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Collection Level Description: Copy of journal kept by Robert James Bleakley

Reference: GB 0162 MSS.Ind.Ocn.s.269
Title: Copy of journal kept by Robert James Bleakley
Dates of Creation: 1937-1940
Extent: 308 ff.
Name of Creator: Robert James Bleakley

Language of Material: eng


Administrative/Biographical History

Robert James Bleakley, Colonial Office cadet in Singapore.

Scope and Content

Copy of journal kept by Robert James Bleakley as a Colonial Office cadet in Singapore, 1937-1940, including an account of a visit to China. Typescript.

Administrative Information

Access Conditions

Bodleian reader's ticket required.

Reproduction Restrictions

No reproduction or publication of personal papers without permission. Contact the library in the first instance.

Further Information

Finding Aids

The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.

Listed as no. 666 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).

Access Points

Bleakley | Robert James | fl 1937-1940 | Colonial Office cadet

Great Britain | Colonial Office | Officials and employees

Singapore | Description and travel

China | Description and travel

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