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  1. (fol. 1) letter from Professor B. Appleton, St. Thomas's Hospital, [about admitting a South African Indian student to medical school], 20 Feb 1947
  2. (fol. 2) correspondence between the Secretary of the Thomas Wall Trust (see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 285/21, folder 8, fols. 8-26) and Greenidge about a reference for George Hatch of Barbados, 5-6 Apr 1948
  3. (item 11) Liberal Magazine: complete copy, Dec 1947
  4. (item 12) Sanderson-Wells Lecture, University of London: Soil Fertility - the Wasting Basis of Human Society, by Sir John Boyd-Orr (see also fols. 10-15), 1948
  5. (item 13) East Africa and Rhodesia, containing, inter alia, an article by Professor Arthur Lewis on colonial development, and an article on Africa's water supplies, 20 Jan 1949
  6. (fols. 10-15) cuttings from British newspapers about speeches by Sir John Boyd-Orr, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, with appended notes and jottings, including the address of the International Emergency Food Council, 1948
  7. (fol. 19) letter from L. Harbin, Bristol Royal Hospital, thanking Greenidge for his help in obtaining a grant from the Noel Buxton Trust, 24 Aug 1949
  8. (fol. 20) letter from Thicknesse and Hull, Solicitors, to Greenidge about Mrs H.M. Ball's marriage settlement, 7 Sep 1949
  9. (fols. 21-22) letter from Greenidge to the Bishop of Barbados, in which he: recommends John Redford, Lady Pim's nephew, for the Headmastership of Lodge School, Barbados; questions the existence of a colour bar in the school boarding-house; and comments on the Bishop's speech to the Legislative Council about sugar (see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 285/21, folder 9, fols. 16-25); with a subsequent letter to Lady Pim asking if her nephew would consider applying for the post a second time, 16 Oct 1949; 8 Nov 1954
  10. (fol. 23) letter from A. Hyndman, Ruskin College, Oxford, thanking Greenidge for his help in obtaining a grant from Miss Buxton, 24 Oct 1949
  11. (fol. 24) letter from Charles Fisk to Margery Perham intended to accompany the manuscript of his book about Kenya, which Greenidge had undertaken to deliver to her, 12 Mar 1950
  12. (fol. 25) correspondence between the Reverend Anthony Story and Greenidge about an Italian student wishing to come to England, 18-20 Apr 1950
  13. (fol. 26) letter from Greenidge to Jim Bovell about the prospects for Ivan Cruchley as a barrister in Jamaica, and about Mrs Cruchley's role in political and colonial circles, 27 Apr 1950
  14. (fol. 27) letter from Greenidge to C.W. Guillebaud about admitting Michael Courtenay of British Honduras (Belize) to St. John's College, Cambridge, 5 Jul 1950
  15. (fol. 28) letter from Greenidge to Raymond Louis, Secretary of Welfare and Development Organisation in the British West Indies (sic), furnishing a reference in connection with J.E. Macdonald's application for the post of Assistant West Indian Trade Commissioner in the United Kingdom, 20 Nov 1951
  16. (fols. 29-31) correspondence between Greenidge and Sir Frank Newsam, Home Office, about a Labour permit for Timothy Martinez and an application for British nationality by Karim Coury, 28 and 29 Jan; 9 Jul 1953
  17. (fol. 32) letter from Greenidge to J.N. Robson about an endowment policy for Harold North; Greenidge's annuity; and a pamphlet on slavery, 26 Oct 1954
  18. (fols. 33-37) letter from Mrs E.D. Greenidge to Greenidge requesting assistance in claiming the estate of James Woodrow, and enclosing details of her antecedents; and a draft by Greenidge of a letter from Mrs Greenidge to Messrs Field, Roscoe and Co. (copy), 21 and 25 Sep 1955
  19. (fols. 38-39) letters from Greenidge to the London Institute of World Affairs and the Department of Extra-Mural Studies, University of London, requesting information about study courses on behalf of an American journalist; and notes by Greenidge on the back of a Chatham House programme of events, 11 Nov 1955
  20. (fols. 40-43) letter from M. Bank-Anthony of Lagos to Greenidge, introducing T. Adebayo Doherty from Nigeria, and a reply from Greenidge, in which he refers to the opening of the London branch of the National Bank of Nigeria to his resignation from the Secretaryship of the Anti-Slavery Society, his work at the United Nations and visit to Barbados; and related correspondence between Greenidge and Doherty, 10 Jul-21 Aug 1956
  21. (fol. 44) letter from Greenidge to Philip Rogers, Colonial Office, requesting access to the West Indian archives in Somerset House for Ronald Taylor of Barbados, Oct 1947.

Dates

  • Creation: 1947-1956

Extent

46 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 285/28, folder 4

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