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Oxford Colonial Service courses, 1935-1963, n.d.

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Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 244
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Comprises:

  1. folder 1 (fols. 1-13 and items 1-2) letter from G.J.F. Tomlinson, Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the Colonial Office, containing information on the Colonial Service for the articles commissioned by The Times from Margery Perham under the general title of 'Our Task in Africa', with copies of Colonial Service, Recruitment No. 2, Information regarding Colonial Administrative Service and Financial Appointments, with an Introductory Section regarding Educational Appointments, 5th and 6th editions; as well as a memorandum by Margery Perham on Colonial Service training, 1935-1936
  2. folder 2 (fols. 1-31) memorandum by Sir Richard Livingstone on teaching colonial administration at Oxford, with a letter from Tomlinson about it, a résumé of the proposed scheme, and notes by Margery Perham, 1937-1939
  3. folder 3 (fols. 1-32) press cuttings about the creation and progress of the Colonial Service Course at Oxford University, 1937-1947
  4. folder 4 (fols. 1-15) curricula, reading list, essay subject proposals, and an examination paper for the course, 1940s-1950s
  5. folder 5 (fols. 1-71) seminar papers, memoranda, and Margery Perham's own notes on colonial administration, 1941-1952
  6. folder 6 (items 1-7) curricula for the Oxford and Cambridge Colonial Service and Foreign Service Courses, 1944-1963
  7. folder 7 (fols. 1-122) Margery Perham's teaching notes for classes in the course, 1946-1954
  8. folder 8 (fols. 1-53) further teaching notes for classes, 1959-1963
  9. folder 9 (fols. 1-7) notes on lectures by others teaching the course, n.d.

Dates

  • Creation: 1935-1963, n.d.

Extent

9 folders

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Perham 244

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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