Papers of Harold Wycliffe Jackson

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 500
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1946-1963
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box

Scope and Content

Scrapbook and press cuttings accumulated as Director of Broadcasting, Malaya, 1946-1958 and as first General Manager, Rhodesia Television, 1960-1963, with accompanying correspondence and photographs; contribution on Malayan programmes by Norman Lloyd Williams, [?1946-1958].

Administrative / Biographical History

Harold Wycliffe Jackson (b 1906) became head of the Diplomatic Section, Control Office (Germany and Austria), 1946 before moving to Malaya, where he took the post of Deputy Director of Broadcasting in 1946 and Director, 1951-1958. He was later appointed first General Manager, Rhodesia Television, 1960-1963.

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. 591 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

Further press cuttings were donated to the library in May 1986 and added to the collection.