Material relating to the Rhodes Centenary Exhibition

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS.Afr.t.51
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1953
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 folders

Scope and Content

Press cuttings, commemorative newspapers, photographs, programmes and negatives relating to the exhibition's "African Village" section.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Rhodes Centenary Exhibition was held at Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1953 and was attended by the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret.

Access Information

Bodleian reader's ticket required.

Note

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

Other Finding Aids

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Conditions Governing Use

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