Jamaica, 1941-1979

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Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 638

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folder 1 (fols. 1-10) draft letters from the Fabian Colonial Bureau to the Secretary of State for the Colonies about the Jamaican constitution and Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions Memoranda, Nos. 233A and 286 about the new constitution of 1941 and the elections of 1944, 1941-1945
folder 2 (fols. 1-7 and item 1) 'Forward March!', the manifesto of the People's National Party in 1941, with a covering letter and articles by R.A. Foreman on 'Political Parties in Jamaica', 1953, and Katrine Norris on 'Africa in Jamaican Politics', 1962, 1941-1962
folder 3 (fols. 1-3) letters from Mrs Vera Moody, sister-in-law of Dr Harold Moody, who befriended Margery Perham in Jamaica, and from Philip Sherlock, Education Officer of Jamaica Welfare (1943) Ltd., with family and political news, 1945-1946
folder 4 (unfoliated) Constitution, press cuttings, 1941-1959
folder 5 (unfoliated) Jamaica, general, press cuttings, 1946-1952, 1979
folder 6 (fols. 1-21) Central Office of Information fact sheets and booklet, 1955-1965.

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MSS. Perham 638

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