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Land husbandry

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

An account of the Nsawazi (Ntshima) Estate by Margaret Gardiner, second half of 20th century

 File — Box CLX-A-24: Series Coll-490/22; Series Coll-490/23
Identifier: Coll-490/23/RG(C)
Scope and Contents An account (incomplete) by Margaret Gardiner, Rolf's sister, of the fortunes of the Nsawazi Estate from the time it came into the hands of the Gardiner family, through periods of natural disasters, crop failure, labour shortages, financial stress, political unrest, world wars, federation, and independence.She recalls her brother's plan to create a model of organic development in Nyasaland and prevent the land suffering from squatter encroachment on a land of impoverished soil and...
Dates: second half of 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 23 / Rolf Gardiner

Correspondence: George Shepperson with Rolf Gardiner, and others, 1971-1983

 File — Box CLX-A-24: Series Coll-490/22; Series Coll-490/23
Identifier: Coll-490/23/RG(B)
Scope and Contents Concerns Rolf Gardiner's account of his work in Malawi, his conservation experiments, schemes that were lost, and his writings.10. Rolf Gardiner has had his records of work, and impressions of Central Africa in particular from 1947, put together and excerpts of the more interesting, descriptive and historical passages typed. Describes his frustration over constructive plans for land use and landscape treatment of the region between Chileka and Blantyre. 13 January...
Dates: 1971-1983
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 23 / Rolf Gardiner