Nigeria - constitutional affairs, 1922-1967
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 401
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-2 and item 1) Proposals for the Revision of the Constitution of Nigeria, Cmd. 6599, 1945, with Appendix VI of the Constitution of 1922 giving the table of Legislative Council members
- folder 2 (fols. 1-12) memorandum on 'The New Constitution for Nigeria' submitted to the Governor for transmission to the Secretary of State for the Colonies in Mar 1945 by the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (fols. 1-9), with manuscript notes on the 1946 and 1951 constitutions (fols. 11-12) and a synopsis of the address on constitutional developments by Lord Milverton to Chatham House, 1948 (fol. 10)
- folder 3 (fols. 1-18) official press releases about the inaugural meeting of the new Legislative Council, with an African majority, and the text of speeches by the Oba of Benin and the Honourable Abubakar Tafawa Balewa on the Appropriation Bill, 1947
- folder 4 (unfoliated) constitutional talks - press cuttings, 1952-1952
- folder 5 (fols. 1-4 and items 1-2) Minority Report on the Nigerian Constitution Conference published by the Action Group Delegation, with its memorandum on the future of Lagos sent to Margery Perham by its leader the Honourable Obafemi Awolowo, with his comments on the Lyttelton Constitution (fols. 1-2), 1953; also, the final communiqué on the Niger Constitution Conference issued by the Colonial Office, 1953
- folder 6 (fols. 1-3 and item 1) circular despatch on the operation of the constitution sent by the Governor and the official record of the House of Representatives debate on self-government for Nigeria, 26 Mar 1957, annotated by Margery Perham
- folder 7 (fols. 1-8) speech by the Premier of the Northern Region at the opening of the London Conference, 23 May 1957, and to the West African Students' Club and other Nigerians at Oxford University on 25 May 1957, with a covering letter to Margery Perham from R.E. Gresswell, Commissioner for the Northern Region, London
- folder 8 (fols. 1-3) broadcast message by the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, on his accession, n.d.
- folder 9 (item 1) report of the Committee appointed to consider the integration of Departments with Ministries, Federation of Nigeria, 1959
- folder 10 (fols. 1-3) States (Creation and Transitional Provisions) Decree, 1967
- folder 11 (unfoliated) constitutional affairs - press cuttings, 1934-1952
- folder 12 (unfoliated) constitutional affairs - press cuttings, 1945-1961.
Dates
- Creation: 1922-1967
Extent
12 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Perham 401
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