William Vernon Brelsford papers 1891-1974

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William Vernon Brelsford papers 1891-1974

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1642

The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, printed material, maps, and photographs relating to Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and Nyasaland (now Malawi). Compiled by William Vernon Brelsford.

1.5 linear feet

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Brelsford, William Vernon.

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William Vernon Brelsford was born in 1907 and educated at Oxford. He entered the colonial service in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1930. He was named secretary-curator to establish the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute and Museum, 1937-1938; was acting information officer, 1945; acting director of Information, 1948; president of the Northern Rhodesia Society; editor of the Northern Rhodesia Journal, 1950-1965; director of Information, 1951; and director of the Federal Information Department, Fede...