Article by John Blunden

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MSS. Afr. s. 2263

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Typescript article, A Journey in Rhodesia by Blunden, writen for inclusion in an internal staff newsletter, May 1972.

Dates

Creation: 1972

Extent

8 pp.

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Afr. s. 2263].

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Shelfmark:

MSS. Afr. s. 2263

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 809

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

John E. Blunden (b 1922) graduated from Clare College, Cambridge, undertook military service, 1942-1943, lieut., and began work in the colonial service as a cadet, Northern Rhodesia, 1943. He became district officer, 1946, senior district officer, gr.II, 1962, and assistant secretary, 1964-1965, Zambia Govt. Service. In 1972 he was a member of Lord Pearce's Commission into Rhodesian Opinion.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

The article was donated to the library by Blunden on 19th January 1998.

Related Materials

Papers of J.E. Blunden, comprising a transfer by barge on the Zambesi, 1946, notes on the Namushakende development centre, Barotse province, 1951, and notes and comments on the provincial administration, 1959 (ref. MSS. Afr. s. 865).