J.W. Allgrove. Rubber planter in Malaya from 1920; joined Thomas Barlow and Bros. 1931; imprisoned by the Japanese in Changi Gaol 1941; worked on Siam-Burma railway 1942-5; resumed working for Barlows 1946; returned to Britain in 1952 but until 1976 made many visits to Malaysia as Visiting Agent or Director of Estate Companies; died 1984.

Microfilm no. 72 – Account of journey to Singapore, 1920; prisoner of war diary, 1941-45.

Box 1 – Memoir by J.W. Allgrove entitled ‘Things Told and Remembered’; notes on plantation life.

Box 2 – Copy letter-books, 1969-84; private correspondence, 1955-56; tour notes, 1959, 1961.

Box 3 – Tour notes and tour diaries, 1964-74.

Box 4 – Tour notes and tour diaries, 1964-74 (box 3 contd.).

Box 5 – Tour notes, 1974-75; crop estimates and statistics.

Box 6 – Reports on individual estates, 1953-76.

Box 7 – Reports on individual estates, 1953-76 (box 6 contd.).

Box 8 – List of estates, maps, estate valuations.

Box 9 – Reports on individual estates and factories, 1975-82; plans for workers’ quarters.

Box 10 – Reports on individual estates and factories, 1975-82; plans for workers’ quarters.

Box 11 – Staff and personnel files, 1955-84.