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Oxford University: St Antony's College: Middle East Centre Archive
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St Antony's College
Oxford
England
OX2 6JF
Telephone: 01865 284 706
Fax: 01865 274 529
Email: debbie.usher@sant.ox.ac.uk
Open: Monday-Friday 9.45-1, 2-5.15 (by appointment only) - N.B. there is 20 minute closure for tea/coffee at 11 and 4
Closed: see website
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- Wheelchair access
ARCHON code: 165
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Businesses (6)
Organisations (11)
- Anglo-Arab Association
- Anglo-Omani Society
- Anglo-Palestine Archives Project
- Cairo Scientific Society Cairo, Egypt
- Committee for Arab Affairs
- Frontier Force: Reflections on Securing Dhofar for Civil Development, oral history project Oman
- Jerusalem and the East Mission
- Palestine Police Authority Palestine
- Palestine Police Old Comrades' Association Palestine
- Palestine Police Oral History Project
- Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces Association Oman
Persons (216)
- Alexander, Michael Solomon (1799-1845) Bishop in Jerusalem
- Ali, Naji Salim Al- (1938-1987), cartoonist Palestine
- Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman (1861-1936) 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo, Field Marshal
- Altounyan, Ernest Haik Riddall (1890-1962), physician Syria
- Antonius, George Habib (1891-1942), colonial officer, historian and political activist
- Appleton, George (1902-1993) Archbishop in Jerusalem
- Armitage, Henry St John Basil (1924-2004), diplomat
- Arthur, Sir Geoffrey (1920-1984) Knight, diplomat
- Baker, John Slade (d 1966) Colonel Journalist
- Ball, Robert (1919-1987), policeman Palestine
- Ball, Royston Arthur (b 1928)
- Barbour, Nevill (1895-1974), writer and broadcaster on Arab affairs
- Barker, William (1738-1825) Merchant of Smyrna
- Barren, Minna (fl 1952)
- Beasley, Ina (b 1898), Sudan Education Service
- Beaumont, Richard Ashton (1912-2009), Knight, diplomat and Arabist
- Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian (1868-1926), traveller, archaeologist and government official
- Bell, Sir Thomas Hugh (1844-1931) 2nd Baronet Yorkshire industrialist and politician
- Bennett, Sir John Wheeler Wheeler- (1902-1975), Knight historian
- Bentwich, Norman (1883-1971) Attorney General for Palestine
- Bickersteth, Edward Monier (1882-1976) Secretary of the Jerusalem and the East Mission
- Birdwood, William Riddell (1865-1951) 1st Baron Birdwood, Field Marshal
- Blackburn, Donald (1902-1996), missionary
- Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen (1840-1922), hedonist, poet, and breeder of Arab horses
- Blyth, George Francis Popham (d 1914) Bishop in Jerusalem
- Bowman, Humphrey Ernest (1879-1965) Director of Education Colonial Service
- Boyd, Sir Alexander William Keown- (1884-1954), Knight, Egyptian civil servant
- Boyle, Harry (1863-1937) Diplomat
- Bramly, Wilfrid Edgar Jennings- (1871-1960), businessman and traveller in Egypt
- Brodie, Donald Haigh (1917-1981), Palestine Policeman Palestine
- Brown, Eden Tatton- (1877-1961), public servant
- Brown, George Francis Graham (1891-1942) Bishop in Jerusalem
- Brown, Jill (1942-2011), photojournalist
- Bullard, Sir Reader William (1885-1976) Knight Diplomat
- Butler, Michael Paul (b 1940), soldier and development adviser, Abu Dhabi and Oman
- Butt, Charles William (1935-2006), Sergeant, Aden Protectorate Levies Oman
- Carruthers, Alexander Douglas Mitchell (1882-1962), explorer and naturalist
- Cheetham, Sir Milne (1869-1938) Knight Diplomat
- Chehab, Farid (1908-1985) Emir, Intelligence Officer and Lebanese Ambassador
- Chirol, Sir Ignatius Valentine (1852-1929) Knight, traveller, journalist and author
- Clayton, Sir Gilbert Falkingham (1875-1929) Knight Brigadier General Colonial Administrator
- Clayton, Sir Iltyd Nicholl (1886-1955) Knight Brigadier
- Cleaver, Percy (1915-1998), policeman, Palestine
- Coghill, Sir Marmaduke Nevill Patrick Somervill (1896-1981), 6th Baronet, Lieutenant Colonel
- Coote, Eyre (1759-1823), General Colonial Governor
- Cornwallis, Sir Kinahan (1883-1959) Knight Civil Servant and Diplomat
- Cox, Sir Percy Zachariah (1864-1937) Knight Major General Colonial Administrator and Diplomat
- Craig, Sir Albert James Macqueen (1924-2007), Knight Diplomat
- Crossman, Richard Howard Stafford (1907-1974) MP Journalist
- Crowe, Sir Colin Tradescant (1913-1989), Knight Diplomat
- Cunningham, Sir Alan Gordon (1887-1983), Knight, General
- Dalton, Edward Hugh John Neale (1887-1962) Baron Dalton, statesman
- Deane-Drummond, Anthony John (1917-2012), Major General, Royal Signals Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire
- Deedes, Sir Wyndham Henry (1883-1956) Knight Brigadier General Social Worker and Zionist
- Dickson, Harold Richard Patrick (1881-1959) Lieutenant Colonel Colonial Administrator
- Dickson, John (d 1906) Consul at Damascus and Jerusalem
- Dickson, Dame Violet Penelope (1896-1991), wife of Colonel Harold Dickson and resident of Kuwait
- Dundas, Lawrence John Lumley (1876-1961) 2nd Marquess of Zetland, politician and Orientalist
- Dunlop, David Colin (1897-1968), churchman
- Edmonds, Cecil John (1889-1979) Diplomat
- Edwards, Francis William (b 1931), author
- Ensor, Andrew Fisher (1918-2008), oil executive
- Everett, Sir William (1844-1908) Knight Colonel Diplomat
- Ewers, Gorden (1924-2000), Palestine policeman Palestine
- Fisher, Sir Godfrey Arthur (1885-1969) Knight, diplomat
- Flinn, Walter Leonard (1883-1969), Persian carpet importer
- Forbes, Joan Rosita (1890-1967) Traveller and Writer
- Furness, Sir Robert Allason (1883-1954) Knight Egyptian Civil Servant
- Gandy, Christopher Thomas (b 1917), diplomat
- Gaury, Gerald de (1897-1984), soldier, Arabist, explorer and diplomat
- Giesler, Rodney William Aldous (b 1931), film maker Kuwait
- Gill, Cecil Gervase Hope (1894-1984) Diplomat
- Glubb, Sir John Bagot (1897-1986) Knight Chief of General Staff Arab Legion
- Goldsmid, Albert Edward Williamson (1846-1904) Colonel
- Gordon, Charles George (1833-1885) Major General China
- Gorst, Sir John Eldon (1861-1911) Knight Consul General in Egypt
- Gould, Lorraine MacDonald (1898-1935), resident of Kabul Afghanistan
- Graham, John David Carew (b 1923) Major General
- Graves, Richard Massie (1880-1960) Diplomat
- Grenfell, Francis Wallace (1841-1925) 1st Baron Grenfell, Field Marshal
- Haig, Sir Wolseley (1865-1938) Knight Diplomat
- Hamilton, John Almeric de Courcy (1896-1973), Colonial administrator
- Hamilton, Robert Ernest (b 1925), policeman
- Hawley, Donald Frederick (b 1921), Knight Colonial administrator and diplomat
- Hay, Sir William Rupert (1893-1962) Knight Lieutenant Colonel Indian Administrator
- Hazelden, John Winston (b 1942), member of the Royal Oman Police Oman
- Henderson, Alexander (1850-1934) 1st Baron Faringdon, MP Financier
- Hepworth, Charles (b 1943), soldier
- Herbert, Mervyn Robert Howard Molyneux (1882-1929), diplomat
- Hogarth, David George (1862-1927) Arab Historian and Archaeologist
- Holiday, Sir Frederick Charles (1843-1930) Knight Auditor of Indian Home Accounts
- Holme, Anthea (1919-2012) Palestine
- Holmes, Richard J (b 1928) Diplomat
- Holmes, Richard J (1928-1977), of Aden Aden
- Hornsby, Sir Bertram (d 1943) Knight Egyptian Civil Servant
- Hubbard, Laurence Arthur (b 1936), missionary
- Ingrams, William Harold (1897-1973), colonial administrator and author
- Keating, Rex (1910-2005), broadcaster
- Kennedy, Sir Alexander Blackie William (1847-1928), Knight, engineer
- Kermack, Stuart Grace (b 1888) Sheriff Substitute
- Kerr, William Walker (1971-2003), soldier, Oman Oman
- Kirby, Sir Arthur Frank (b 1899) Knight Transport Administrator
- Kirby, Trevor (b 1923), Palestine policeman Palestine
- Kirkbride, Alec Seath (1897-1978), knight diplomat
- Kirkcaldy, James Ewan Dewar (1924-1999), policeman
- Kuhl, Charles Henry Leopold (b 1844) Resident Engineer to the Danube Commission
- Lampson, Miles Wedderburn (1880-1964) 1st Baron Killearn, diplomat
- Lancaster, William (b 1938), anthropologist
- Layard, Sir Austen Henry (1817-1894) Knight, politician, diplomat and archaeologist
- Leach, Hugh Raymond (b 1934), soldier, diplomat, explorer
- Leachman, Gerard Evelyn (1880-1920) Colonel Explorer
- Lewis, Norman Nicholson (1919-2010), conscientious objector Libya
- Lloyd, George Ambrose (1879-1941) 1st Baron Lloyd, politician and colonial administrator
- Loder, John de Vere (1895-1970) 2nd Baron Wakehurst, Colonial Governor
- Longrigg, Stephen Hemsley (1893-1979) Brigadier
- Loraine, Sir Percy Lyham (1880-1961) 12th Baronet Diplomat
- Lotbiniere, Helen Ruth Mildred Joly de (1912-1953), resident of Aden Aden
- Lucas, Ivor (b 1927), diplomat
- Luke, Sir Harry Charles (1884-1969) Knight Colonial Governor
- Lyon, Wallace Adalbert (1892-1977) Iraq
- MacGillivray, Donald Charles (1906-1966), Knight Colonial Administrator
- Macinnes, Angus Campbell (1901-1977) Archbishop in Jerusalem and Metropolitan
- Macinnes, Rennie (1870-1931) Bishop of Jerusalem
- Maclean, Allan Bruce (1858-1918), diplomat
- MacMichael, Sir Harold Alfred (1882-1969), Knight Colonial Administrator
- Magnes, Judah Leon (1877-1948) President of the Hebrew University Jerusalem
- Mance, Sir Henry Osborne (1875-1966) Knight, Knight Brigadier General
- Mathew, David (1902-1975) Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, historian
- May, Sir William Rupert (1893-1962) Knight Lieutenant Colonel
- Mayers, Norman (1895-1986) Diplomat
- McNeill, Angus John (1874-1950), Brigadier General
- Meinertzhagen, Richard (1878-1967), colonial administrator ornithologist
- Mellor, Aubrey Rollo Ibbetson (1892-1977), civil servant Egypt
- Melville, Robert Kenneth (b 1918), soldier
- Moberly, John Campbell (1925-2004), Knight diplomat
- Monckton, Reginald Francis Percy (1896-1975) Colonial Administrator
- Monroe, Elizabeth (1905-1986), journalist and scholar of the Middle East
- Morris, Robert Leslie (fl 1861-1862)
- Nalder, Leonard Fielding (1888-1958) Colonial Governor
- Negima, Solomon N (fl 1885-1933), dragoman Palestine;Israel
- Nicholson, William Ewart (1890-1983), educationalist
- Noel-Baker, Philip John (1889-1982) Baron Noel Baker, politician
- Palgrave, William Gifford (1826-1888) Diplomat and Traveller
- Parkes, James William (1896-1981) Historian and Theologian
- Paxton, Julian (b 1937) Secretary of the British Yemeni Society
- Peake, Frederick Gerard (1886-1970) Lieutenant General
- Perowne, Stewart Henry (1901-1989) orientalist and historian
- Philby, Harry St John Bridger (1885-1960), explorer and orientalist
- Pollock, James Huey Hamill (1893-1982) Colonial Administrator
- Poole, John (1912-1977), policeman
- Popham, Reginald Philip (1900-1999), Somerset Light Infantry signals division, telephone engineer
- Price, Morgan Philips (1885-1973), MP and journalist
- Ramirez, Rosalind (1912-1999), governess Iraq
- Rapp, Sir Thomas Cecil (1893-1984) Knight Diplomat
- Rendel, Sir George William (1889-1979) Knight Diplomat
- Renton, James Malcolm Leslie (1898-1972) Brigadier
- Reynolds, Kenneth Lindsay (1870-1957), Headmaster, St George's School, Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
- Robinson, Valerie Winifred (b 1934)
- Ross, Henry James (1820-1900) Traveller and Banker
- Rowley, Noel (b 1926), soldier
- Russell, Sir Thomas Wentworth (1879-1954) Knight Commandant of Cairo Police 'russell Pasha'
- Ryan, Sir Andrew (1876-1949) Knight Diplomat
- Samuel, Herbert Louis (1870-1963) 1st Viscount Samuel, statesman
- Scott, Hugh (1885-1960), entomologist
- Scrivener, Rupert Frederick (1890-1951) Chief Engineer of Palestine
- Searle, Pauline (b 1922), journalist
- Shepherd, Francis Michie (1892-1962), Knight Diplomat
- Shipman, John Gervase Trafford (1939-2016), diplomat
- Shlaim, Avi (b 1945), political scientist and historian
- Shone, Sir Terence Allen (1894-1965) Knight, diplomat
- Sichel, Peter Robert (b 1946) Oman
- Simpson, James (b 1927), soldier
- Skeet, Ian (b 1928), author
- Smiley, David (1916-2009), Colonel
- Smith, Arthur Lionel Forster (1880-1972), educationist
- Smith, Sir Laurence Barton Grafftey- (1892-1989), Knight, diplomat
- Somerset, Fitzroy Richard (1885-1964) 4th Baron Raglan
- Spears, Sir Edward Louis (1886-1974) Knight Major General Politician and Author
- Spry, Sir John Farley (b 1910) Knight Chief Justice of Gibraltar
- Stark, Dame Freya Madeline (1893-1993), author and traveller
- Stein, Sir Mark Aurel (1862-1943) Knight Scholar Explorer Archaeologist
- Stewart, Weston Henry (1887-1969) Bishop in Jerusalem
- Stirling, Sir Alexander John Dickson (1927-2014), Knight Colonial Administrator
- Storrs, Sir Ronald (1881-1955), Knight, administrator and historian
- Sykes, Edward (1910-92) Railway builder
- Sykes, Sir Percy Molesworth (1867-1945) Knight Lieutenant Colonel Colonial Administrator
- Tafti, Hassan Barnaba Dehqani- (b 1920) Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the Middle East
- Taylorson, Philip (b 1948), soldier
- Tegart, Sir Charles Augustus (1881-1946) Knight Indian Police Officer
- Thesiger, Sir Wilfred Patrick (1910-2003), Knight, diplomat, author and traveller
- Tholozan, Sir Joseph Desiree (1819-1897) Knight Physician
- Thomas, Bertram Sidney (1892-1950), diplomat explorer author
- Thomas, Noel Edward Ivor (1901-1984), teacher, club secretary and scout master
- Tripe, William Borrowdale (b 1906) Colonial Administrator
- Tweedy, Owen (1888-1960) Journalist and Civil Servant
- Tytler, Sir William Kerr Fraser- (1886-1963) Knight Minister to Afghanistan
- Vatikiotis, Panayiotis Jerasimos (1928-1998) Professor of Politics
- Vaux, Sir Richard Augustus (1869-1946) Knight Judge in Egypt
- Vivian, Hussey Crespigny (1834-1893) 3rd Baron Vivian, diplomat
- Wade, Harry Llewellyn (1908-1983), airman
- War, Richard Joseph (b 1921), economist and author
- Ward, John Edward (b 1940) Oman
- Warton, Keith (1940-2010), flight lieutenant, Royal Air Force
- Wauchope, Sir Arthur Grenfell (1874-1947) Knight General
- White, Hugh Edgar (1914-1940), Palestine policeman and Royal Air Force pilot
- Wilson, Sir Arnold Talbot (1884-1940) Knight Soldier Explorer Politician Author
- Wilson, Henry Maitland (1881-1964) 1st Baron Wilson, Field Marshal
- Wilson, Monica (b 1920), journalist Palestine
- Wilson, Patrick Joseph (1926-2014), military policeman Palestine
- Wingate, Sir Francis Reginald (1861-1953) 1st Baronet General
- Wingate, Sir Ronald Evelyn Leslie (1889-1978) Knight Civil Servant and Author
- Wood, Barbara (b 1926), resident of Saudi Arabia
- Wood, Sir Richard (1806-1900) Knight Diplomat
- Wordsworth, John (1843-1911) Bishop of Salisbury
- Wright, Sir Denis Arthur Hepworth (1911-2005) Knight, diplomat
- Young, Sir Hubert Winthrop (1885-1950) Knight Soldier and Administrator
Diaries (59)
- Allen, Howard Alfred (b 1917) of Palestine Palestine
- Archibald, S G (fl 1912-1920) Lawyer Egypt
- Ashley, Edward (1934-2001), Lieutenant Colonel of Oman Oman
- Braddick, Bertie Billy (b 1928), policeman of Palestine Palestine
- Brebber, Alexander (1896-1991), Military Court President, Palestine Mandate of Palestine Palestine
- Bremner, Mackaine-Bremner A Fergus (fl 1971-2005), soldier, Sultanate of Oman Oman
- Brown, Pauline Tatton- (fl 1915-1934), wife of Eden Tatton-Brown, Egyptian public servant
- Brown, Kenneth (fl 1941-2004), soldier of Palestine Palestine
- Brown, David Oliver (b 1926), soldier of Egypt Egypt;Palestine
- Buccianti, Alessandro (fl c1772-1801) of Egypt Egypt
- Burt, John (b 1925) of Palestine Palestine
- Cafferata, Raymond Oswald (1897-1966), Soldier And Colonial Police Officer of Liverpool Liverpool, Lancashire
- Cannings, Victor Henry Douglas (b 1919), policeman of Palestine Palestine
- Card, John Grenville (b 1926), policeman of Palestine Palestine
- Chatty, Dawn (fl 1978-2015), ethnographer
- Duchesne, Martin (b1928), police officer of Palestine Palestine
- Edwards, Stephen Herbert St George (1912-1997), Palestine policeman of Palestine Palestine
- Edwards, George Robert (1903-1988), Lance-Corporal, Royal Engineers
- Felgate, Frederick Albert (1915-1976), policeman of Palestine Palestine
- Gibb, B (fl 1938) Assistant District Commissioner In Palestine Palestine
- Gibbons, Wiliam Joseph (b 1927), policeman of Palestine Palestine
- Gore, William (b 1951), Sultan's Forces Engineer of Oman Oman
- Green, Gerald John (b 1928), policeman of Palestine Palestine
- Hainge, James William Arthur (b1927), policeman of Palestine Palestine
- Houshang, Dehesh (b 1937)
- Johns, Cedric Norman (1904-1992), receiver of letters about Israel Wandsworth, Surrey
- Jones, Frank William (b 1928), policeman of Palestine Palestine
- Kent, Derek Frederick John (b 1925)
- Knapp, Wilfrid Francis (1924-2011), scholar
- Lamond, Alec R (fl 1970-1979), Army Captain of Oman Oman
- Langlie, Stephen Lloyd (b1933), United States Military Assistance Advisory Group Mission to Tehran of Iran Iran
- Lockhart, Hugh J (fl 1972-1974), Major
- Loyd, Michael (b 1938) of Oman Oman
- Macguffie, Alexander H (fl 1940-1944), Lieutenant Colonel, chaplain of Aden Aden
- Malcolm, Bini (fl 1960-1969), photojournalist of Yemen Yemen
- Mckeown, John (fl 1981) Brigadier Oman
- Mitchell, David (fl 1947-1948), soldier of Palestine Palestine
- Morton, Desmond (1927-2005), policeman of Palestine Palestine
- Mountford, Stephen Anthony (b 1948), of Oman Oman
- Norgate, Eric (fl c1938-1949), Palestine Police of Palestine Palestine
- Owen, Geoffrey EH (b 1916), policeman of Palestine Palestine
- Peyton, William Durham (1917-1991) Journalist And Banker Oman
- Geyelin, Philip (1924-2004)
- Pollard, Kenneth James (1926-2009), soldier
- Read, Michael Richard (1916-1980), soldier
- Roberts, William Hamish (fl 1950-2008), pilot for the Aden Port Trust of Aden Aden
- Rodgers, Christopher Howard (b 1948), soldier
- Rodrick, Roy Noel (b 1927), policeman of Palestine Palestine
- Rowell, Frank Leslie (fl c1914-1918) of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
- Russell, Francis Mark (b 1927), policeman of Palestine Palestine
- Sims, Les (b 1926) of Palestine Palestine
- Steinfeld, Rebecca (fl 1990-2010), researcher into Israeli fertility policy of Israel Israel
- Sykes, Herbert Rushton (b1870), engineer of Persia Persia
- Taylor, Jim (fl 1961-1963), soldier of Oman Oman
- Teesdale, Frank Robinson (1880-1916), Captain of Iraq Iraq
- Thorne, Charles (fl 1915-1918), trooper
- Weaver, Ray (fl c1950-1969), teacher of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
- Wells, Edward Herbert (b 1924), policeman of Palestine Palestine
- Wheeler, Geoffrey Edleston (1897-1990) Indian Army Officer India;Persia;Iraq;Turkey
Families (1)
- Barker, family of Alexandria Alexandria, Egypt
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (28)
- NRA 41055 Nevill Barbour, writer and broadcaster: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 41056 Humphrey Ernest Bowman, director of education, Palestine: corresp and papers
- NRA 40605 General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham: corresp and papers as High Commissioner for Palestine
- NRA 41057 Lt-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, colonial administrator: corresp and papers
- NRA 41058 John Dickson, ccnsul at Damascus and Jerusalem: corresp and papers
- NRA 41061 Cecil John Edmonds, diplomat: corresp and papers
- NRA 40612 Colonel Sir William Everett, diplomat: corresp and papers
- NRA 40642 Sir Robert Allason Furness, Egyptian civil servant: corresp and papers
- NRA 41483 Lt-Colonel Sir William Rupert Hay, Indian administrator: corresp, diaries and papers
- NRA 42377 Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon, financier: corresp and papers rel to National Bank of Tur
- NRA 41211 Richard J Holmes, diplomat: corresp and papers
- NRA 41212 Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, diplomat: corresp and papers
- NRA 40641 Captain Wilfrid Edgar Jennings-Bramly: corresp and papers
- NRA 41213 Jerusalem and the East Mission
- NRA 41216 Brigadier-General Sir H Osborne Mance: papers
- NRA 41217 Norman Mayers, diplomat: corresp and papers
- NRA 41214 Brigadier-General Angus John McNeill: corresp and papers
- NRA 16245 Middle East business records
- NRA 43251 Oman Archive
- NRA 20811 Oxford University: St Antony's College Middle East Centre private papers collection
- NRA 43992 Oxford University: St Anthony's College, Middle East Centre: misc accessions
- NRA 42967 Stewart Henry Perowne, orientalist and historian: corresp and papers
- NRA 40827 Harry St John Bridger Philby, explorer and orientalist: corresp and papers
- NRA 41126 Morgan Philips Price, MP and journalist: diaries, corresp and papers rel to the Middle East
- NRA 41218 Sir Andrew Ryan, diplomat: corresp and papers
- NRA 41134 Rupert Frederick Scrivener, chief engineer of railways and ports, Palestine: corresp and papers
- NRA 41079 Major-General Sir Edward Louis Spears, Bt: corresp and papers rel to the Middle East
- NRA 42966 Owen Meredith Tweedy, journalist and civil servant: diaries, corresp and papers
Accessions
These are selected lists of new or additional collections that were acquired by this archive during a specific year. If a date is not displayed there are no accessions for that year.
