Appeals mailings
MS. Oxfam APL/3/6/3
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Appeals mailings
Shelfmark
MS. Oxfam APL/3/6/3
Summary
Comprises:
Folder 1: 1976, including mailings relating to work in Tchirozerene, Niger, and the Guatemala earthquake of that year
Folder 2: 1977, including mailings relating to work in Guatemala, Bangladesh and India
Folder 3: 1978, including a letter signed from Field Directors Gaby Taylor for Zaire (later the Democratic Republic of Congo), and Jeremy Swainson for Tanzania, and an appeal from broadcaster David Jacobs relating to La Vierge des Pauvres home for disabled children in Gatagara, Rwanda
Folder 4: 1979, including mailings relating to Oxfam's work in cities, Vietnamese 'boat people' refugees, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh and work in Cambodia. The file also includes a mailing relating to the 'Together for Children' campaign, connected to the UN International Year of the Child.
Folder 5: 1980, including a letter signed from broadcaster David Jacobs relating to an appeal for refugees in Africa, a mailing about the Vegetable Gene Bank and a letter signed from journalist, James Cameron, opening with 'I dearly wish Oxfam did not exist..'
Date
1976-1980
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (5 folders)
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Collection contents
Records produced by Oxfam's appeals and fundraising function
Records relating to fundraising with the public
Appeals mailings
Appeals mailings
