Allgrove, Joseph William. Papers Collection, 1920-1984
Scope and Contents
Microfilm No. 72 - Account of journey to Singapore, 1920; prisoner of war diary, Changi, 1941-45.
Box 1 - Memoir by J.W. Allgrove entitled ‘Things Told and Remembered’; notes on plantation life.
Box 2 - Copy letter-books, 1969-84; private correspondence, 1955-56; tour notes, 1959, 1961.
Box 3 - Tour notes and tour diaries, 1964-74.
Box 4 - Tour notes and tour diaries, 1964-74 (box 3 contd.).
Box 5 - Tour notes, 1974-75; crop estimates and statistics.
Box 6 - Reports on individual estates, 1953-76.
Box 7 - Reports on individual estates, 1953-76 (box 6 contd.).
Box 8 - List of estates, maps, estate valuations.
Box 9 - Reports on individual estates and factories, 1975-82; plans for workers’ quarters.
Box 10 - Reports on individual estates and factories, 1975-82; plans for workers’ quarters.
Box 11 - Staff and personnel files, 1955-84.
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Dates
- Creation: 1920 - 1984
Biographical / Historical
Rubber planter in Malaya from 1920; joined Thomas Barlow and Bros. 1931; imprisoned by the Japanese in Changi Gaol 1941; worked on Siam-Burma railway 1942-5; resumed working for Barlows 1946; returned to Britain in 1952 but until 1976 made many visits to Malaysia as Visiting Agent or Director of Estate Companies; died 1984.
Extent
1 item(s) (microfilm)
11 archive box(es)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed by J.W. Allgrove
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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