Papers of John O. Sykes

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS.Afr.s.716
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1925-1946
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume

Scope and Content

Reports, memoranda, etc. on education in Uganda, as Vice-Principal of Makerere College and Deputy Director of Education in Uganda.

Administrative / Biographical History

John O. Sykes, OBE, was born in 1892. In 1925 he became Master of Method and Vice-Principal of Makerere College, Uganda. At regular periods he was acting Principal of the College and, for a short time during 1936, he was also acting Deputy Director of Education. In April 1939 Sykes was appointed Deputy Director of Education and took up his post in August. In the same year he became Chairman of Kampala Township Authority and also Censor for the Colony. For nearly 4 years from 1941, Sykes was acting Director of Education; he returned to the post of Deputy Director in 1945 and retired in 1947.

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Note

Collection level description created by Marion Lowman, Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House.

Other Finding Aids

The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room and a handlist is also available for this collection.

Listed as no. 674 in Manuscript Collections of Africana in Rhodes House Library, Oxford, compiled by Louis B. Frewer (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1968).

Conditions Governing Use

No reproduction or publication of personal papers without permission. Contact the library in the first instance.

Corporate Names

Makerere College