Oxford Colonial Records Project, 1958-1978
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 260
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-12) reports on the state of the archives in Nigeria, 1958-1963
- folder 2 (fols. 1-28) correspondence and related papers about other repositories and their functions and about the National Register of Archives, 1961-1963
- folder 3 (fols. 1-20) correspondence with H.P. Bryson and Philip Mason about Malayan (Malaysian) archives, 1963
- folder 4 (fols. 1-8 and item 1) articles and press cuttings about the Oxford Colonial Records Project, 1962-1966
- folder 5 (fols. 1-19) correspondence with Violet Creech Jones about her husband's papers, together with copies of some correspondence between Arthur Creech Jones and Ivor Bulmer Thomas, 1946-1947, sent to Margery Perham by the latter, 1965-1966
- folder 6 (fols. 1-28) list of the Creech Jones Papers at that time in the office of the Fabian Society, compiled by Violet Creech Jones, [1966]
- folder 7 (fols. 1-26) correspondence about an exhibition of accessions mounted by the Oxford Career Records Project and the Middle East Centre of St. Antony's College, Oxford, in Rhodes House on 26-27 May, as well as notes and source material for Margery Perham's speech and a review of the exhibition, 1966
- folder 8 (fols. 1-37 and item 1) articles by Jack Tawney, a memorandum by Margery Perham on winding up the Project, and notes for her speech on his retirement, with correspondence about similar projects for archive preservation, 1968-1974
- folder 9 (fols. 1-13) correspondence about Margery Perham's attempt to obtain a suitable honour for Jack Tawney, 1967-1972
- folder 10 (fols. 1-22) draft article on the Colonial and Development Records Projects written for the Journal of the Society of Archivists by Patricia Pugh, with a covering letter, 1978.
Dates
- Creation: 1958-1978
Extent
10 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Perham 260
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk