Papers relating to service, including memoranda, reports, minutes, etc., [1942-1960].
Dates
- Creation: [1942-1960]
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 276].
Shelfmark:
MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 276
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 794
Biographical / Historical
Major C.H.F. Blake (fl 1920-1990) was present in Malaya during the Japanese occupation, 1942-1945. He also served in Malaya as District Officer, was stationed at Government House, Singapore in 1948, and later held the post of Secretary of the Perak State War Executive Committee during the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960. He was the author of A view from within. the last years of British rule in South-East Asia (Castle Cary, Mendip Publishing, 1990).
Other Finding Aids
Listed as no. 665 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Custodial History
Major Blake deposited the papers with the Oxford Development Records Project, at the suggestion of Professor R. Heussler, on 16th November 1983.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were transferred to the library from the Oxford Development Records Project in November 1983.
- Title
- Papers of C.H.F. Blake
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Paul Davidson
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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