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Chilembwe, John Nkologo, 1871-1915 (Baptist pastor, educator and Nyasaland revolutionary)

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Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Booth correspondence, 1896-1914

 File — Box CLX-A-22: Series Coll-490/18; Series Coll-490/19
Identifier: Coll-490/19/2
Scope and Contents Booth correspondence (copies and transcripts):A1 – A40: Letters to Joseph Booth from various writers, 1911–1912. Notes: no. 1 to Mrs Booth; nos. 17* and 32 from Charles Domingo (no. 17 Includes a note on Libelezi Sabbath Conference, 26 August 1911); no. 21 from John Chilembwe.B1 – B5: Letters from Joseph Booth, 1906–1912: to Simon Muhango; Naoroji; Pastor Timon Achriwa; Joint Committee.C1 – C3:...
Dates: 1896-1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 19: Correspondence relating to Joseph Booth

Cassette tape containing a lecture on John Chilembwe's uprising in 1915, given by John Samuels, 6 February 1980

 Item — Box CLX-D-1: Series Coll-490/MS/IA; Series Coll-490/MAM
Identifier: Coll-490/MAM/JS
Scope and Contents

Cassette tape containing a lecture on john Chilembwe's uprising in 1915, given by John Sanuels in JHB Public Library, on 6 February 1980.

Dates: 6 February 1980
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / Microfilms and audio material

Chilembwe letters, c 1965 (copies of material dated 1900-1915)

 File — Box CLX-A-20: Series Coll-490/14; Series Coll-490/15
Identifier: Coll-490/14/4
Scope and Contents This file contains Chilembwe letters dating from 1900 to 1915 (copies). Letters in the Zomba Archives (9) (with covering letter, 17 March 1965). Writers: Chilembwe, Peters, Bismarck. Includes Minutes of the National Industrial Union Meetings, 15 June 1909 and 14 August 1909. Letters from British East Africa. Sent as 'News from the Field' to the National Baptist Foreign Mission Board of...
Dates: c 1965 (copies of material dated 1900-1915)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 14: Material relating to John Chilembwe and the Chilembwe Rising

Commission Reports and related items, 1916; 1951

 File — Box CLX-A-20: Series Coll-490/14; Series Coll-490/15
Identifier: Coll-490/14/3
Scope and Contents Report of the Commission appointed by HE the Governor to enquire into various matters and questions concerned with the Native Rising within the Nyasaland Protectorate. Accompanied by notes and reports. Information collected by F. M. Withers for an article but passed to Professor Shepperson who is writing a book on the history of the native rising. F. M. Withers no longer proposes to write the article....
Dates: 1916; 1951
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 14: Material relating to John Chilembwe and the Chilembwe Rising

Correspondence about and copies of material relating to Booth in the Lesotho government archives, 1970-1971 (originals: 1914-1915)

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Identifier: Coll-210/2/8
Scope and Contents

Correspondence about and copies of material relating to Booth in the Lesotho government archives, the material on Booth refers to his activities in then Basutholand, his previous activities in Nyasaland, his potential connection to the Chilembwe rising and his expulsion from Southern Africa.

Dates: 1970-1971 (originals: 1914-1915)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers relating to Joseph Booth and family / Research correspondence and material of George Shepperson

Early Papers, 1882-1927

 File — Box CLX-A-20: Series Coll-490/14; Series Coll-490/15
Identifier: Coll-490/14/2
Scope and Contents This file contains early material dating from c 1882 to 1927: Example of early African handwriting. 1882. Luganda version of the Portal-Mwanga Agreement of 1893. With translation and a covering letter. 8 December 1951 Extracts from a journal written by G. James to the Foreign Mission Band at the College at Cattle Creek, 1893. Printed. Foreign Office...
Dates: 1882-1927
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 14: Material relating to John Chilembwe and the Chilembwe Rising

File 15: Scripts, c 1969

 Series — Box CLX-A-20: Series Coll-490/14; Series Coll-490/15
Identifier: Coll-490/15
Scope and Contents Scripts of books and plays about John Chilembwe and the 1915 Uprising. "A letter to John Chilembwe" by P. A. Cole-King. "Life of Chilembwe" (typescript of George Simeon Mwase's book, copied from his original manuscript). John Chilembwe by Lee Higdon (1969). "Strike a Blow and Die", by Michael Kittermaster (Play). Reconstruction of...
Dates: c 1969
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson

John Chilembwe and the 1915 Rising, 20th century

 File — Box CLX-A-20: Series Coll-490/14; Series Coll-490/15
Identifier: Coll-490/14/1
Scope and Contents

This file contains material on John Chilembwe and the 1915 Rising (information gathered by Shepperson): letters, interviews, accounts of individuals who knew Chilembwe, etc.

Dates: 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 14: Material relating to John Chilembwe and the Chilembwe Rising

John Chilembwe and the 1915 Rising. Miscellaneous and manuscripts, c 1896-1980

 File — Box CLX-A-20: Series Coll-490/14; Series Coll-490/15
Identifier: Coll-490/14/5
Scope and Contents
  1. 1915 Rising BBC Programme. Correspondence between G. Shepperosn and Michael Kittermaster, 1979-1980.
  2. Article ? Entitled "John Chilembwe – the Yao Native Messenger to the US".
  3. Newspaper Cuttings, 1959-1972.
  4. Photographs: John Chilembwe and others, c 1896-1910. K.A.R. 1915.
Dates: c 1896-1980
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 14: Material relating to John Chilembwe and the Chilembwe Rising

Letters from and to Shepperson about Booth and sources relating to Booth and Chilembwe, 1937; 1950-1982

 File
Identifier: Coll-210/2/2
Scope and Contents Letters from and to Shepperson about Booth and sources relating to Booth and Chilembwe, includes correspondence with: Walter Main of the Zambesi Mission in London; Walter Cockerill a Seventh Day Baptist missionary about Booth and Baptist records with transcriptions of Booth letters and other material; Mary Moore, wife of N. O. Moore who was sent by the Seventh Day Baptists to investigate Booth, with copies of some items held at the Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society in Plainfield,...
Dates: 1937; 1950-1982
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers relating to Joseph Booth and family / Research correspondence and material of George Shepperson

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