Memoranda, correspondence, diaries, etc. relating to primary, secondary and teacher education in the Gold Coast/Ghana, Northern Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia/Zambia, Nyasaland/Malawi, Tanganyika/Tanzania and Uganda, [1928-1984].
Dates
- Creation: [1928-1984]
Extent
50 boxes
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Use
No reproduction or publication of personal papers without permission. Papers listed in the handlist as "under donor's embargo" may not be quoted from or published without the consent of the donor. Contact the library in the first instance.
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Afr. s. 1755
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 356
Biographical / Historical
This collection is the result of the work of the Oxford Development Records Project relating to education in Africa during the colonial period. From 1978 to 1984 the Project set out to record the experiences and preserve the reminiscences of people who had been involved in education, whether as Colonial Education Officers or as missionaries active in the educational field. An aide-memoire was sent to potential contributors, which they were invited to answer in the form of a memorandum, adding any original papers they were willing to donate. The period mainly covered was from the end of World War Two to independence.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged by territory, then alphabetically by the surname of the contributor.
Other Finding Aids
Listed as no. 805 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996). A handlist is also available in the library reading room.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Oxford Development Records Project
- Title
- Primary and Secondary Education in Six Selected African Territories
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Paul Davidson
- Date
- 2002
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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