Correspondence and papers relating to broadcast appeals
MS. Oxfam APL/3/3/1
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Correspondence and papers relating to broadcast appeals
Shelfmark
MS. Oxfam APL/3/3/1
Summary
Comprising:
Folder 1: correspondence relating to donations made as a result of Committee member Gilbert Murray's radio appeal made on 27 August 1950 on the BBC Home Service, Jul-Sep 1950
Folder 2: correspondence relating to a radio appeal by Sir Maurice Bowra, Vice- Chancellor of Oxford University on the BBC's 'Week's Good Cause' on 26th April 1953; correspondence relating to donations made as a result of Viscount Hailsham's radio appeal, Jan-Jun 1956. The appeal was made on the BBC's 'The Week's Good Cause' on 29 January 1956.
Folder 3: 'Extracts from letters received by Oxfam following BBC TV appeal by Stratford Johns (Inspector Barlow)' and a summary of letters and donations following the appeal, Apr-May 1964. Stratford Johns played Detective Inspector Charlie Barlow in the long-running BBC police drama 'Z Cars'.
Date
Jul 1950-May 1964
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (3 folders)
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Collection contents
Records produced by Oxfam's appeals and fundraising function
Records relating to fundraising with the public
Broadcast appeals
Correspondence and papers relating to broadcast appeals
