Kenya Book I, 1936-1944

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Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 332

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folder 1 (fols. 1-7) letters from Dorothy Brackett, Secretary of the International Institute of African Languages and Culture, about the research fellowship awarded to Margery Perham in order that she might study 'native administration' in East Africa and Sudan and produce a book on each, 1936-1939
folder 2 (fols. 1-12) letters from Coupland about a proposal to write a study of administration in Kenya involving several contributors for the different sections, the general plan of the book, and his views of what colonial studies at Nuffield College should produce in the next ten years, 1938-1939
folder 3 (fols. 1-5) scheme of the proposed book, 1938-c. 1939 (typescript)
folder 4 (fols. 1-12) correspondence with E.A.G. Robinson, Assistant Editor of The Economic Journal, about the line of research and the respective responsibilities of the contributors, 1938
folder 5 (fols. 1-41) letters from Mary Macdonald about the research she was undertaking for Margery Perham's section of the book, 1938-1939
folder 6 (fols. 1-15) correspondence about Margery Perham's plan to visit Kenya to gather material, 1938-1939
folder 7 (fols. 1-8) correspondence with William Stanner about the work he had done in Kenya in connection with the book, 1939-1944.

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MSS. Perham 332

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