GB 0101 ICS 134 - ROBINSON, Kenneth Ernest (b 1914)

3 boxes and 1 folder

GB 0101 ICS 134 1974-1978 Collection (fonds) 3 boxes and 1 folder Robinson , Kenneth Ernest , b 1914 , historian
Survey of Library Resources for Commonwealth Studies

Kenneth Ernest Robinson b 1914; educated at Monoux Grammar School, Walthamstow; Hertford College, Oxford; Beit Senior Scholar in Colonial History; Colonial Office, 1936-1948; Fellow of Nuffield College and Reader in Commonwealth Government, Oxford, 1948-1957; Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of Commonwealth Affairs, University. of London, 1957-1965; Vice-Chancellor, University of Hong Kong, 1965-1972; Hallsworth Research Fellow, University of Manchester, 1972-1974; Director, Commonwealth Studies Resources Survey, University of London, 1974-1976; Editor, Journal of Commonwealth Political Studies, 1961-1965.
Publications (with W. J. M. Mackenzie) Five Elections in Africa, 1960; (with A. F. Madden) Essays in Imperial Government presented to Margery Perham, 1963; The Dilemmas of Trusteeship, 1965; (with W. B. Hamilton & C. D. Goodwin) A Decade of the Commonwealth 1955-64 (USA), 1966.

The source of acquisition by ICS is not known.

Papers of Kenneth Robinson as Director of the Survey of Library Resources for Commonwealth Studies, University of London, 1974-1978; mainly comprising correspondence with institutions regarding their relevant holdings correspondents include the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, the University of London Library; the University of Durham; the University of Hull; the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex; the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Birkbeck College; the University of Cambridge; the Royal Commonwealth Society; the University of Oxford; the India Office Library and Records; working papers and drafts of final report.

Papers sorted by subject/institution

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.
English

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The ICS also holds papers on the proposed Commonwealth Library Centre, 1950 (ICS 68).

Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Source: Who's Who. 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 Birkbeck College Commonwealth countries India Office Library and Records Information/library planning Information/library resources Information sciences Institute of Commonwealth Studies Ministry of Agriculture Political systems Resource centres Robinson , Kenneth Ernest , b 1914 , lecturer and writer on commonwealth affairs Royal Commonwealth Society Survey of Library Resources for Commonwealth Studies University of Cambridge x Cambridge University University of Durham x Durham University University of London Library University of London x London University University of Oxford x Oxford University University of Sussex x Sussex University

The source of acquisition by ICS is not known.

Papers of Kenneth Robinson as Director of the Survey of Library Resources for Commonwealth Studies, University of London, 1974-1978; mainly comprising correspondence with institutions regarding their relevant holdings correspondents include the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, the University of London Library; the University of Durham; the University of Hull; the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex; the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Birkbeck College; the University of Cambridge; the Royal Commonwealth Society; the University of Oxford; the India Office Library and Records; working papers and drafts of final report.

Papers sorted by subject/institution

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.

• English

• Latin

English

The ICS also holds papers on the proposed Commonwealth Library Centre, 1950 (ICS 68).

See link to repository catalogue.

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.

• English