Miscellaneous papers about education, 1936-1954
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (fols. 1-2) extracts from the Report of the Union of South Africa Native Affairs Commission, 1936
- (fol. 3) extract from a letter from C. Brudenell Bruce, Tortola, B.V.I. to Creech Jones about the return of young men from the United States Defence Projects, trained in new skills but with no prospects of work, 20 Mar 1943
- (fols. 4-8) note by the Department of Education, Sudan Government, on the Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, Feb 1944
- (fols. 9-12) Note on The Educational System in Mexico, with a covering letter from Cox to Creech Jones, 5 Jul 1944
- (fols. 13-17) letter from G.N. Amanke Okagor to the Rev. Kuti about his attempt at 'Rural Reconstruction' at Igbosere Village in Lagos started by E.H. Duckworth, with a covering letter from Cox to Creech Jones Nairobi, to Creech Jones on Army Education Schemes, 27 Apr-13 Jun 1945
- (fols. 18) two letters from Catherine Fletcher to Creech Jones, with a summary of her report on a 'Preliminary Enquiry into Female Education in the Gold Coast', asking to be allowed the right kind of work in the Gold Coast (Ghana) and a team to assist her in her research into the problem of integrating educational schemes for girls, 8-13 Jul 1947
- (fols. 32-33) circular from the Colonial Office on Education in the United Kingdom, 4 Oct 1949
- (fols. 34-36) minute from Cox to Cohen on his note, attached, on Thomas Hodgkin's suggestion that the Oxford Extra-Mural Delegacy extend the scope of the work it had done on organised adult education in the Gold Coast (Ghana) and Nigeria to East and Central Africa, 24 Nov 1949
- (fols. 37-41) Colonial Office Information Department Reference Section Memorandum No. 24, 'Notes on Education in the Colonies', Jan 1949
- (fol. 42) letter from W.A. Ward, Deputy Educational Adviser, to Creech Jones about the loss of his seat, 24 Feb 1950
- (fol. 43) letter from Ronald Gould, General Secretary to the National Union of Teachers, to Creech Jones about the loss of his seat, 3 Mar 1950
- (fol. 44) letter from E.E. Esua, General Secretary to the Nigerian Union of Teachers, to Creech Jones about the loss of his seat, 3 Mar 1950
- (fol. 45) letter from R.J. Harvey, Secretary of the Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies (ACEC), to Creech Jones about his farewell letter to the Committee, 21 Apr 1950
- (fol. 46) Colonial Office Information Department note issued on behalf of the British Empire Society for the Blind on 'Blind Man's West Africa Tour: Nigeria's first School for the Blind', 17 Oct 1950
- (fols. 47-49) Circular 245: Capital Investment in 1952, Educational Building with Appendix on Secondary School Sizes, 4 Feb 1952
- (fol. 50) New Commonwealth, graph of 'Education in Non-Self-Governing Territories with populations over 500,000', 14 Oct 1954
- (fols. 51-55) Oversea Education, 'Lovedale Parts I & II' by Arthur Mayhew, c. Oct 1943
- (fols. 56-66) correspondence between Professor F. Clarke, C. Grossmith, and Creech Jones about Clarke's draft memorandum and Creech Jones's criticism of it, Aug-Sep 1942.
Dates
- Creation: 1936-1954
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 332/34, folder 3
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk