Miscellaneous Broadcasts continued, 1951-1966
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 347
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-18) script of a broadcast to the West Indies about the new university there, 18 Jan 1951 (manuscript)
- folder 2 (fols. 1-19) second session of the 24th meeting of the Fifty-One Society, 'Africa - the Racial Problem' and 'London Forum: Second Class Citizens' (typescripts), with a note on the American contributors, 6 May and 25 Nov 1953
- folder 3 (fols. 1-82) 'Britain's Response to the End of Colonialism' by Margery Perham, 26 Dec 1954; fifth talk in the series 'Nationalism and the British Commonwealth', the other speakers being Vincent Harlow, Nicholas Mansergh, Ronald Robinson, and Kenneth Robinson. Correspondence, the contract, manuscript and typescript texts, and the printed versions of all five talks as presented in The Listener; also, letters from listeners in response to Margery Perham's talk
- folder 4 (fols. 1-25) 'African Pro-Consul', a talk on Lord Lugard (typescript), 27 May and 11 Oct 1955; also, a possible manuscript first draft very different from the typescript (see MSS. Perham 243, folders 1-14)
- folder 5 (fols. 1-4) Margery Perham's contribution to a question and answer programme on the Kenya Crisis and the psychology of Mau Mau, presented by Edward and Marjorie Ward, [19 Apr 1955] (typescript)
- folder 6 (fols. 1-18) 'African Nationalism' by Margery Perham, text and 'script as broadcast' in the BBC Schools Programme, 5 Jun 1959
- folder 7 (fols. 1-7) 'At Home and Abroad', transcript from a telediphone recording of a discussion between Margery Perham and Sir Richard Ramage on constitutional reforms in Tanganyika (Tanzania), 15 Dec 1959
- folder 8 (fols. 1-18) 'Federation on the Defensive', script, 29 May 1960; notes for a BBC and possibly Nigerian radio talk on Nigerian Independence, with a draft letter to the producer, Prudence Smith. These notes could be either the first ideas for 'A Prospect of Nigeria' or for the 'News Comment' programme
- folder 9 (fols. 1-28) correspondence, Jul 1962, with an African student in Edinburgh, Matthew Ola Oja, about Margery Perham's replies to the interviewer in 'Frankly Speaking' on 6 Jul 1962, with script as broadcast; for the recording, see MSS. Perham 770, items 3-4
- folder 10 (fols. 1-16) 'Kenya in Travail', rough manuscript draft and 'as broadcast' script, 16 Mar 1963 (see MSS. Perham 344, folder 2)
- folder 11 (fols. 1-23) 'Britain and Africa in 1963', typescript and 'as broadcast' script, 23 Mar 1963
- folder 12 (fols. 1-40) 'East African Studies', three programmes involving Margery Perham, Ian McIntyre, Lionel Cliffe, Keith Kyle, Colin Legum, and Roland Oliver: 'East Africa Now' (fols. 1-13), 'The Colonial Period' (fols. 14-26), and 'East Africa and the World' (fols. 27-39), scripts 'as broadcast' (24 and 31 Mar, 28 Apr 1964), with an anonymous letter (fol. 40)
- folder 13 (fols. 1-17) preparatory notes for a talk on the BBC World Service on 'Race Relations', 17 Nov 1965
- folder 14 (fols. 1-65) 'Personal View', telediphone recording transcript of Margery Perham's talk on events in Nigeria, 22 Jan 1966, with the printed version from The Listener and letters of appreciation.
Dates
- Creation: 1951-1966
Extent
14 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Perham 347
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
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