Papers of Robin Martin

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 514
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1936-1964
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box

Scope and Content

Reminiscences of service in the Palestine Police Force, 1936-1948, and in the Nyasaland Police Force, 1949-1964.

Administrative / Biographical History

Robin H. Martin (b 1914) served in the Police Force in Palestine, 1936-1948 and in Nyasaland, where he was Assistant Inspector from 1949, Inspector from 1951, Assistant Superintendant from 1953, and Superintendant, 1958-1964.

Access Information

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Note

Collection level description created by Paul Davidson, Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House.

Other Finding Aids

Listed as no. 600 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).

Conditions Governing Use

No reproduction or publication of personal papers without permission. Contact the library in the first instance.

Accruals

The papers relating to service in Nyasaland were donated to the library by S.R. Denny, with the author's consent, in July 1986, and added to the collection.