Skip to main content

Correspondence, memoranda, and reports, 1946-1957

 folder
Held at the Weston Library

Request
this

Contains:

  1. (fols. 1-2) typed note concerning the adjournment debate on the Ceylon Constitution, [1946]
  2. (fol. 3) Ceylon Radical Democratic Party Municipal Election Manifesto, 1946
  3. (item 1) memorandum on the proposed Constitution, prepared by the All Ceylon Tamil Congress from a letter from the Joint Secretary to Attlee, pp. 18, 15 Jan 1946
  4. (fols. 4-9) memorandum on wages, living conditions, and trade unions by Wickremasinghe and N. Sanmugathasan, General Secretaries, CTUF [Ceylon Trade Union Federation], with notes in Marjorie Nicholson's hand, [1946]
  5. (fols. 10-13) note in Marjorie Nicholson's hand to 'Billy' (H.D. Hughes, MP) about Tamil rights under the Ceylon Constitution, 28 Jan 1946
  6. (fols. 14-16) correspondence between Rita Hinden and W.A. Sumana-Sekera, Ceylon Vice President, British Empire Poetry League, concerning the sale of FCB literature in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 5 Feb-7 Nov 1946
  7. (fols. 17-42) copy of a letter from the Department of Commonwealth Relations, Delhi, to the Under-Secretary of State for India, concerning Indian immigrant labour in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 8 May 1946
  8. (fols. 43-44) Ceylon Government Gazette No. 9558, pp. 820-822, 21 May 1946
  9. (fols. 45-52) correspondence between Hughes and G.H. Hall, S/S Col., concerning the Knavesmire Estate, with copies of reports by the Governor and D.S. Senanayake, Leader of the State Council and Minister for Agriculture and Lands, 19 Jun-29 Jul 1946
  10. (fols. 53-55) memorandum by the Ceylon Indian Congress on Senanayake's Report, 9 Jul 1946
  11. (fol. 56) typed extract from Major Orde Browne's Report, paragraph 64, concerning housing of estate employees, n.d.
  12. (fol. 57) typed extract from the Ceylon Land Manuel: Land Orders No. 114, n.d.
  13. (fols. 58-59) cuttings from the Times of Ceylon and Public Opinion: Ceylon concerning the Knavesmire Estate, n.d.
  14. (fols. 60-63) copies of Parliamentary Questions and Answers, 3-17 Jul 1946, concerning strikes by estate workers, 1946
  15. (fol. 64) Colonial Office press release concerning the appointment of G.C.S. Corea, former minister of Labour Ceylon (Sri Lanka), as Ceylon Government Representative in London, 24 Sep 1946
  16. (fol. 65) letter from the FCB to A.E. Goonesinghe, about membership, 7 Nov 1946
  17. (fols. 66-67) letter from the FCB to A. Creech Jones, S/S Col., about Indian estate workers, 24 Jan 1947
  18. (fols. 68-78) unsigned typed notes on Wickremasinghe's case for a free pardon to enable him to stand for election with an Emergency Resolution of the Communist Parties Conference, London, and copies of letters from Wickremasinghe to the Governor, [1947]
  19. (items 2-5) Central Office of Information memoranda: (1) 'Political progress in Ceylon: a background note', R1338, pp. 17; (2) 'Ceylon's new status in the Commonwealth', R1542, pp. 4; and (3) 'Ceylon's new status in the Commonwealth', R1571, pp. 5 (two copies), 17 Mar 1947-9 Jan 1948
  20. (fols. 79-83) Colonial Office Press Notices on the Constitutional development of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 17 Jun and 13 Nov 1947
  21. (fol. 84) list of members of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)'s first Cabinet: page from an unnamed journal, Oct 1947
  22. (item 6) Ceylon Independence Bill, pp. 6, 13 Nov 1947
  23. (item 7) Administration Report by E.J. Cooray, on the working of Co-operative Societies from 1 May 1945-30 Apr 1948, pp. 52, Jul 1949
  24. (fols. 85-91) correspondence between Hilda Selwyn-Clarke and A. Sembacuttiaratchy, Publicity and Information Officer, Co-operative Department, Colombo, S.C. Fernando and P.E. Weeramen, Registrars of Co-operative Societies, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), concerning annual reports of the departments and their usefulness to the FCB, 3 Oct 1951-12 Mar 1954
  25. (items 8 and 9) memorandum by the Hansard Society on communal representation in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), pp. 3, two copies, Dec 1951
  26. (item 10) text of an address by B.H. Farmer, Cambridge University cartographer, on colonisation in the dry zone of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), delivered to the Royal Society of Arts: uncorrected galley proofs, pp. 5, 25 Mar 1952
  27. (items 11 and 12) Central Office of Information memoranda 'Britain and the Independence of Ceylon', R2693; two issues, pp. 4, 21 Apr 1954; Jun 1956
  28. (fols. 92-93) biographical note on Rt. Hon. Sir John Kotelawala, Prime Minister of Ceylon, issued by the High Commission for Ceylon (Sri Lanka), n.d.
  29. (fols. 94-97) correspondence between the FCB and the Editor, Jana, concerning exchange of it with Venture, 24 May 1954-11 Oct 1957
  30. (fol. 98) News of Population and Birth Control, No. 29, concerning Ceylon (Sri Lanka), p. 1, Nov 1954
  31. (item 13) Background: Ceylon 1957; issued by the US Department of State, Jun 1957.

Dates

  • Creation: 1946-1957

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/151, folder 2

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/weston
Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom

Physical Storage Information for Staff

Powered by ArchivesSpace | v4.1.1 | Accessibility | Privacy Policy | Terms of use | New additions | Contact us