Papers of Mary Marquand

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Pac. s. 99
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1946-1950
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box

Scope and Content

Photocopied typescript and manuscript of Him now; a Solomon Islands honeymoon, reminiscences of life as the wife of a colonial officer, 1946, with part of a re-write, 1949-1950.

Administrative / Biographical History

Mary Marquand was the wife of W.J. Marquand (b 1917), colonial officer and administrator. W.J. Marquand served as District Officer, British Solomon Islands Protectorate from 1946 and High Commissioner, Fiji, 1950-1953. He held the post of Assistant Secretary, Uganda from 1953 and was appointed Senior Assistant Secretary in 1961.

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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. 768 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.

Related Material

Report on community development in the British Solomon Islands by W.J. Marquand, 1949-1950 (ref. MSS. Pac. s. 98).