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Cromwell, Tom Pearson


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0102 PP MS 33

Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies

Title: Cromwell, Tom Pearson

Date(s): Created 1923-1966

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 12 boxes

Name of creator(s): Cromwell | Tom Pearson | b 1909 | colonial administrator

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Tom Pearson Cromwell was born in 1909 and educated at Bradford High School, and at Christ's College, Cambridge. He joined the Colonial Administrative Service in 1932 and served as a cadet in Malaya until 1939. He was interned from 1942-1945. In 1945 he conducted a survey on Chinese schools in Malaya. He became the Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs in Malaya in 1946, holding the Portfolio of Labour in Sarawak by 1947. In 1953, he was appointed Director of Social Welfare in Singapore. From 1957 until he retired in 1960, he held the post of Departmental Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, Lands and Housing.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, 1923-1966, of Tom Pearson Cromwell, comprising letters written mainly by Tom Pearson Cromwell to his parents (1926-1964). There are also some photographs taken in Malaya of Tom, his wife Betty, Malaya people, flora, fauna etc.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The collection is arranged into eight sections: letters from Cromwell to his parents; letters written by Cromwell to his uncle; letters to Cromwell from his parents; letters from Betty Cromwell to her parents-in-law; letters to Cromwell by others; letters to Josh and Ethel Cromwell from relatives and friends; photographs; and other material.

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Unpublished handlist.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from office of SOAS Director, July 1989.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: 16 May 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Asian cultures | National cultures
Civil servants | Civil service | Central government | Public administration | Government
Colonial administration | Colonial countries | Political systems
Fauna | Animals | Zoology
Flora | Vegetation | Botany
Internment camps | Humanitarian law
Photographs | Visual materials
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Biology
People by occupation

Personal names
Cromwell | Betty | fl 1938-1958
Cromwell | Ethel | fl 1909-1964
Cromwell | family
Cromwell | Josh | fl 1909-1964
Cromwell | Tom Pearson | b 1909 | colonial administrator

Corporate names
Colonial Administrative Service
University of Cambridge | Christ's College

Places
Malaysia | South East Asia
Singapore | South East Asia
Malaya x Malaysia