Collection GB 0366 MR - READ, Margaret (1889-1991)

5 boxes; 1 packet

GB 0366 MR 1900-c1982 collection 5 boxes; 1 packet Read , Margaret , 1889-1991 , social anthropologist

Margaret Read (1889-1991) was an pioneer in applying social anthropology and ethnography to the education and health problems of developing countries. Having studied at Newnham College Cambridge, from 1919 to 1924 she undertook missionary social work in Indian hill villages. From 1924-1930 she lectured on international affairs in Britain and the United States. During the 1930s she studied anthropology at the London School of Economics (LSE), did ethnographic field research in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland and lectured at LSE. In 1940 Margaret Read was awarded a Chair at the Institute of Education, University of London and became Head of the Department of Education in Tropical Areas, a post which she held until her retirement in 1955. Read was influential in shaping the British Government's attitude to post-war colonial education and was a close personal friend of Sir Christopher Cox at the Colonial Office. After her retirement, she undertook consultancy work, notably for the World Health Organisation and held a number of visiting professorships in Nigeria and the United States.

Deposited in 1993 and 1994.

Papers of Margaret Read, comprising travel notebooks and diaries, dating particularly from the 1940s onwards; photographs, including albums of overseas visits and tours, dating from 1919, particularly in Africa; personalia; drafts of published and unpublished writings; correspondence.

Open.

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English

Papers relating to Margaret Read's anthropological work amongst the Ngoni of Malawi are held at the British Library of Political and Economic Science. Correspondence between Read and Margery Perham is held at Rhodes House, Oxford.

  Created 11/24/1999, modified  12/5/2000  Africa Central Africa Colonial countries Colonialism Developing countries East Africa Economic relations Health education Imperialism India Institute of Education Interdependence International economic relations Kenya Malawi Missionary work Nigeria Political doctrines Political systems Read , Margaret , 1889-1991 , social anthropologist Religious activities Social work South Africa South Asia Southern Africa West Africa WHO , World Health Organization x World Health Organization Zambia

Deposited in 1993 and 1994.

Papers of Margaret Read, comprising travel notebooks and diaries, dating particularly from the 1940s onwards; photographs, including albums of overseas visits and tours, dating from 1919, particularly in Africa; personalia; drafts of published and unpublished writings; correspondence.

Open.

A reader wishing to publish any quotation of information, including pictorial, derived from any archive material must apply in writing for prior permission from the Librarian or other appropriate person(s) as indicated by the Archivist. A limited number of photocopies may be supplied at the discretion of the Archivist.

• English

• Latin

English

Papers relating to Margaret Read's anthropological work amongst the Ngoni of Malawi are held at the British Library of Political and Economic Science. Correspondence between Read and Margery Perham is held at Rhodes House, Oxford.

• English