R.S. Elwell-Sutton Papers

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Collection Level Description: Papers of Ralph S. Elwell-Sutton

Reference: GB 0162 MSS.Afr.s.1967
Title: Papers of Ralph S. Elwell-Sutton
Dates of Creation: 1949-1971
Extent: 2 boxes
Name of Creator: R.S. Elwell-Sutton

Language of Material: eng

Administrative/Biographical History

R.S. Elwell-Sutton was born in 1913 and educated at Sherborne School, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. After military service (1939-1946) he joined the Tanganyika Government Service as an Education Officer (1947); he became Senior Education Officer in 1960.

Scope and Content

Memoranda, reports, letters, teaching papers and a school magazine, relating to work as an Education Officer in Tanganyika.

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. 1081 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).

Access Points

Elwell-Sutton | R S | b 1913 | education officer in Tanganyika

Education | Tanganyika

Great Britain | Colonies | Tanganyika

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23 January 2012
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