Letters, 1937-1966; photocopy diary, 1942-1943.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1966
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 488].
Shelfmark:
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 488
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 2499
Biographical / Historical
Aline Hucks was the wife of Geoffrey Hucks (whom she married in 1937), administrator in Tanganyika, 1931-1960, and Electoral Commissioner in British Guiana, 1963-1964, and Mauritius, 1966. She worked periodically for the Education Department, and for a brief period was headmistress of an Indian school in Tanganyika.
Other Finding Aids
Listed as no. 589 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The letters were donated to the library by Aline Hucks on the 5th March 1985; the diary was loaned to the library on the same date for copying.
Subject
- Hucks | Aline | fl 1937-1966 (Person)
- Title
- Papers of Aline Hucks
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Paul Davidson
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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