Correspondence and papers of the Field Director for Southern Africa, later the Field Director for East Africa, and the Field Secretary for Africa, relating to Oxfam's programme in Africa

Title

Correspondence and papers of the Field Director for Southern Africa, later the Field Director for East Africa, and the Field Secretary for Africa, relating to Oxfam's programme in Africa

Shelfmark

MS. Oxfam PRG/3/3/1/54

Summary

Comprises:

'H[igh] C[ommission] T[erritorie]s': correspondence and papers relating to Oxfam's programme in the British High Commission Territories of Basutoland (later Lesotho), Bechuanaland (later Botswana) and Swaziland, and in South Africa, May 1963-Nov 1964 and n.d. [c.1963]. File kept by T. F. (Jimmy) Betts, Field Director, Southern Africa, based in Maseru.

'Zonal Planning Sub-Committee': correspondence and papers relating to zonal planning for the integration of refugees, including minutes of meetings of the Africa Zonal Planning Sub-Committee of the Africa Field Committee, Nov 1967-May 1969. File kept by T. F. (Jimmy) Betts, Field Director, East Africa, based in Nairobi, later Adviser on Zonal Rural Development, Oxfam.

'Seeds and Fertilizers, Africa': correspondence and papers of H[umphrey] S. Hilton, Field Secretary for Africa, relating to grants made by Oxfam for improved seeds, fertilizers and insecticides in African countries as part of a wider scheme of distribution in 28 countries in Africa, Asia and Central and South America, Aug 1963-Mar 1966 and n.d. [c.1963]

policies and guidelines relating to Oxfam's programme, in particular to its work in Africa, kept by H[umphrey] S. Hilton, Field Secretary for Africa, Sep 1965-Nov 1974

correspondence and papers of M[ichael] R. Harris, Field Secretary for Africa, relating to Oxfam's support for the production and use of the high protein food supplement, 'Supro', Feb 1967-Oct 1968 and n.d. [c.1967]

Date

May 1963-Nov 1974 and n.d. [c.1963-1967]

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (5 folders)