French Empire, African, 1927-1969
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 676
Held at the Weston Library
Contains:
- folder 1 (item 1) decree from the French Commissioner in Cameroon promulgating judicial reform there, 1927
- folder 2 (fols. 1-40) 'Discours de M. le Gouverneur-general Boisson au Conseil d'Administration de 1'A.E.F. le 18 Decembre 1939' sent by W.S. Rawlings of John Holt & Co. to the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA) (fols. 1-11); 'Political Organizations of French Equatorial Africa', translation of a memorandum of Jan 1941 by François Eboué, Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa (fols. 12-16); and despatch on indirect rule from the Governor of Tchad (Chad) to the Heads of Departments, 1942, typescript copy (fols. 17-40), 1939-1942
- folder 3 (fols. 1-25 and item 1) statement by François Eboué on policy towards indigenous communities in French Equatorial Africa, 1941, with a covering letter from Frederick Pedler with his impressions of Senegal gained on a visit in 1943-1944 (fols. 1-14, item 1); second copy of Hodgkin's lecture on political forces in West Africa (fols. 15-22); and a transcript of 'The Economic Basis of Political Choice in French West Africa' by Elliot J. Berg, American Political Science Review, Vol. 54, 1960 (fols. 23-25), 1941-1960
- folder 4 (fols. 1-6) Algeria, notes on a talk with Professor B[ourquin) on political advance, general notes, and a transcript of an Ordinance of Aug 1945 concerning the regulations governing the general elections in France and Algeria, [1945]-1951
- folder 5 (fols. 1-30) Madagascar, seminar papers, 1946-1955
- folder 6 (fols. 1-19) notes on talks by Professor Robert Montagne on 'Native Chiefs in Morocco', 'The Problem of the Moslem Proletariat in North Africa', and 'North African Nationalism' given at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Oxford, 1949-1950
- folder 7 (fols. 1-12) chronologies of events in French African territories, 1959-1965
- folder 8 (items 1-2) text of a lecture given by the President of the Republic of Senegal at St Antony's College, Oxford, 26 Oct, and of his speech to the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 25 Oct, 1961
- folder 9 (fols. 1-68) Roneoed chapter of a book on 'Citizens and Subjects of Senegal', anon, n.d.
- folder 10 (fols. 1-35 and item 1) background material on French African colonies, including notes on the French Union (fols. 1-16), 'French-speaking West Africa in transition' by Thomas Hodgkin and Ruth Schachter, International Conciliation, No. 528, May 1960 (item 1); data on Senegal from the Economics and Statistics Department, Unilever House (fols. 17-20); 'One-Partyism in Mauritania' by Clement Moore, Journal of Modern African Studies, 3, 3 (1965) pp. 409-20 (item 2); a BBC 'From Our Own Correspondent' script by Eric de Maunay on French intervention in Tchad (Chad) (fols. 1-23); and 'The French solution of the colonial problem, towards a federal union' by Jean de la Roche (fols. 24-35), 1958-1969.
Dates
- Creation: 1927-1969
Extent
10 items
Language of Materials
- English
- French
Shelfmark
MSS. Perham 676
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk