Special correspondence: Professor Sir Reginald Coupland and Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, 1940-09 - 1945-10
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Sir Reginald Coupland [Beit Professor of History of the British Empire at Oxford University] and Sir Ernest Oppenheimer on subjects including: Coupland's books "The Indian Problem", "Indian Politics" and "India, A Re-statement"; regional government for India; India's future position in the world; the Indian constitution; Mohandas Gandhi's protest policy; the Congress Party's hostility to political minorities; Coupland's part in Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps’s mission to India; Oppenheimer's funding for Coupland's work on the constitution.
Other correspondents include: W A Chapple, Oppenheimer's representative in London (7).
Also includes: notes by LSA on Coupland's books.
Dates
- 1940-09 - 1945-10
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
1 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
Box 175
Finding aid date
2004-08-13 10:11:49.060000+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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