Archer, G.F.

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  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 33 SAD[175]
  • Dates of Creation
      ca.1902-1947
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      1 box, 8 albums

Scope and Content

Official papers; orders and decorations; newspaper cuttings; 970 photographs, mainly East Africa and Somaliland, but also Sudan and Kashmir

Administrative / Biographical History

Service in East Africa 1902-1911 , Somaliland, 1912-1922  (Governor from 1919); Governor and Commander-in-Chief Uganda 1922-1924 ; Governor-General Sudan 1925-1926

Access Information

Open for consultation.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Sir Geoffrey Archer, 1958 & by his executors, 1964, with an additional small gift of photographs from Lady E. Henderson, 1986

Note

Part of : Sudan Archive

Other Finding Aids

Catalogue

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Sub-Librarian, Special Collections (e-mail PG.Library@durham.ac.uk) and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.

Bibliography

Archer, Sir Geoffrey, Personal & historical memoirs of an East African administrator (Edinburgh & London, 1963)

Genre/Form

Photographs