Correspondence and papers of the Overseas Aid Director and his staff, and the Overseas Division Director and his deputies, relating to Africa
MS. Oxfam PRG/2/3/1/2
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Title
Correspondence and papers of the Overseas Aid Director and his staff, and the Overseas Division Director and his deputies, relating to Africa
Shelfmark
MS. Oxfam PRG/2/3/1/2
Summary
Comprises:
'Oxfam-supported teams, Proposed Oxfam Team, Ibusa': correspondence with Derek Robinson, Field Director for Nigeria, relating to Oxfam aid to Nigeria and other matters, Sep 1968-Jun 1969
'Tour of East Africa': correspondence and papers relating to a visit to Oxfam's programme in East Africa by Bernard Llewellyn, Overseas Aid Appraiser, Oct 1968-Feb 1969
telex correspondence relating to Oxfam's programme in Nigeria and Biafra, Mar-Oct 1969
correspondence and reports relating to Oxfam's programme in Rwanda and Burundi, Jun 1969-Jun 1978
'Burundi General': correspondence with Field Directors and other agencies and related papers, Jul 1969-Aug 1977
'BL Congo and Tchad trip Nov/Dec 1969': correspondence and papers relating to a visit to Oxfam's programme in the Congo (later Zaire) by Bernard Llewellyn, Overseas Aid Appraiser, Sep 1969-Feb 1970
correspondence with Derek Robinson, Field Director for Nigeria, and related papers, Oct 1969-May 1970, including:
'Report on a tour of East Central and Rivers States, 19th-28th February', [1970]
report by Dr. T[im] D. Lusty about the work of the relief programme, 28 Feb 1970
'Zaire general policy and reports': correspondence with David Mitchnik and Toby Gooch, Field Directors, on obstacles to development in the Congo (later Zaire) and related papers including 'Preliminary Investigation of Building Projects in the Congo' by David Mitchnik, 1969, Oct 1969-Jun 1971
'Jeanne Shallow, Kampala': correspondence with Jeanne Shallow, Oxfam's Representative in Uganda, Oct 1969-Sep 1971
Date
Sep 1968-Jun 1978
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (9 folders)
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Collection contents
Records of Oxfam programme policy, management and administration
Papers of the Overseas Aid Department and the Overseas, later International, Division Directorate
Correspondence of the Overseas Aid Director and the Overseas, later International, Division Director
Africa
Correspondence and papers of the Overseas Aid Director and his staff, and the Overseas Division Director and his deputies, relating to Africa
