Scope and Contents
Text of a summer school address given at Trinity College, Cambridge, in April 1950 (30 pages).
Dates
- Creation: 1950
Creator
- Paget, Hugh, fl1950 (Historian) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Edward Robert Hugh Paget (1910-1981) studied history, and worked for the British Council for thirty years, serving as its representative in Jamaica, the Netherlands, Mexico, Poland and Australia. As the first representative in Jamaica, he helped to found the Jamaican Library Service, and in London he was the first director of the Hans Crescent Hostel for overseas students. In Australia, he organised exhibitions to mark the bicentenary of Captain James Cook and Sir Joseph Banks’s landing, and the opening of the Sydney Opera House.
Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
MSS 7
Other Finding Aids
Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 142.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by Hugh Paget, date unknown.
General
This collection level description was created by WS and MJC.
Originator(s)
Paget, Edward Robert Hugh, 1910-1981
Geographic
- Date
- 2006-11-23 12:08:45+00:00
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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