Typescript theses related to Malawi, Southern Rhodesia and South Africa, and Hausa manual
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1944
Content Description
Three bound theses on subjects related to Malawi, South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, and one handbook to learn Hausa (a Chadic language spoken mostly in southern Niger and northern Nigeria).
- Teaching Yourself Hausa, by A. H. M. Kirk-Greene and Charles H. Kraft, 1966 (uncorrected draft). Annotation: "Presented by the author to the General Linguistics Library, June 1966".
- The Kololo Interlude in Southern Malawi, 1861-1895. A Study of Political Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth Century Malawi, by E. C. Mandala (M.A. thesis, University of Malawi, June 1977)
- Witwatersrand Genesis: a comparative study of some early gold mining companies, 1886-1894, by A. C, M. Webb (Ph. D thesis, Rhodes University, December 1981)
- The Evolution of the Southern Rhodesia Military System, 1903-1927, by Peter McLaughlin (Ph. D thesis, University of Zimbabwe, 1982). Signed by the author.
Dates
- 1966-1982
Creator
Language of Materials
English, with some Hausa in the Hausa manual.
Conditions Governing Access
Open.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright remains with the authors.
Extent
4 Volumes
Physical Location
Coll-1944 (1): CLX-A-1141; Coll-1944 (2), (3), (4): CLX-A-1143.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These typescripts were part of a large quantity of unprocessed books from the University of Edinburgh Library, were a mixture of donations, of remains of very large bequests, and of transfers from other parts of the Library. The manual entitled 'Teach yourself Hausa' was originally donated to the general Linguistics Library by the author in June 1966, and was after this internally transferred from the Class Library.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin in February 2019.
Creator
- Greene, Anthony Hamilton Millard Kirk-, 1925-2018 (British historian) (Author, Person)
- Kraft, Charles H, b 1932 (American anthropologist and linguist) (Author, Person)
- Title
- Typescript theses and Hausa manual from the 'GWUP', 1966-1982
- Description rules
- Isad(G)2
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk