Papers of Catherine I. M. Hastie relating to community development in Uganda
"The value of home economics education in a developing country": text of an address, with illustrative material used in community development work in Uganda.
Dates
- Creation: 1946-1962
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.s.1896].
Shelfmark:
MSS.Afr.s.1896
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 2276
Biographical / Historical
Catherine I.M. Hastie, MBE (1957), was born in 1906. She was educated in Glasgow, Scotland, at the Girls' High School and Glasgow University.
In 1946 Hastie joined the Colonial Service in Uganda as a Welfare Officer. She was appointed to the post of Assistant Commissioner (for women's community development) in 1957, and became an Adviser to women's community development in 1959.
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Listed as no. 1146 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Custodial History
Deposited with the Oxford Development Records Project.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transferred to the library from the Oxford Development Records Project.
Subject
- Title
- Papers of Catherine I. M. Hastie relating to community development in Uganda
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Marion Lowman
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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