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Papers of Lady Kathleen Harvey Simon

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Correspondence, notebooks, newspaper cuttings and papers dealing with slavery, including lectures and articles written by Lady Simon. Also a few papers connected with other interests such as the Zionist movement.

Dates

1927-1951

Extent

33 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Brit.Emp.s.25].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS.Brit.Emp.s.25

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 4212

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Lady Kathleen Harvey Simon, DBE (1933), was Joint President of the AntiSlavery Society from 1944-1945.

Other Finding Aids

The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room and a handlist is also available for this collection.

Listed as no. 33 in Manuscript Collections (excluding Africana) in Rhodes House Library, Oxford, compiled by Louis B. Frewer (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1970).