Papers of Sir Edgar C.F. Whitehead

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This collection contains:

Original typescript of unpublished autobiography, 1928-1946
United Federal Party 'Build a Nation' tour, 1962: correspondence, press cuttings
speeches, circulars, cuttings as Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, 1961, 1962
personal letters concerning his work and retirement, 1949-1965
press cuttings, 1958-1962

Dates

Creation: 1928-1965

Extent

7 files, 10 volumes

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.s.1482].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS.Afr.s.1482

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 4879

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Sir Edgar Cuthbert Fremantle Whitehead, OBE (1944), CMG (1952), KCMG (1954), was born on the 1 January 1905 and educated at University College, Oxford (BA 1926, MA 1929).

Sir Whitehead's career history:

War service (1939-1945), in West Africa and with Air Despatch in the United Kingdom
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Southern Rhodesia (1939-1940, 1946-1953, 1958-1965)
Acting High Commissioner for Southern Rhodesia in the UK (1945-1946)
Ministry of Finance, and of Posts and Telegraphs, Southern Rhodesia (1946-1953)
Member of the Council of the University of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1955-1958)
Minister for the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in Washington (1957-1958)
Elected MP for Salisbury North constituency (United Federal Party) in Southern Rhodesia General Election (June 1958)
Minister of Native Affairs (1958-1960)
Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia (February 1958-December 1962)
Leader of the Opposition (United Federal Party, 1962-1965)

Sir Whitehead returned to England on retirement in 1965 and died on the 22 September 1971. Compiled with reference to Who Was Who (volume VII).

Other Finding Aids

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

Listed as no. 297 in Manuscript Collections (Africana and non-Africana) in Rhodes House Library, Oxford, Supplementary accessions to the end of 1977 and Cumulative Index , compiled by Wendy S. Byrne (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1978).