Bermuda: Papers and correspondence, 1951-1957

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Contains:

(fol. 1) Colonial Office Information Department Release about the appointment of J.T. Gilbert as Chief Justice of Bermuda, 14 Sep 1951
(fols. 2-3) Central Office of Information Fact Sheet No. R 2670 about Bermuda, 17 Sep 1953
(fols. 4-44) Detailed letters from L.M. Minty, Stipendiary Magistrate, Bermuda, about the population problem in Bermuda and allied constitutional, administrative, political, and economic problems (with emendations by Minty and Hilda Selwyn-Clarke); also about the Civil Service, difficulties over the status of the Civil Service Association and its failure to achieve a Whitley Council in Bermuda; and about the Labour Party's proposals for colonial development in relation to Bermuda. Also, a reply from Selwyn-Clarke and notes by her on a conversation with Minty, 14-24 Aug 1957.

Dates

Creation: 1951-1957

Extent

44 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/134, folder 9

Additional Description

Related Materials

See also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/134, folder 3, fols. 2-54; and MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/133, folder 6, fols. 140-142 for Sorensen's account of a visit in 1960