Background material, 1931-1975
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 601
Held at the Weston Library
Contains:
Folder 1 (fols. 1-14 and items 1-5) Constitutional and political affairs, 1931-1975:
- (item 1) pamphlets by the Abyssinia Association including Constitution of the Empire of Ethiopia, 1931, No. 12
- (item 2) The Meaning of the Anglo-Italian Agreement quoting Margery Perham's letter to The Times 2 May 1938
- (items 3-4) The Emperor of Ethiopia leads his People some recent speeches by the Emperor, No. 17, annotated by Margery Perham
- (item 5) memoranda by the Empire of Ethiopia Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented to the Council of Foreign Ministers in London, Sep 1945
- (fols. 1-12) proof of part of a book of documentary evidence on the Italo-Ethiopian War
- (fols. 13-14) a confidential report on the deteriorating situation in Ethiopia, Mar 1975.
Further:
- folder 2 (items 1-4) pamphlets on the history of Ethiopia and on the Rastafarian movement in Jamaica, 1945-1967
- folder 3 (fols. 1-40 and items 1-7) Development, 1951-1971: reports, including comments on public health by Lt. General F. Daubenton (item 1); the second five-year plan for 1962-1966 (item 2); the refugee project (fol. 2); Order No. 43 of 1966 to establish Local Self-Administration, Negarit Gazeta (item 3); report to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa by Dr J. Krishnaswamy on 'Some Aspects of Implementation of Regional Development Projects in Ethiopia, 1967' (fols. 7-28, 29-40, and item 5); and on education and land reform (item 7)
- folder 4 (fol. 1 and items 1-2) University College of Ethiopia list of references on Ethiopia, 1953 (item 1); Haile Selassie I University Institute of Ethiopian Studies Register of Current Research on Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, by S. Chojnacki and Richard Pankhurst (item 2), with a programme of Ethiopian studies in American universities (fol. 1), 1953-1965
- folder 5 (fols. 1-20) reports on Haile Selassie I University submitted to the Inter-University Council on Higher Education, 1964-1966
- folder 6 (fols. 1-78) reports on the situation in Ethiopia by Oxfam field directors, with a covering letter from Humphrey Hilton about famine aid there, 1964-1972
- folder 7 (items 1-5) 'An Economic Report on Ethiopia' prepared by Lloyds Bank Ltd. Overseas Department, Export Promotion
- folder 8 (fols. 1-3 and items 1-5) miscellaneous material, 1968-1975, including: 'The wildlife of Ethiopia' by John Blower, Oryx, May 1968 (item 1), 1967; articles by Edward Ullendorff for the Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (items 2-4); and the service sheet for the Memorial Evensong and Presentation of the Banner of the Emperor in St George's Chapel, Windsor, Oct 1975 (item 5)
- folder 9 (fols. 1-2 and item 1) 'Noel Edward Buxton, the Anti-Slavery Society and British policy with respect to Ethiopia, 1932-1944' by Noel Fieldhouse, 1974
- folder 10 (fols. 1-5) reports and press cuttings on the Ethiopian famine and Oxfam, 1974.
Dates
- Creation: 1931-1975
Extent
10 items
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Perham 601
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk