Agriculture, health, nutrition, and development, 1935-1968

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Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 355

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folder 1 (fols. 1-7) notes of papers on agrarian topics, including Sir Bernard Bourdillon's lecture to the Royal Empire Society on 26 Jan 1937, the Agrarian Conference at Balliol College, Oxford, in Apr 1943, and a class conducted by Margery Perham at which J. Hilton spoke on 'Agricultural Schemes in the Tropics' on 9 Mar 1950, with her notes, 1937-1950
folder 2 (item 1) 'Notes on some Agricultural Development Schemes' compiled by the Colonial Office, 1951
folder 3 (fols. 1-20) agriculture general - press cuttings, 1935-1954
folder 4 (fols. 1-20) African agriculture - press cuttings, 1938-1953
folder 5 (fols. 1-7 and item 1) African agriculture - correspondence with H.V. Meyerowitz, Supervisor of Arts and Crafts, Achimota College, and with the artist Ben Enwonwu about a possible commission for a piece of sculpture for the Colonial Centre at Marble Arch, London, 1943-1947
folder 6 (fol. 1 and items 1-6) African publications, 1938-1965, including International African Opinion, Vol. I, Nos. 1 and 2, Jul-Aug 1938; 'The Sociology and Culture of Africa: its Nature and Scope' by Dr K.A. Busia, Leiden University, 1960; and The New Africa, Vol. 4, Nos. 4-6, Jun-Aug 1965
folder 7 (fols. 1-14) African culture - press cuttings, 1940-1965
folder 8 (fols. 1-4) African culture - reviews of African writing, 1965
folder 9 (fols. 1-23) African development - press cuttings, 1939-1960
folder 10 (fols.1-57 and item 1) health and nutrition - press cuttings, 1938-1968.

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MSS. Perham 355

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