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HARRIS, Sqn Ldr Norman Francis (1907-1994)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Harris N F

Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Title: HARRIS, Sqn Ldr Norman Francis (1907-1994)

Date(s): Created 1994

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1907; served in RAF in UK and East Africa, 1939-1945; followed a political career in Kenya,1945-1961, as Mayor of Nairobi, Nairobi City Councillor, Elected Member of the Legislative Council, and finally Minister of the Crown for Information and Broadcasting; died in 1994.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

From pillar to post (Newton, Swindon, 1995), a memoir of his life covering the period 1939-1978, notably his service in the RAF in the UK and East Africa, 1939-1945, and his political career in Kenya, 1945-1961, as Mayor of Nairobi, Nairobi City Councillor, Elected Member of the Legislative Council and Minister of the Crown for Information and Broadcasting, written in 1994 andpublished in 1995.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 volume

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased by the Centre in 1995.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 1996


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Colonial countries | Political systems
Colonial forces | Armed forces | State security
International security | State security
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
RAF | Royal Air Force x Royal Air Force

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Nairobi | Kenya | East Africa