Papers of Sam Jackett, Reuters journalist

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. c. 3273, Photogr. c. 31
  • Dates of Creation
    • [ca. 1910]-1954, n.d.
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Papers of Sam Jackett comprising:

  • pocket diary, 1945
  • correspondence and papers, 1936-54, n.d. Most of the letters were written by Jackett to his wife, Onah, while stationed in India during the Second World War
  • photographs of the Jacketts' wedding, Apr. 1937, and miscellaneous family photographs, [1910s-1940s].

Administrative / Biographical History

Sam Jackett (fl 1936-54) was a Reuters journalist.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Bought by the Library, D.P. White, cat. 52 (1993), item 90.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.