Miscellaneous papers, 1947-1962
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (fols. 1-21) circular despatches from the Secretary of State; on: 1) demography and census in the Colonies; 2) payment to Unofficial Members of Executive and Legislative Councils in Colonial Dependencies; 3) Public Service Commissions; and 4) sweepstakes and lotteries, Dec 1948-Dec 1949
- (item 1) Corona Club Bulletin, Secretary of State's speech at the 37th Annual Colonial Service Dinner, 1947
- (fols. 22-49) typescript of the speech for the Corona Club Dinner, 1948
- (items 2-3) Corona Club Bulletin, Secretary of State's speech at the 39th Annual Colonial Service Dinner, and Corona, Vol. 1 No. 2, 1949
- (fols. 50-51) Corona, article by Harold Ingrams on the future of Corona, May 1962
- (fols. 52-63 and items 4-10) memorandum on British Air Routes with maps of existing air routes, 31 Jan 1949
- (fols. 64-68) letter from Sir T.C. Creed to Creech Jones about the future administration of Sudan, the work of Sir Hubert Huddleston and the promises made by him and Attlee to Abdel Rahman el Mandi. Together with an extract from The Sudan Star, 19 Jan, on the corruption of Egyptian officials, and a cutting from The Times on the Owen Falls Report, 29 Mar 1947
- (fol. 69) Commonwealth Survey, 'Work on the Owen Falls Scheme, The Uganda Electricity Board's 1951 Report', 9 Apr 1952
- (fol. 70) The Times, sketch-map of the Nile Valley, n.d.
- (fols. 71-76) Central Office of Information statement on the 'Nile Waters Scheme', Jul 1952
- (fols. 77-80) Colonial Office Information Department Memo No. 29, 'Hydro-Electric Schemes in the Colonies', by McLean, two copies, Oct 1954
- (fols. 81-82) Colonial Office Information Department statement on the 'Grant of Money under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act for Higher Education in West Africa', 31 Aug 1950
- (fols. 83-84) memorandum on the Winding-Up of the West African Institute of Industrial Arts and Social Sciences, n.d.
- (fol. 85) notes by Creech Jones on references to Colonial Development by T.S. Simey (in his book on development and welfare in the West Indies), n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1947-1962
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 332/48, folder 3
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk