GB 0101 ICS 65 - ROBERTS, Michael W (fl 1965-2001)

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GB 0101 ICS 65

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ROBERTS, Michael W (fl 1965-2001)

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  • 1965-1966 (Creation)

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2 files

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Biographical history

Michael Roberts is a Sri Lankan Australian whose secondary and university education was undertaken in Sri Lanka where he graduated with honours in History at the University of Peradeniya before proceeding to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. Completing his doctorate on British agrarian policies in 19th century Ceylon, he taught at the Department of History, University of Peradeniya from 1966 to 1975. He has been teaching at the Department of Anthropology, University of Adelaide since 1977 and has held a position of Reader since 1984.

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GB 0101 ICS 65 1965-1966 Collection (Fonds) 2 files Roberts , Michael W , fl 1965-2001 , historian

Michael Roberts is a Sri Lankan Australian whose secondary and university education was undertaken in Sri Lanka where he graduated with honours in History at the University of Peradeniya before proceeding to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. Completing his doctorate on British agrarian policies in 19th century Ceylon, he taught at the Department of History, University of Peradeniya from 1966 to 1975. He has been teaching at the Department of Anthropology, University of Adelaide since 1977 and has held a position of Reader since 1984.

Souce of acquisition by ICS not known.

Transcripts of interviews with various individuals, and questionnaires, on colonial administration in Ceylon, from research by Michael W Roberts; interviewees include Sir Hilary Blood, R N Bond, Edward Trevor Dyson, G H Ferguson, Sir Franklin Gimson, F Leach, R B Naish, T W Roberts, Walter Terence Stace, F G Stevens, A N Strong, C E Tilney, W N Williams and Leonard Woolf.

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Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act.

A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or to quote from, original material should be submitted to the Information Resources Manager.
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The ICS has several other collections relating to administration in Ceylon, including J R Granville Bantock (ICS 27); Edward Trevor Dyson (ICS 16) John Ferguson (ICS 86); M K T Sandys (ICS 71) and T W Roberts (ICS 66).

Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition, 2000. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Oct 2001 Blood , Sir , Hilary Rudolph , 1893-1967 , Knight , colonial governor Bond , R N , fl 1965-1966 , civil servant in Ceylon Central government Ceylon Ceylon Civil Service Civil servants Civil service Colonial countries Dyson , Edward Trevor , 1886-1969 , civil servant in Ceylon Gimson , Sir , Franklin Charles , 1890-1975 , Knight , colonial governor Government Political systems Public administration Roberts , Michael W , fl 1965-2001 , historian South Asia Sri Lanka Stace , Walter Terence , 1886-1967 , civil servant Woolf , Leonard Sidney , 1880-1969 , editor, author and colonial civil servant People by occupation People

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Transcripts of interviews with various individuals, and questionnaires, on colonial administration in Ceylon, from research by Michael W Roberts; interviewees include Sir Hilary Blood, R N Bond, Edward Trevor Dyson, G H Ferguson, Sir Franklin Gimson, F Leach, R B Naish, T W Roberts, Walter Terence Stace, F G Stevens, A N Strong, C E Tilney, W N Williams and Leonard Woolf.

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Accruals

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Alphabetical

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Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act.

Conditions governing reproduction

A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or to quote from, original material should be submitted to the Information Resources Manager.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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The ICS has several other collections relating to administration in Ceylon, including J R Granville Bantock (ICS 27); Edward Trevor Dyson (ICS 16) John Ferguson (ICS 86); M K T Sandys (ICS 71) and T W Roberts (ICS 66).

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List available in the ICS Library

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies

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General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition, 2000. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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