GB 0102 MS 380646 - Whitehouse, Leslie

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GB 0102 MS 380646 1933-1955 Collection (fonds) 3 folders Whitehouse , Leslie , 1901-1989 , colonial administrator , known as Wouse

Born in Suffolk, 1901; known as Wouse; emigrated to Kenya, 1920; became an education officer among the Masai; learned the language and became an expert on Masai culture; transferred to the Administrative Service; serving as District Commissioner of Turkana District when Jomo Kenyatta (later Prime Minister, 1963, and President, 1964, of Kenya) and other convicts of the Mau Mau organisation (which aimed in the 1950s to force the expulsion of white settlers) were detained there; became friends with Kenyatta, who influenced his views on African politics; retired at the time of Kenyan independence (1963) and became a Kenyan citizen, helping to demarcate the national boundaries and travelling long distances through wild terrain; continued to work as a magistrate into old age; awarded Kenya's highest decoration, Grand Warrior of Kenya; died, 1989. For further information see Elizabeth Watkins's biography, Jomo's Jailor: Grand Warrior of Kenya (Britwell Books, Watlington, 1996; first published in France, 1993).

The material was presented by Hugh Walker in 1995.

Papers, 1933-1955, of Leslie Whitehouse, relating to the language and customs of the Masai, comprising a letter to Whitehouse concerning the proof of 'Masai Social Customs', synopsis of a chapter on the Masai by Whitehouse, and typescript notes, 1933; undated typescripts on Masai grammar and vocabulary; manuscripts on Masai vocabulary and grammar, c1953-1955.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English

Unpublished handlist and database.

Oxford University, Rhodes House Library, holds Whitehouse's non-linguistic papers.

Revised by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: British Library OPAC; http://www.author.co.uk/britwell.htm. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Apr 2002 African cultures Cultural heritage Customs and traditions East Africa Ethnic groups Grammar Kenya Lexicography Linguistics National cultures Tribes Vocabularies Whitehouse , Leslie , 1901-1989 , colonial administrator , known as Wouse x Wouse

The material was presented by Hugh Walker in 1995.

Papers, 1933-1955, of Leslie Whitehouse, relating to the language and customs of the Masai, comprising a letter to Whitehouse concerning the proof of 'Masai Social Customs', synopsis of a chapter on the Masai by Whitehouse, and typescript notes, 1933; undated typescripts on Masai grammar and vocabulary; manuscripts on Masai vocabulary and grammar, c1953-1955.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• anglais

• latin

English

Unpublished handlist and database.

Oxford University, Rhodes House Library, holds Whitehouse's non-linguistic papers.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais