Two posters and one original drawing promoting the British War Organization Fund in Hong Kong, [1939-1941].
Dates
- Creation: [1939-1941]
Extent
3 items
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 356].
Shelfmark:
MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 356
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 2345
Biographical / Historical
G.A.C. Herklots (1902-86), CBE (1961) was educated at Trent College, Derbyshire, Leeds University and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was made Secretary for Development, Hong Kong, 1946, Secretary for Colonial Agricultural Res[ources] and Secretary of the Committee for Colonial Agriculture, Animal Health and For[estry] Res[ources], Colonial Office, 1948. He served as Principal, I.C.T.A., from 1953.
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were donated to the library by Jeremy Herklots on 9th December 1998.
Separated Materials
Photographs of Tang Yin Wei's plant drawings and three books by Herklots on Hong Kong trees and vegetables were sent to the University's Department of Plant Sciences, a book and offprint on fish to the Radcliffe Science Library.
Subject
- Herklots | G.A.C. | 1902-1986 | colonial agricultural officer (Person)
- British War Organization Fund (Organisation)
- Title
- Papers of G.A. Herklots
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Paul Davidson
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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