Commonwealth & African Collections at the Bodleian Library

Description: The Bodleian holds over 4000 manuscript collections relating to the Commonwealth and Africa including the papers of the Anti-Slavery Society, the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Sir Roy Welensky and many people who served in the Colonial Service or as teachers, doctors, soldiers and engineers in the territories covered. See http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/finding-resources/special/guides/commonwealth_african for further information.
Website: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/finding-resources/special
Keywords: Commonwealth; India; Colonial history
Access: Bodleian Library reader’s ticket required.
Access for outsiders: Yes, subject to reader’s ticket being obtained.
Facilities: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/using-this-library
Charges: There may be a fee for issue of reader’s ticket if not a registered member of Oxford University.

Online catalogue: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/finding-resources/special/catalogues
Card catalogue: Card catalogue to manuscripts with more detailed handlists of particular collections as appropriate.
Digitised catalogue: No

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