Oxford Colonial Records Project, 1951-1969
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 257
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-17 and item 1) correspondence and reports on the concern shown in East Africa for the fate of local records, 1951-1963
- folder 2 (fols. 1-6) correspondence about records in Central and East Africa and Aden, with a related newspaper cutting, 1962-1963
- folder 3 (fols. 1-81) correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and reports on a rescue operation for the Kenya archives, 1962-1969
- folder 4 (fols. 1-41) correspondence with the Department of Technical Co-operation, the librarian of the Royal College of Nairobi, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, and W.A.C. Mathieson about arrangements to photocopy the Kenya records, with related papers, 1962-1963
- folder 5 (fols. 1-16) correspondence with officials in Kenya and others about the archives there, 1962-1963
- folder 6 (fols. 1-17) correspondence with R. Cashmore about his project for tracing and photographing archives in Kenya, 1962-1963
- folder 7 (fols. 1-17) correspondence with Mrs G. Kershaw and Kodak Ltd. about microfilming the records of Machakos District, 1962-1963
- folder 8 (fols. 1-26) correspondence and a report by Margery Perham and others on what she had discovered about the state of local records while visiting Tanganyika (Tanzania), 1962-1963
- folder 9 (fols. 1-32) correspondence and reports about the concern felt by Margery Perham and others for the fate of records in Uganda, 1962-1963
- folder 10 (fols. 1-53) reports on the problems of archive conservation by Margery Perham, Michael Cook, and Derek Charman, with notes by her, 1963-1964.
Dates
- Creation: 1951-1969
Extent
10 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Perham 257
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk