ROBERTS, T W (b 1880)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0101 ICS 66
Held at	: Institute of Commonwealth Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/resources/library ›
Full title	: ROBERTS, T W (b 1880)
Date(s)	: 1963 (covers 1902-1916)
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file (8pp)
Name of creator(s)	: Roberts | T W | b 1880 | civil servant in Ceylon
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Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

T W Roberts joined the Ceylon Civil Service in 1902, having obtained a degree in Greats from Oxford University, and failed to find a job as a school master in the UK 'probably because of a colour bar in the teaching ranks of public schools'. He was initally appointed office assistant at Matara, and was later posted to Kurunegala and Chilaw. He became a Magistrate in 1904 and sat on the bench until 1916.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Memoir of TW Roberts, as office assistant, Magistrate and District Judge in Matara, Kurunegala, and Chilaw, Ceylon, 1902-1916; containing an account of the daily routine, comments on public health, comments on relations with village headmen and Mudaliyars (Chief Headmen), notes on the administration of Crown land and on the administration of justice.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Single item

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.

Finding aids:

None

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were presented to ICS by Michael Roberts, date unknown.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Institute holds several collections relating to administration in Ceylon, including the papers of Michael Roberts (ICS 65), J R Granville Bantock (ICS 27), E T Dyson (ICS 16), R M G Moneypenny (ICS 90), M K T Sandys (ICS 71) and W T Stace (ICS 100).

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
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