Papers relating to career in prison service in Palestine, Egypt, Shanghai, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, including police orders, correspondence, memoranda, photographs, printed material and press cuttings, 1936-1966.
Dates
- 1936-1966
Extent
2 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 477].
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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 477
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 4635
Biographical / Historical
Hugh Tulloch (fl 1914-1960s) joined the Prisons and Police Service, Shanghai in 1939 but became a prisoner of war from 1943 to 1945. After the end of the Second World War he became Consulate-General of Shanghai, 1945-1946, Assistant Superintendant, Prisons, Nigeria, from 1947 and Superintendant from 1952. He was made Senior Superintendant, Sierra Leone, from 1956 and Deputy Director, Prisons, 1956-1961.
Other Finding Aids
Listed as no. 628 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
- 20th century
- China -- History -- 1937-1945
- Egypt -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration
- Mandates -- Palestine
- Nigeria -- History -- 1900-1960
- Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948
- Prison administration -- China
- Prison administration -- Egypt
- Prison administration -- Nigeria
- Prison administration -- Palestine
- Prison administration -- Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone -- History -- 1896-1961
- Tulloch | Hugh | fl 1914-1960s | prison administrator
- Title
- Papers of Hugh Tulloch
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Paul Davidson
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
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