Rhodesian photographs

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Afr. r. 236
  • Dates of Creation
    • [20th century?]
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 179 photographs

Scope and Content

Photographs of landscapes, game, safaris, etc., Zambia and Malawi, [20th cent.?].

Administrative / Biographical History

The collection was found in the library's printed book section with no record of its donor or date of donation, though it has been suggested that it came to the library in the mid 1950s. The majority of the photographs cover the area of Zambia formerly administered by the British South Africa Company, with a few from Malawi. Individuals featured in the collection include:

  • E.H. Cholmeley, Acting Native Commissioner, Mpika, 1905-1906, Assistant Magistrate, Tanganyika, 1913
  • Robert Codrington, Administrator, North-Eastern Rhodesia, 1908
  • Dr. L.S. Jameson, Director, British South Africa Company
  • E.A.A. Jones, Assistant Magistrate, Awemba, 1913
  • G.M.E. Leyer, Assistant Magistrate, Mweru and Luapula, 1913
  • C. McKinnon, Civil Commissioner and Magistrate, North Loangwa and Awembu, 1908
  • L.S. Waterall, Assistant Native Commissioner, 1913

Access Information

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Note

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

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