Edgerley Papers

Donated by Mr D.W. Edgerley.


Letters to parents, 1945-1991.

Box 1 – Letters to parents, 1945-1953. Written from London, Bristol and Alberta, Canada to parents who lived in Burma and Mauritius.

Box 2 – Letters to parents in Mauritius (some written by Shirley-Anne, DWE’s wife). Written from Edmonton and Calgary, with a selection also written from Rio de Janeiro.

Box 3 – Letters to parents in Mauritius (some written by Shirley-Anne, DWE’s wife). Written from Edmonton. 1963-1969.

Box 4 – Letters to parents, written from Australia and Holland, 1970 – 1974.

Box 5 – Letters to parents, written from Australia and Holland, 1975 – 1981.

Box 6 – Letters to parents, written from Indonesia, the UK and Australia, 1982-1991.

Boxes 7-8 – Research papers, pamphlets, journals and notes in preparation for trips to Burma [Myanmar], 1990s.

Box 9 – Letter from D. Edgerley’s mother on the eve of evacuation from Burma; memoirs of evacuation, 1942.

Box 10 – Commemorative volume on the centenary of Myanmar Forest School; photograph books of Burma, 1923-1942, and Naini Tal, 1850-2005.

Box 11 – Letters written by DWE’s parents and family, 1936-1967.

Box 12 – Letters received from family, 1968-1974.