Correspondence, 1946-1966

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(fols. 1-18) correspondence between Marjorie Nicholson and Mrs Helen Cochrane, wife of Dr Edgar Cochrane, Director of Medical Services, Aden, about hospital problems (with replies by Creech Jones to Parliamentary Questions by Skeffington), educational provision for the indigenous Jewish and Indian communities, town planning for Aden, and the administration of the island of Kamaran with related correspondence, 6 Nov 1946-20 Sep 1948
(fols. 19-21) correspondence between Dr A.L. Fawdry, Colonial Medical Service, Aden, and Marjorie Nicholson about the state of the Aden Civil Hospital, plans for the new hospital, and Dr Cochrane, 24 Mar-24 Apr 1947
(fols. 22-51) correspondence between H.F. Kynaston-Snell, Director of Education, Aden, and the FCB (Rita Hinden, Marjorie Nicholson, and Hilda Selwyn-Clarke) about educational and general conditions in Aden. His first letter, from Eritrea, is about his work there before he was transferred to Aden, and refers to Sylvia Pankhurst (fols. 22-25). Other subjects include the following: (fols. 27-28, 30) his five-year plan for education; (fols. 28-29, 37, 40, 44) Technical School and Aden College; (fols. 30v, 40-42, 45, 49) housing conditions; (fols. 30v, 41) hospital conditions; (fol. 31) Legislative Council; (fol. 32) Rita Hinden's visit to Nigeria in 1949; (fols. 34, 41-42) town planning; (fols. 38-39) corporal punishment of juveniles; (fols. 40, 42, 45, 50-51) plans to rebuild Government House; (fols. 43-44) inter-racial cinema; (fol. 44) visit of Sir Christopher Cox to Aden; (fols. 45, 47v, 49) plans to build a Town Hall; and (fol. 47) disturbances by Arab tribesmen, 16 Sep 1947-30 Nov 1953
(fols. 52-53) correspondence between J. Robson, Postmaster General, Aden, and Rita Hinden about membership of the FCB, 24 Mar, 14 Apr 1948
(fol. 54) letter [from Hilda Selwyn-Clarke?] to Hasson Ali Bayoomi, MLC (Member of the Legislative Council), about the Report of the Commission of Inquiry and constitutional reform, 4 May 1956
(fols. 55-59) correspondence between the FCB and Mahommed Ali Bashraheel, MLC (Member of the Legislative Council). The first letter is a duplicate of fol. 54 above; the rest concern his weekly review, The Recorder, 4 May 1956-13 May 1958
(fol. 60) circular letter from Jill Boswell, Secretary, Fabian International and Commonwealth Bureau, about a meeting of the Arabian Peninsula Group, 9 Nov 1966.