Cromwell, Tom Pearson

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0102 PP MS 33
Held at	: School of Oriental and African Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html ›
Full 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 & 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.

Finding aids:

Unpublished handlist.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from office of SOAS Director, July 1989.

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

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Description Notes

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Date(s) of descriptions:
16 May 2000