Academic career, general, 1917-1977
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 8
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-29) curricula vitae and reports on the progress of her work in different periods, produced for the several institutions that supported her research, 1931-1963
- folder 2 (fols. 1-34) correspondence with the International Institute of African Affairs - J.H. Oldham, Dorothy Brackett, and Professor Daryll Forde - about her connection with the institute as a grant-receiving student, a fellow, and a member of its Executive Council; also, a memorandum and notes by several people about the possible role of the institute in African research, 1932-1959
- folder 3 (fols. 1-89 and item 1) correspondence with the Registry of Oxford University about the conditions of her employment, 1935-1962
- folder 4 (fols. 1-20 and item 1) correspondence about her Official Fellowship at Nuffield College, 1939-1963
- folder 5 (fols. 1-18) correspondence about her services to the Colonial Office, 1939-1962
- folder 6 (fols. 1-13 and item 1) correspondence about the medals awarded her by the Royal African Society and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, 1939-1967
- folder 7 (fols. 1-23) correspondence concerning other honours and appointments offered to her, including the honorary fellowship of her college, St. Hugh's, 1941-1962
- folder 8 (fols. 1-8) correspondence about her selection by the University of London as referee for the appointment of teachers in colonial subjects at the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1952-1953
- folder 9 (fols. 1-49) invitations to lecture at African, American, Australian, and Swiss universities and organisations, with related correspondence, 1957-1969
- folder 10 (fols. 1-6) notification of her election to a Fellowship of the British Academy, with minutes of a meeting of Section IV attended by her on 4 Jan 1968, 1961, 1968
- folder 11 (fols. 1-77) correspondence about the committees upon which she sat and the services she rendered to a variety of institutions, 1945-1974
- folder 12 (fols. 1-83) press cuttings about incidents in Margery Perham's career, 1917-1977
- folder 13 (fols. 1-28) newspaper profiles of Margery Perham, with related correspondence, 1941-1961.
Dates
- Creation: 1917-1977
Extent
13 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Perham 8
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk