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Box 606755189

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

The Colonial Service and the West Indies, 1945-1959

 File
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 404/1
Extents: 6 folders
Dates: 1945-1959

Recruitment for the Colonial Service, 1945-1947

 folder
Contains: (fols. 1-8) Renison's report on his world tour in connection with recruitment, 18 May 1945 (fols. 9-11) draft of memorandum headed 'Army Instruction (India)' on postwar opportunities in the Colonial Service, n.d. (fols. 12-13) speech by Renison at the Oxford Second Course Summer School, 9 Sep 1947.
Extents: 13 Leaves
Dates: 1945-1947

Trinidad and Tobago: speeches by Renison as Colonial Secretary, 1948-1952

 folder
Contains: (fols. 1-4) speech to the Board of Industrial Training, 24 Sep 1948 (fols. 5-8) 'The New Constitution': text of despatch by A. Creech Jones, S/S Col., to Sir John Shaw, Governor, and of the latter's broadcast, 7 Jan 1949 (fols. 9-23) correspondence about a speech by Renison in the Legislative Council in defence of the new Constitution, and a copy of ...
Extents: 98 Leaves
Dates: 1948-1952

British Honduras (Belize): Speeches by Renison as Governor, and related papers, 1949-1955

 folder
Contains: (fol. 1) Colonial Office information sheet about frontier dispute, 25 Sep 1949 (fols. 2-5) 'The Baron Bliss Trust': memorandum about the Trust by the Clerk, 12 Dec 1951 (fols. 6-7) Colonial Office Information sheet about the British Honduras (Belize) development plan, 2 May 1952 (fols. 8-11) broadcast by Renison before taking up his appointment...
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: 1949-1955

'A Commonwealth Civil Service?', 1953-1957

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Contains: (fols. 1-7) cuttings from The Times of two articles headed 'A Commonwealth Service?' and subsequent correspondence, 7-15 Sep 1953 (fol. 8) cuttings from The Times of an article by Sir Charles Jeffries on the same subject, 14 Dec 1956 (fols. 9-10) speech by Alan Lennox-Boyd, S/S Col., at the Corona Club...
Extents: 41 Leaves
Dates: 1953-1957

British Guiana (Guyana): Speeches by Renison as Governor, and related papers, 1955-1959

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Contains: (fols. 1-15) address by Renison to the Legislative Council on his assumption of the office of Governor (manuscript draft, typescript, and printed copy), 25 Oct 1955 (fols. 16-18) speech at New Amsterdam, 18 Nov 1955 (fols. 19-22) programme and draft of address for Queen's College Speech Day, 25 Nov 1955 (fols. 23-26) programme and address for...
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: 1955-1959

Visit to Canada and Washington, 1957

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The trip was taken at the invitation of the Demerara Bauxite Company Limited, on Renison's return journey from England to British Guiana (Guyana). File contains: (fols. 1-23) correspondence between Renison and J.G. Campbell, Managing Director, Demerara Bauxite Company, about the proposed visit, and letter about the arrangements for the journey from travel agents, the Colonial Office, the Commonwealth...
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: 1957