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Walter Bell Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10604

Scope and Contents

Personal and professional papers of the diplomat, intelligence officer and writer Walter Bell (1909-2004). The collection includes family correspondence, papers relating to his work with MI5 and MI6 in the United States, Africa, India and the West Indies, papers relating to the East West Institute (Interdoc), correspondence relating to Bell’s spiritual life, and papers of his wife Katharine Bell relating to her wartime service and to women’s education in Africa.

Dates

  • Creation: 1920s-1990s (and later transcripts)

Creator

Extent

5 archive box(es) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Jimmy Burns OBE, 2026.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

Contact:
Cambridge University Library
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Cambridge CB3 9DR United Kingdom