Correspondence and subject files kept by Ferdinand Stephen Joelson, 'Congo Committee' - 'Cox'

Title

Correspondence and subject files kept by Ferdinand Stephen Joelson, 'Congo Committee' - 'Cox'

Shelfmark

MS. 5514/13

Summary

Comprises:

'Congo Committee', correspondence and papers, Feb-Jun 1965, relating to the Congo Committee of Great Britain, formed in 1965 'for the purpose of promoting friendship between Great Britain and the Congo', including minutes of meetings; and papers relating to the Congo Basin Treaty of 1885, 1941 and 1955, 1941-1965

'Congo Situation', mainly cuttings from East Africa and Rhodesia, 1960-1963

'Congress of Peoples Against Imperialism', papers relating to the British Centre of the Congress and its amalgamation with the Council for the Defence of Seretse Khama and the Protectorates, and the British Guiana Association in April 1954 to form the Movement for Colonial Freedom, 1953-1954

'Conservative Commonwealth Council', correspondence and papers relating to the foundation of the Council in 1953 with the aim of building up a body of people with wide knowledge and experience of the Empire and of active supporters, and its later activities, 1953-1956

'Convention of Associations [of Kenya]', papers relating to the Convention, including minutes of meetings and a press release, 20 Apr 1963, regarding its winding up, 1958-1963 and n.d. [c.1960]

'S[hirley] V. Cooke', correspondence with Cooke, President of the Bulawayo Chamber of Industries and a contributor to East Africa and Rhodesia, 1935-1960

'E[dward] A. Copeman', correspondence with Copeman, farmer, writer and former District Commissioner for Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), and related papers, 1933-1958 and n.d. [c.1950]

'Cope Morgan'-'Cox', papers relating to:

'H.R. Cope Morgan', relating to Morgan's career, including his role as General Manager of the Anglo-Continental group of mines, Nigeria, from 1920-1929, 1936

'H[ugh] Copley', correspondence with Copley, Fish Warden of the Kenya Game Department and co-author with T.L.Hately of Angling in East Africa (London: East Africa, 1933), and related papers, 1933-1956

'Archdeacon O[liver] T. Cordell', correspondence with Cordell of the Diocese of Central Tanganyika (later Tanzania), relating to the publication of Gogo Grammar (1941), contributions to East Africa and Rhodesia, and other matters, 1938-1955

'F[rank] D. Corfield', mainly concerning Corfield's report, Historical Survey of the Origins and Growth of Mau Mau (HMSO, 1960), 1959-1968

'Sir W[alter] F. Coutts', correspondence with Coutts, Chief Secretary, Kenya, later Governor of Uganda, and related papers, 1955-1974

'M[ervyn] Cowie', Director, Royal National Parks of Kenya, 1950-1953

'Sir Christopher Cox', correspondence with Cox, Education Adviser at the Colonial Office, and related papers, 1940-1964

Date

1933-1974 and n.d. [c.1950-1960]

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (8 folders)