellaneous Family Papers
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104-105 - Personal papers of Mrs Aileen Gell (d1986) - 20th cent
106 - Diaries of Mrs Aileen Gell - early 20th cent
107 - Personal papers of Philip VW Gell (d1970) - 20th cent
108 - Letter from Prime Minister, Clement Attlee - 20th cent
109 - Correspondence and other papers regarding PVW Gell's term as High Sheriff - 1954
110 - Orders of service: Gell family members and relatives - 20th cent
111 - Orders of service: not Gell family - 20th cent
112 - School prospectuses - 20th cent
113 - Number not used - 20th cent
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114 - GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - 1869-1923
114-131 - Personal and family Papers of Philip Lyttetton Gell with The Remainder of his Business Papers - 1835-1969
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128 - CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS RELATING TO TRUSTEESHIPS - 1891-1908
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137 - Object: Escritoire - c.1845
Collapse BSA - British South Africa CompanyBSA - British South Africa Company
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1 - Sir J.C. Willoughby, London, to British South Africa Company: enquires of the conditions of land grants N. of the Zambesi. - 1903, Feb 26
2 - P. Inskipp, Bulawayo, to Birchenough: great hopes for cotton and rubber in Northern Rhodesia; personal differences in administration of Northern Western Rhodesia - 1909, Jun 19
3 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: has recently helped Profs. Beattie and Morrison of the South Africa College in a cursory magnetic survey of Northern Eastern Rhodesia and Northern Western Rhodesia; enclosed Beattie's letter of praise for the work on the Company in Northern Rhodesia - 1909, Aug 23
4 - High Commissioner, Johannesburg, to Administrator, Northern Western Rhodesia: enclosed his dispatch to Colonial Secretary on proposed amal. of N.E. & Northern Western Rhodesia - 1909, Dec 22
5 - W.L. Hichens: printed report on the administration of Northern Western Rhodesia & Northern Eastern Rhodesia and prospects of their amalgamation. [50 pages, foolscap.] - 1910, Jan 24
6 - Winchester to Hawksley: wishes that the Northern Rhodesia mining law could be finally settled. - 1910, Apr 19
7 - C.W.S. Maude: memorandum of prospects of rubber in Northern Rhodesia - 1910, Apr
8 - N. Charterland Expl. Company Ltd.: enquiry re mining laws for Northern Rhodesia; with draft reply. - 1910, Jul 2
9 - Wilson Fox: memorandum commenting on enclosed letter from C.O. with draft of O.-in-C. for Northern Rhodesia; approves it in principle. - 1910, Jul 15
10 - British South Africa Company to C.O.: commenting on drafts for the proposed O.-in-C. for Northern Rhodesia and the mining laws for Northern Rhodesia [2 copies of letter re mining laws, and copy missing last page.] - 1911, Feb 15
11 - Wilson Fox to P.L.G.: mis-statements in article on Northern Rhodesia by Mrs. Roby and published by Etoile Belge. - 1911, Apr 21
12 - News from Barotsi-land: Paris Evangelical Mission. [24 pages, 8vo.] Jul - 1911
13 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: enclosed paper by Dr. A. Kinghorn on the binomics of Glossina Morsitans [tsetse flies]. Sep 16 - 1911
14 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: comments on and enclosed memorandum of new scheme of organisation for Northern Rhodesia civil service, including notes on pensions, leave and salaries with comparative table of service org. in Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia - 1911, Oct 4
15 - Lewanika, Livingstone, to D. of Abercorn: pleased to hear that he accepts Letia as heir to the throne; has had satisfactory meeting with High Commissioner - 1911, Oct 2
16 - C.O. to British South Africa Company: enclosed reports from Major R.A. Gillum re the Anglo-Congolese Boundary Commission. - 1911, Oct 26
17 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: reports on establishment of civil service depts., with tabular analysis of offices and officers. - 1911, Oct 27
18 - Administrator, Livingstone: memorandum on rubber in Northern Rhodesia [pages 11-18 only.] - [1911]
19 - P.L.G. to Hon. Secretary, Church Council, Livingstone: gives his opinion as what should be the relationship of the Church Council to the incumbent of the benifice, the legal status of the Council with relationship to land ownership and whether natives should be admitted into the church. - 1911
20 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: enclosed report by Dr. May on sleeping sickness covering activities from Dec 1910 to Feb 1912. - 1912, Mar 30
21 - Allan Kinghorn M.B. & Warrington Yorke M.D.: reports on the transmission of human trypanasome by Glossina Morsitans and on the occurrence of human trypanasomes in game. [First interim report of the Luangwe Sleeping Sickness Commission.] - 1912, Apr 12
22 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: enclosed reports & correspondence with magistrates & justices re native unrest in the Kasempa District, esp. among the Bahakondi [Bakonde] and Balunda people; including reports of native crimes and police expeditions. - 1912, Apr 13
23 - J.W. Colenbrander, Bulawayo, to Ld. Winchester: complaining at refusal of Northern Rhodesia Administrator to grant him 10,000 acres in Northern Western Rhodesia and at British South Africa Company's failure to give him financial backing; enclosed letter to & from British South Africa Company Commercial Branch re proposed grant. - 1912, Jun 7
24 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: enclosed report by LI. Lloyd, Entomologist to the Luangwa Sleeping Sickness Commission, on the Glossina Morsitans in the Luangwa valley. [Pagination by British South Africa London Office is at fault.] - 1912, Jun 21
25 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: enclosed report by Dr. May on the present situation re sleeping sickness in the Luangwa Valley and a letter from Sir David Bruce, Nyasaland, to Dr. May commenting on Kinghorn's report. - 1912, Jul 11
26 - News from Barotsi-land: No. 47. - 1912, Nov
27 - Administrator, Livingstone, & Commandant General, Salisbury: copies of cables and telegraphic conversations re military arrangements in Northern Rhodesia including messenger service between Kasama and Broken Hill, military reinforcements at Kasama, Abercorn & Fife, and dispatch of column to N.E. border. - 1914, Nov 17-22
28 - Wallace, Livingstone, to Birchenough: military progress in Northern Eastern Rhodesia - 1914, Dec 3
29 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: account of operations, esp. in Kasama District, enclosed report from Lt. Col. Hodson at Kasama to Commandant General at Salisbury; also other communications re military movements received at Livingstone. - 1914, Dec 18
30 - Lt. Col. Hodson, Abercorn, to Chief Staff Officer, Salisbury: report of military operations; enclosed letter from O.C., Saisi, reporting death of 2nd Lt. Daffarn. - 1915, Apr 30
31 - Wallace, Livingstone, to Birchenough: general news letter, but esp. re the problems surrounding the setting up of an Advisory Council and the devising of a means of electing members. - 1917, Nov 6
32 - Northern Rhodesia Govt. Gazette: Vol. 7, No. 15. - 1917, Dec 11
33 - Misc. loose papers re Northern Rhodesia including cables between British South Africa Company and Administrator, Livingstone, re creation of Advisory Council. - 1918, Jan 1-24
34 - Wallace, Livingstone, to Birchenough: pleased at his knighthood; account of negotiations with High Commissioner over proclamation for Northern Rhodesia civil service organisation; has suspended long leaves, but is giving short leaves to the coast; other civil service matters; high death rate of native carriers with the army; discussions with farmers about cattle trading. - 1918, May 12
35 - Wallace, Livingstone, to Malcolm: impending visit of Ld. Buxton; political situation in the Advisory Council. - 1918, May 12
36 - Wallace, Livingstone, to Wilson Fox: the Company must be consistent about its mineral reservation policy; prospectors are angered when they discover minerals only to find, at a later date, that these have been reserved for exploitation by the Company; is sure that Northern Rhodesia will have to concentrate on labour-saving devices; manual labour will never be cheap or plentiful. - 1918, Sep 17
37 - Wallace, Livingstone, to Birchenough: Advisory Council matters; problems of men in civil service wishing to fight in Europe; Spanish influenza outbreak; general news. - 1918, Oct 14
38 - Wallace, Livingstone, to Malcolm: war situation; native carriers and return of von Lettow to Tanganyika; Northern Rhodesia's relationship with political situation in Southern Rhodesia - 1918, Oct 14
39 - Administrator, Livingstone, to High Commissioner, Johannesburg: reports on meeting of Advisory Council; forwards resolutions and drafts of Native Labour & Recruiting Amendment Ordinance & Native Registration Proclamation. - 1918, Oct 25
40 - Malcolm: memorandum to the Executive Committee with its recommendation to the board on the future position of Northern Rhodesia vis a vis the C.O. and the Company - 1919, Dec 15
41 - Fragments re Mr. Macdonell's salary and conditions of service in Northern Rhodesia - [1919]
42 - Summary of dispatches exchanged between the High Commissioner, Resident Commissioner, and Administrator, Northern Rhodesia, Mar 1920. - 1920, Apr 23
43 - Malcolm, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: attempts at cutting down on civil service expenditure; exchange of cables between London and Livingstone re successor to Lane, vetenary surgeon. - 1920, Jul-Aug
44 - Northern Rhodesia Govt. Gazette: supplement giving report of proceedings of Advisory Council, Jun 21-29. [28 pages, foolscap.] - 1920, Aug 20
45 - Northern Rhodesia Govt. Gazette: Vol X, No. 13. - 1920, Aug 31
46 - Summary of dispatches exchanged between the High Commissioner, Resident Commissioner and Administrator, Northern Rhodesia, Jul 1920. - 1920, Aug 27
47 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to Malcolm: account of his visit to Northern Rhodesia, inefficiency of the Veterinary Department, relations with farmers. - 1921, Jul 4
48 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to Malcolm: general report on Northern Rhodesia, esp. re financial situation. - 1921, Jul 16
49 - British South Africa Company to Chaplin: board's attitude on major constitutional issues in Northern Rhodesia - 1921, Aug 22
50 - Chaplin, Salisbury, to Malcolm: comments unfavourably on the decision by the Buxton Committee that questions of land and mineral ownership and liability for deficits in Northern Rhodesia should be referred to the Privy Council. - 1921, Aug 19
51 - Chaplin, Bulawayo, to Malcolm: comments on & enclosed notes of his meeting with the High Commissioner, in company with F.J. Clarke and L.F. Moore of the Advisory Company, the Res. Commissioner and Douglas Jones. - 1921, Sep 1
52 - R. Goode, Livingstone, to Marshall Hole: reports conversations with Randolph Baker re possible arrangements for inclusion of Northern Rhodesia in the Union; Prince Arthur's visit and Northern Rhodesia expenses; home leave. - 1922, Apr 28
53 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to Birchenough: political situation in Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia; general trade and agricultural position in Northern Rhodesia, esp. re cattle. - 1922, Jun 18
54 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to P.L.G.: reduction of expenditure in Northern Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia agricultural shows at Bulawayo and Gwelo; effect of cattle fever and general trade depression. - 1922, Jun 22
55 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to Birchenough: news re settlement with Union; general news re Northern Rhodesia esp. native affairs, and cattle show at Lusaka. - 1922, Jun 24
56 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: possibilities for reduction of expenditure in Northern Rhodesia - 1922, Jul 3
57 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to P.L.G.: waiting to hear Secretary of State's decision; Smuts' visit to Southern Rhodesia; Northern Rhodesia estimates. - 1922, Jul 7
58 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to Birchenough: reports what he has heard as to state of negotiations with the C.O.; Northern Rhodesia estimates. - 1922, Jul 24
59-60 - Northern Rhodesia Govt. Gazette: reports of proceedings of Advisory Council. - 1922, Aug 8,15
61 - F.H. Melland, Broken Hill, to Millar: recommends his forthcoming book In Witchbound Africa; is surprised at the growth of Broken Hill and district. - 1923, Aug 10
62 - R. Goode, Livingstone, to Sir Otto Beit: effects of the settlement on Northern Rhodesia [Extract of letter] - 1923, Aug 11
63 - Agreement between British South Africa Company and Yeta III for exploitation of timber. [2nd page only.]
64-68 - Misc. Ts. fragments re Northern Rhodesia
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Expand 12 - The Zambesi and de Laessoe12 - The Zambesi and de Laessoe
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Expand BXA - BRITISH EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALASIA, LTD. - 1900-1910BXA - BRITISH EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALASIA, LTD. - 1900-1910
Expand MIL - Correspondence mostly between P.L. Gell and Alfred Milner (cr. Viscount Milner)MIL - Correspondence mostly between P.L. Gell and Alfred Milner (cr. Viscount Milner)
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