Diaries, despatches and memoranda relating to the Middle East and North Africa mostly compiled by Slade-Baker during his work as a correspondent for The Sunday Times, 1952-60, press-cuttings; maps. Photographic collection.
John Slade-Baker Collection
This material is held atMiddle East Centre Archive, St Antony's College, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 165 0263
- Dates of Creation
- 1948-1966
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 16 boxes; 4 vols.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Colonel John Bigelow Slade-Baker (d.1966)
Served Regular Army, 1915-47; Foreign Correspondent of The Sunday Times in the Middle East and North Africa, 1952-60; lectured for London Services Education Committee, 1965. Died 19 April 1966.
Arrangement
Papers; diaries; despatches; press-cuttings; maps
Access Information
Open
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Archivist's Note
Fonds level description created by Clare Brown 17 November 1999 and revised by Debbie Usher 4 November 2003
Conditions Governing Use
No restrictions on copying or quotation other than statutory regulations and preservation concerns