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Papers of John Rutherford Parkin Postlethwaite

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Scrapbooks containing letters, press cuttings, leaflets etc., relating to service in Uganda.

Dates

  • Creation: 1909-1932

Extent

2 Volumes

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.s.2007].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS.Afr.s.2007

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 3766

Biographical / Historical

John Rutherford Parkin Postlethwaite, CBE (1933), was born in 1883. Between 1909 and 1932 he worked for the Colonial Civil Service in the Uganda Protectorate; he was Provincial Commissioner in Buganda Province and was also a member of the Uganda Executive Council.

During the First World War, Postlethwaite worked for the Ministry of Food as a Deputy Divisional Food Officer in the London division. During the Second World War, he was a Divisional Food Officer in the South­Eastern Division (1940-1942) and in London (1942-1944). He also worked for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (1944-1945).

As well as being a lecturer, author and director of various companies, Postlethwaite was also a member of the Council of the Royal African Society (1945) and Trustee of the R. Hussey Slave Charity. He died in 1956. Compiled with reference to Who Was Who.

Other Finding Aids

The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.

Listed as no. 1158 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquisition information unknown.

Title
Papers of John Rutherford Parkin Postlethwaite
Status
Published
Author
Marion Lowman
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom