Equatoria Province reports, 1936-1947
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 548
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-6) letter from the new Governor, Martin Parr, to his officers on the policy of indirect rule he intended to implement in the Province, which was circulated with Margery Perham's articles in The Times on 'Our Task in Africa' and Sir Donald Cameron's memorandum on 'The Principles of Native Administration', 1936
- folder 2 (fols. 1-20) Annual Provincial Report, with a covering letter from Martin Parr and a copy of his letter to the Governor-General's Private Secretary about allowing Margery Perham to see the papers, 1938
- folder 3 (item 1) Annual Provincial Report, 1937
- folder 4 (fols. 1-52) Annual Provincial Report, with Parr's exemplifications to his District Commissioners and covering letters to Margery Perham, 1939
- folder 5 (fols. 1-6) Native Administration statistics for 1939 and resolutions of the Labour Board passed in Sep 1945, with related correspondence between Parr and the Civil Secretary, James Wilson Robertson, 1940-1945
- folder 6 (fols. 1-13) Annual Provincial Report with a covering letter from the Governor, D.C. Driver, 1947
- folder 7 (fols. 1-106) annual reports from Aweil District with a note on Dinka tribal organisation (fols. 1-41), Juba District (fols. 42-53), Lakes District (fols. 54-74), and Moru District (fols. 75-106), 1937-1939
- folder 8 (fols. 1-66) annual reports from Tonj District with notes on the administration, Dinka tribal organisation, and the Dinka District Meeting at Tonj, 1938, (fols. 1-58) and from Tonj District (fols. 59-66), 1937-1939
- folder 9 (fols. 1-142) annual reports from Western District (fols. 1-79), Yei District (fols. 80-107), and Zande District, with explanatory notes on administration by Martin Parr (fols. 108-142), 1937-1939.
Dates
- Creation: 1936-1947
Extent
9 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Perham 548
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk