Diaries, January-July 1909, March 1911, February-June 1913, February-March (n.y.), providing a detailed account of his work as Assistant Resident; transcript of a letter to his mother on his arrival at Yola, 1906; typescript ethnological report by Boyle on Lala District, Yola Province.
Papers of Captain Charles Vicars Boyle
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Afr. s. 2324
- Dates of Creation
- 1906-1913
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 1 box The diaries are typescript in 3 folders made of tooled leather-covered card, probably Nigerian. The folios are now separated from the covers.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Captain Charles Vicars Boyle (d 1913) was Assistant Resident, Yola Province, Northern Nigeria, c1906-1913. He was the author of Notes on the Yola Fulani (Journal of the Royal African Society, vol. 10, no. 37, 1910).
Arrangement
See Physical characteristics.
Sections January-February and May-June 1909 are filed in folders 1 and 2, the remainder of 1909 are loose in folders 1 and 2, and the remaining diary pages loose in folder 3.
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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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