Papers of Sir Robert Birley

Personal papers, circa 1959-1982. Political and research papers, papers relating to the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, lectures, speeches and interviews, Hansards, press cuttings, and miscellaneous correspondence, 1940-982. Most material relates to South Africa.
Items relating to southern Africa include: Control of Book, 1940,1945, 1972, 1973 and 1978; press cuttings, letters and articles, 1965-66; Birley's Lecture Notes; letters to Birley, 1962-76; Student Union papers on the Confidential Enquiry of the University of Rhodesia, and Nyasaland; speeches in South Africa and East Africa, 1971; speeches, letters, notes, 1964+; South Africa - laws, Hansards and Birley's notes 1950+; various pamphlets and press cuttings, 1960's-1970's.

Sir Robert was an English educationalist who was Head Master of Charterhouse School and, from 1949-63, Eton College. A leading anti-apartheid campaigner, he was also a visiting Professor of Education at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1964-1967. Arising from the disturbances that occurred at the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in March 1966, Birley was appointed as a Commissioner of Enquiry to investigate and report on the events and to make recommendations for the improvement of machinery for staff and student administration. The 'Birley Report' was published later in April 1966 and presented to the College Council.

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Sir Robert was an English educationalist who was Head Master of Charterhouse School and, from 1949-63, Eton College. A leading anti-apartheid campaigner, he was also a visiting Professor of Education at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1964-1967. Arising from the disturbances that occurred at the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in March 1966, Birley was appointed as a Commissioner of Enquiry to investigate and report on the events and to make recommendations for the improvement of machinery for staff and student administration. The 'Birley Report' was published later in April 1966 and presented to the College Council.

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* Further records concerning Sir Robert Birley can be found in the Educational Interchange Council Archive, see EIC/3/6/1.
* More papers of Sir Robert Birley are held at City University (GB 2107 Birley).

University College of Rhodesia: Report by Dr Robert Birley. April 1966 ( Salisbury , 1966 )

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