Box 606767584
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Contains 73 Results:
Correspondence with Miss Frances Scurfield, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), Milan, about the possibility of conducting social work in Nigeria, 25 Apr-4 Jun 1947
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 1, fols. 1-3
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
25 Apr-4 Jun 1947
Letter from Benson to Rita Hinden about articles by her in Empire, Jan 1949, and in the UN Association Yearbook, 16 Feb 1949
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 1, fol. 50
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
16 Feb 1949
Correspondence between Rita Hinden and Benson, 13 May-21 Jun 1949
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 1, fols. 53-55
Correspondence between Rita Hinden and Benson about plans for her American trip, and the possibility of a Phelps-Stokes Fund fellowship for her; and the Trusteeship Council's Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania) Report.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
13 May-21 Jun 1949
Correspondence between Benson and Rita Hinden about her recently published book Empire and After, and about plans for her Nigerian tour, 16-29 Sep 1949
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 1, fols. 59-62
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
16-29 Sep 1949
Two letters from Rita Hinden to Benson, about her resignation from, and Marjorie Nicholson's appointment to, the post of Secretary to the FCB, 4-26 Sep 1950
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 1, fols. 67-68
Two letters from Rita Hinden to Benson, about her resignation from, and Marjorie Nicholson's appointment to, the post of Secretary to the FCB; its financial and other difficulties; plans for her own future work (Labour Party plan for mutual aid for 'underdeveloped' countries, The Economist, and the Colonial Office Commission on constitutional reform in British Guiana (Guyana)); the British change in attitude on the Special Committee; and Griffiths's success at the...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
4-26 Sep 1950
Letter from Rita Hinden to Dr Dorfman, Social and Economic Council, about the report of the special conference on colonial economic development, 27 Sep 1950
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 1, fol. 71
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
27 Sep 1950
Letter from Rita Hinden to Dr Ralph Bunche, Trusteeship Division, 27 Sep 1950
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 1, fol. 72
Letter from Rita Hinden to Dr Ralph Bunche, Trusteeship Division, about his Nobel Peace Prize award; the British change in attitude concerning colonial discussion at the UNO; and progress in West Africa.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
27 Sep 1950
Letter of thanks from Marjorie Nicholson to Benson for his subscription and UN document on education, 22 Dec 1950
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 1, fol. 75
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
22 Dec 1950
Letter of thanks from the FCB to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Paris, for material received, 12 Mar 1951
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 1, fol. 76
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
12 Mar 1951
Letter from Benson to Marjorie Nicholson, about Vol. III of the UN publication on Non-Self-Governing Territories, and referring to the contribution of W.E.F. Ward, the British Representative, 16 May 1951
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 1, fol. 77
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
16 May 1951
Letter from Barbara Cadbury, Technical Assistance Department, to Hilda Selwyn-Clarke about birth control problems, 21 Aug 1951
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 1, fol. 78
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
21 Aug 1951
Correspondence between Marjorie Nicholson and Benson about land reform in Kenya, with an extract from the Report of the Special Committee on Information, 28 Nov 1951-8 Jan 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 1, fols. 79-84
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
28 Nov 1951-8 Jan 1952
Letter from the Secretary of the Trusteeship Group, UN Association, London, to Marjorie Nicholson, 20-28 Mar 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 1, fols. 85-102
Letter from the Secretary of the Trusteeship Group, UN Association, London, to Marjorie Nicholson, inviting her to join the Committee, with enclosures (memorandum on UN colonial debates, committee papers), and her letter declining.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
20-28 Mar 1952
Correspondence between Benson and Marjorie Nicholson about the report of his Committee on Information, particularly in relation to the constitutional discussions, 15 Oct 1952-16 Jan 1953
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 1, fols. 103-105
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
15 Oct 1952-16 Jan 1953
Correspondence between the UN Belgian Delegation (F. van Langenhove and Joseph Nisot) and Marjorie Nicholson, 26 Apr-29 Jun 1954
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 2, fols. 1-5
Correspondence between the UN Belgian Delegation (F. van Langenhove and Joseph Nisot) and Marjorie Nicholson, about an article by van Langenhove for Venture on protection of indigenous peoples by the UN; and a letter to H. Bayley, Devonport Press, about reprints of the article.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
26 Apr-29 Jun 1954
Letter from Benson to Creech Jones about Benson's paper on International Colonial Machinery, and an acknowledgement from the FCB, 12-24 Oct 1956
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 2, fols. 6-7
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
12-24 Oct 1956
Correspondence between Benson, Hilda Selwyn-Clarke, and T.F. Betts, Assistant Secretary, FCB, 21 May-19 Jun 1957
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 2, fols. 8-11
Correspondence between Benson, Hilda Selwyn-Clarke, and T.F. Betts, Assistant Secretary, FCB, about Betts's paper 'Aid to Emergent Territories', and other papers on the subject.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
21 May-19 Jun 1957
Letter [from Hilda Selwyn-Clarke] to Benson, Betts, and G. Caprasse, about the Common Market question as affecting Africa, particularly in relation to Ghana, 21 Jun 1957
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 2, fols. 12-13
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
21 Jun 1957
Correspondence about the appointment by the FCB of Raymond Spencers-Rodgers as UN correspondent for Venture, 16 Aug-6 Sep 1957
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 2, fols. 17-20
Correspondence about the appointment by the FCB of Raymond Spencers-Rodgers as UN correspondent for Venture (in place of Leo Silberman), between Benson, Hilda Selwyn-Clarke, Spencer-Rodgers, and Kenneth Kelly, Press Accreditions Office, UN.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
16 Aug-6 Sep 1957
Letter [from Hilda Selwyn-Clarke] to Sir Andrew Cohen, New York City, listing UN documents to be sent to the FCB, 25 Oct 1957
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/64, folder 2, fols. 21-22
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
25 Oct 1957