Notes, articles, and letters to The Times, 1935-1965
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 600
Held at the Weston Library
Contains:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-115) notes by Frank de Halpert taken from Foreign Office reports and correspondence, n.d.
- folder 2 (fols. 1-23) Margery Perham's published letters to The Times about the war in Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and the political situation, with reactions to them, 1935-1941
- folder 3 (fols. 1-53) articles and a lecture by Margery Perham, 1941-1942, including: 'The Future of Ethiopia', Agenda, Jan 1942 (fols. 1-14); 'The Future of Abyssinia', typescript and cutting (fols. 15-22); 'Some Problems in Ethiopia', Foreign Research and Press Service Paper No. 3, 1941 (fols. 23-26); text of a speech on 'The General Problem of Anglo-Ethiopian Relations' (fols. 46-50); and 'The Ethiopian Background', The Times, 26-27 Nov 1941 (fols. 51-53)
- folder 4 (fols. 1-45) notes on the Italians in East Africa and text of a speech on Italy's case for invading Abyssinia (Ethiopia), manuscript, c. 1936-1941
- folder 5 (fols. 1-5) verbatim report of the 5th Lunch Hour War Time Commentaries, presented by the Ministry of Information at Caxton Hall, at which Margery Perham spoke on 'The War in Africa', 1941
- folder 6 (fols. 1-8) articles by others and a letter from Orde-Wingate to Lord Noel Buxton about his speech in the House of Lords, n.d., photocopy, 1941-1945
- folder 7 (fols. 1-44) notes, memoranda, and press cuttings on the Ethiopian church, c. 1942-1944
- folder 8 (fols. 1-9) memoranda on community centres, a proposed Ministry for Social Services, and education, c. 1943
- folder 9 (fols. 1-6) comments in the press about Margery Perham's letters to The Times, 1948-1956
- folder 10 (fols. 1-36) bibliographies of British, French, and Italian books on Ethiopia, n.d.
- folder 11 (fols. 1-6) chronology of events in Ethiopia since 1941, 1965.
Dates
- Creation: 1935-1965
Extent
11 items
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Perham 600
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