Papers of William Sewell de Guibe Rankin, relating to UNESCO

Single Item

MSS.Afr.s.1994

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Reminiscences, notes, letters, reports, maps and printed material relating to his service with UNESCO in Liberia and Ethiopia.

Dates

Creation: 1952-1958

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.1994].

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Shelfmark:

MSS.Afr.s.1994

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 3844

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

William Sewell de Guibe Rankin was born in 1905 and educated at Westminster, and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1928 he entered the Colonial Service as an Education Officer in Nigeria. During the 1950s he worked for UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in Liberia and Ethiopia.

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The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.

Listed as no. 826 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).