Price, Thomas, 1907-1988 (Author and Africa scholar)

Scope and Contents This file contains material relating to trade, in particular tea and tobacco.Pamphlet: "The Nyasaland Tea Industry in the era of International Tea Restrictions" by Robin Palmer.Correspondence: Professor Shepperson to: Allan R. Stark, Blantyre and East Africa Ltd, Mrs Irene Stark, Mrs Shiels, Mr C. P. Finlayson (Keeper of Manuscripts, Edinburgh University Library), Dr G. O. B. Thomson (Department of Education) and Tom Price (Lecturer in African Studies, Glasgow...

Scope and Contents Independent African: George Shepperson and Thomas Price.A1-74. Correspondence relating to the publication of the book. Publishers' Readers' reports accompany letters. Bundle includes: 22. Memorandum of Agreement between George Albert Shepperson andThomas Price and the University Court of the University of Edinburgh, 25 June 1957. 25-55. Permissions to quote sought and granted. 12 October 1957 - 28 November 1957. 56-57. Application...

Scope and Contents Manuscripts and typescripts of the book The Independent African: John Chilembwe and the Nyasaland Rising of 1915 by George Shepperson and Tom Price, first published in 1958. Typescript (2 copies). Galley proofs and page proofs. Original typescript with handwritten annotations, and manuscript notes (some of the pages are out of...

Scope and Contents Thomas Price: Correspondence, 1951-1975.1-13. Mostly letters to George Shepperson from Tom Price, one-time lecturer in African Studies at Glasgow University, student of African languages and co-author with George Shepperson of the book, Independent African. The problems of African travel have hindered his researches and a lack of Nyasa material in archives has disappointed. Later letters show that his interests lie in the accumulation of African...

Scope and Contents Walter Cockerill, George Shepperson and others (including Dr Thomas Price): 1951 (numbered A1–7) 1952 (numbered B1–17) 1953 (numbered C1–12) 1954 (numbered D1–31. D3 is a Warrant for the arrest of W. B. Cockerill, Esq Signed by the District Resident, Blantyre. 16 April 1915) 1955 (numbered E1–4) 1956 (numbered F1–11. F10 is an envelope containing 6 cards (USA) and F11 is a group photograph)Many letters concern the Chilembwe Rising of 1915, and Joseph...