Papers of Ralph S. Elwell-Sutton

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Memoranda, reports, letters, teaching papers and a school magazine, relating to work as an Education Officer in Tanganyika.

Dates

Creation: 1949-1971

Extent

2 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.s.1967].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS.Afr.s.1967

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 1739

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

R.S. Elwell-Sutton was born in 1913 and educated at Sherborne School, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. After military service (1939-1946) he joined the Tanganyika Government Service as an Education Officer (1947); he became Senior Education Officer in 1960.

Other Finding Aids

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

Listed as no. 1081 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).