Papers dealing with the formation and administration of the Africa Protectorates Trust and its possible amalgamation with other organisations.
Dates
- Creation: 1951-1978
Extent
0.2 linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Afr. s. 1713/1, folder 1, fol. 1].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Afr. s. 1713/1-2
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 378
Abstract
Archive of the Africa Protectorates Trust.
Biographical / Historical
The Africa Protectorates Trust was set up to assist with the education, training, and health of the people of South West Africa (Namibia), Bechuanaland (Botswana), Swaziland (Eswatini), and Basutoland (Lesotho). In practice, the Trust made small grants or loans to African students pursuing education abroad.
The idea for the Trust arose in 1951, when Michael Scott decided to set up such a fund using the royalties payable to him from his book, In Face of Fear, which described his work in South West Africa (Namibia); the Trust Deed was finally drawn up in Sep 1952. The original Trustees were Michael Scott, Canon Robert Stopford, Lord Noel-Buxton, and Margery Perham (who later made over to the Trust the royalties on her book Ten Africans). From its inception, the Trust was closely linked with the Africa Bureau and two related trust funds, the Africa Development Trust and the Africa Educational Trust.
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room and a handlist (labelled Africa Bureau) is also available for this collection.
Listed as no. 1176 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Original handlist by The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Quality House, Quality Court, Chancer Lane, London
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers relating to the Trust were deposited at the library together with the papers of the Africa Bureau, 1977.
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of the Africa Protectorates Trust
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Original catalogue by Sarah Mackesy; Collection Level Description by Paul Davidson.
- Date
- 1980; EAD version 2023
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- The preparation of the publications and study projects sections of the guide posed problems that could not have been solved without extensive aid from the Librarians of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Oxford, the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London. Their invaluable assistance is most gratefully acknowledged.
- Edition statement
- Second edition.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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