Miscellaneous Articles I, 1930-1949
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 324
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- folder 1 (fol. 1) 'White Rule in Samoa', cuttings of the first article by Margery Perham published by The Times on 'Difficulties of the Mandate', 10 Apr 1930
- folder 2 (fols. 1-2) cuttings of 'Tribal Rule in Africa I - The Indirect Principle', published in The Times, 26 Nov 1930, with editorial comment on both
- folder 3 (fols. 1-4) letters about her articles in The Times on Nigeria published on 28, 29, and 30 Dec 1932
- folder 4 (fols. 1-20) draft article on the South African Protectorates (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini), c. 1936
- folder 5 (fol. 1) 'Educating Africa', Spectator, 11 Nov 1938
- folder 6 (fols. 1-22) articles on Sudan, The Times, Jun 1939 (typescript)
- folder 7 (fols. 1-7) article on the British Empire headed 'Article for Portuguese Volume, Feb. 1940', 1940 (manuscript)
- folder 8 (fols. 1-6) 'Oxford and the Colonial Empire', Oxford, summer 1942, with a letter from John Browne, Secretary to the Oxford Society, about her original proposal to write it, 1940-1942
- folder 9 (item 1) 'Some Problems in Ethiopia', F.R.P.S. Paper No. 3, written for the Foreign Research and Press Service, Balliol College, Oxford, by Margery Perham and others, 1941
- folder 10 (fols. 1-14) 'The Future of Ethiopia', Agenda, Jan 1942
- folder 11 (fols. 1-4) article on 'The Mandates System' requested for Africa by Henry Swanzy, 1944 (typescript)
- folder 12 (fols. 1-5) 'Towards Self-Government: The Government of the British Colonial Empire To-day', passed by the British Censor and intended for American publication, 1944
- folder 13 (fols. 1-13) fragment of an essay intended for Fabian Colonial Essays edited by Rita Hinden, but not used, 1945 (manuscript)
- folder 14 (fols. 1-32) notes for and manuscript draft of an article for Foreign Affairs on 'Education for Colonial Self-Government', 1945
- folder 15 (fols. 1-5) 'Relation of the Universities to Colonial Universities', Universities Review, Nov 1946
- folder 16 (fols. 1-7) reviews of Path to Nigerian Freedom by Obafemi Awolowo, with an introduction by Margery Perham, 1947
- folder 17 (fols. 1-122) draft articles on Sudan, including 'The Sudan Emerges into Nationhood', Foreign Affairs, Apr 1949, with printed version, 1948-1949
- folder 18 (fols. 1-26) drafts of 'Parliamentary Government in the Sudan', The Times, 20 Jun 1949, with a letter from Edward Lugard commenting on the draft; also, transcripts of comments on the article published in Sawt el Sudan, 9-16 Jul 1949.
Dates
- Creation: 1930-1949
Extent
18 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Perham 324
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk