Africa: Research Survey - Correspondence. Hailey Survey, 1934-1938

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Held at the Weston Library

This file formerly bore the note that 'Previous material [had been] removed to Box File B36'; the material can possibly be found at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Comprises:

(fol. 1) folder endpaper, n.d.
(fols. 2-3) Oxford University Press (OUP) publication announcement for An African Survey, 1938
(fols. 4-5) letter from Margery Perham to Oldham commenting on the personality of Nnamdi Azikiwe, her disappointment that Hailey was to visit Kenya first rather than West Africa, her distrust of Smuts's pronouncements on the South African Protectorates (Botswana, Lesotho, and Eswatini), the state of her own health and work, and mentioning that she had recommended Hugh Ashton for a post in Basutoland (Lesotho), 21 Oct 1934
(fols. 6-11) correspondence between Professor Reginald Coupland and Oldham about the possibility of launching a study on African land tenure in Oxford, Malinowski's views on that and on the Hailey Survey, and about planned meetings between Oldham, Coupland, Malcolm MacDonald, Margery Perham, and John Maud to discuss the Protectorates (Botswana, Lesotho, and Eswatini), 13-28 Jun 1935 [see IMC Boxes 204, 236]
(item 1 and fols. 12-13) letter from Frank Melland to Oldham conveying an offprint of his article, 'Our Colonial Complacency' from The 19th Century and After, Vol. CXVIII, pp. 151-162, 14 Sep 1935
(fols. 14-15) letter from H.S. Scott, of Nairobi, to Oldham, offering his services to Hailey for the Survey, 3 Jun 1935 [see IMC Box 242]
(fol. 16) letter from Oldham to Professor André Siegfried of Paris asking whether Dr Leubuscher, of Girton College, Cambridge, might have access to material relating to economic conditions in French and Belgian territories in Africa, 26 Oct 1934
(fols. 17-23) correspondence between Dr E.B. Worthington, of Cambridge, and Oldham requesting and conveying information on medical missions in Africa, 22 Mar-4 Apr 1935
(fol. 24) letter from Frederick P. Keppel, President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to Oldham, about its fund for 'the advancement and diffusion of knowledge among the people of the British Dominions and Colonies', 8 Apr 1937 [see IMC Box 245]
(fol. 25) letter from Tracey B. Kittredge of the Rockefeller Foundation, to Oldham, accepting an invitation to dine at the Athenaeum, 21 May 1935
(fols. 26-31) 'Nationalism in Africa', by Lord Hailey, United Empire, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2, pp. 82-92, Feb 1937
(fols. 32-39) correspondence between Lord Lothian and Oldham, with an undated copy of a letter from Lothian to Keppel, about funds for the Survey, 19 Apr 1934-30 Jun 1938 [see IMC Box 245].

Dates

Creation: 1934-1938

Extent

39 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 1829/1, folder 2

Former reference:

File B

Additional Description

Related Materials

International Missionary Council and Conference of British Missionary Societies archive. IMC-CBMS/01. Special Collections, SOAS Library: Boxes 204, 236, 242, and 245.