Richard Offor Library Adviser Inter-University Council 1947-1960, 1947 - 1960
Scope and Contents
Album with panel on cover with title, originally containing 20 photographs of ten libraries but with 7 missing. The following list of libraries represented gives the number of photographs now in the album, with the original number in brackets:
Hong Kong 1 (2)
Khartoum 1 (2)
Malaya (Singapore) 2 (2)
Malaya (Kuala Lumpur) 2 (2)
Ghana 0 (2)
Ibadan 1 (2)
Makerere 0 (2)
Rhodesia and Nyasaland 2 (2)
West Indies 2 (2)
Dates
- Creation: 1947 - 1960
Creator
- Offor, Richard, 1882 - 1964 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Richard Offor (1882-1964), Librarian Emeritus of the University of Leeds, was the first holder of the post of Library Adviser to the Inter-University Council. His successors were J.H.P. Pafford and J.D. Pearson.
Extent
1 album(s) (13 images in 1 album)
Language of Materials
English
General
SG.
Originator(s)
Offor, Richard, 1882-1964
Finding aid date
2004-02-10 15:23:24+00:00
Repository Details
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