Basutoland (Lesotho), 1929-1970
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 376
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-21) letters to Barbara Gwyer from Margery Perham about South Africa and Basutoland (Lesotho), 1929-1930
- folder 2 (fols. 1-14) notes by Margery Perham on Sir Alan Pim's report on the economy of Basutoland (Lesotho) and a draft description of the approach to Basutoland (Lesotho) headed 'The Basuto and their Country', 1929-1930
- folder 3 (fols. 1-29) general correspondence, 1932-1957
- folder 4 (fols. 1-17) background material, including lists of development schemes for the territories sponsored by the Colonial Development Fund (fols. 1-6); extract from a letter to Sir Philip Mitchell from [E.C. Richards] Resident Commissioner, Basutoland (Lesotho) (fols. 7-8); an extract on the medical services from the Native Teachers' Journal, Jan 1939 (fols. 9-14); and Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies minutes of 18 Oct 1945 concerning the report of the Basutoland Education Commission (fols. 15-17), 1938-1945
- folder 5 (fols. 1-38 and item 1) 'Diretlo Murder: a report on the recent outbreak of 'Ritual' Murders in Basutoland' by G.I. Jones, with a notice about it contents and publication by the Commonwealth Relations Office, 1949-1951
- folder 6 (fols. 1-20) Central Office of Information Fact Sheets on Basutoland (Lesotho), 1954-1964
- folder 7 (fol. 1 and items 1-2) 'Report on Constitutional Reform and Chieftainship Affairs by the Basutoland Council Constitutional Committee', on which their adviser, Professor D.V. Cowan, asked for Margery Perham's comments, with her formal reply and Basutoland: Report on Constitutional Discussions held in London in Nov and Dec 1958, Cmd. 637, 1958-1959
- folder 8 (unfoliated) press cuttings on Basutoland (Lesotho), 1930-1963
- folder 9 (fols. 1-3) notes on a seminar on Lesotho given by the Secretary of the Basutoland Congress Party, 1970
- folder 10 (unfoliated) press cuttings on Lesotho, 1970.
Dates
- Creation: 1929-1970
Extent
10 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Perham 376
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk