IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0101 ICS 126
Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Title: MORRIS-JONES, Wyndraeth Humphreys (b 1918)
Date(s): 1962-1986
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 2 boxes
Name of creator(s): Jones | Wyndraeth Humphreys Morris- | b 1918 | political scientist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Wyndraeth Humphreys Morris-Jones: b 1918; educated at University College School, Hampstead, London School of Economics (LSE) and Christ's College Cambridge; served Indian Army, 1941-1946, Lt Col Public Relations Directorate, 1944; Constitutional Adviser to Viceroy of India, 1947; Lecturer in Political Science, LSE, 1946-1955; Prof. of Political Theory and Institutions, University of Durham, 1955-1965; Prof. of Commonwealth Affairs and Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, 1966-1983; Editor, Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics (formerly Commonwealth Polit. Studies), 1964-1980.
Publications: Parliament in India, 1957; Government and Politics of India, 1964, 4th edn 1987; (with Biplab Dasgupta) Patterns and Trends in Indian Politics, 1976; Politics Mainly Indian, 1978
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Research notes and papers of Professor Wyndraeth Humphreys Morris-Jones on Jamaican politics, 1962-1986, including copies of official publications and press cuttings; also copy of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1979.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
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Unsorted
Conditions governing access:
Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act.
Conditions governing reproduction:
A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the Library Staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or to quote from, original material should be submitted to the Information Resources Manager.
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Listed to file level (see link to repository catalogue).
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Archivist's note: Source Who's Who. Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd Edition, 2000. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001