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Collection Level Description: Papers of Percy Coriat
Reference: GB 0162 MSS.Afr.s.1684, Micr.Afr.572
Title: Papers of Percy Coriat
Dates of Creation: 1920-1960
Extent: 3 boxes; 3 reels
Name of Creator: Percy Coriat
Language of Material: eng
Administrative/Biographical History
Percy Coriat, Colonial Administrator in the Sudan, Libya and Oman.
Scope and Content
The collection contains:
- Diaries, letters from Coriat to his wife, memoranda, reports, etc., relating to his service in the Sudan (as
District Commissioner), Libya and Oman, 1920-1960. With "Soldier in Oman" by Coriat, ca.1959, reminiscences
by Mrs.
Coriat, and notes by E. F. Aglen on the folklore, customs and history of Kordofan, Sudan, 1935 (reference:
MSS.Afr.s.1684).
- 3 associated cinefilm reels (reference: Micr.Afr.572).
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 nos. 1049, 1053 and 1054 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford,
Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Access Points
Coriat | Percy | fl 1920-1960 | Colonial administrator
Coriat | - | fl 1920-1960 | wife of Percy Coriat, Colonial administrator
Aglen | E F | fl 1935
Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service
Colonial administrators
Kordofan (Sudan) | Social life and customs
Sudan | Officials and employees
Libya | Officials and employees
Oman | Officials and employees
Transformation from XML to HTML by Lawrence Mielniczuk
20 January 2012
Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House