The Chilembwe Uprising
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: The Chilembwe uprising was a rebellion against British colonial rule in Nyasaland (modern-day Malawi) which took place in January 1915. Also known as "the Chilembwe Rising of 1915".
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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
Josephine Cunnington Edwards, 1954-1958
File — Box CLX-A-24: Series Coll-490/22; Series Coll-490/23
Identifier: Coll-490/22/COR3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Josephine Cunnington Edwards and George Shepperson.1. Letter from George Shepperson, University of Edinburgh, to Mrs Josephine Cunnington Edwards, Broadview Academy, Illinois, USA. George Shepperson introduces himself. He has heard that Mrs Edwards spent nine years with the Malamula Mission in Nyasaland and must consequently have interests similar to his. He outlines his plan for a book on the Nyasaland 1915 Rising and gives some indication of...
Dates:
1954-1958
Manuscripts and typescripts of The Independent African: Independent African: John Chilembwe and the Origins, Setting and Significance of the Nyasaland Native Rising of 1915 by George Shepperson and Tom Price, c 1958
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-490/MS/IA
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...
Dates:
c 1958
Microfilm entitled "Copy of evidence, 1915-1916, Chilembwe Affair"
Item — Box CLX-D-1: Series Coll-490/MS/IA; Series Coll-490/MAM
Identifier: Coll-490/MAM/CA
Scope and Contents
Microfilm on the Chilembwe rising, captioned "Copy of evidence t 1915-1906. Inquiry into Chilembwe affair - in P.R.C".
Dates:
late 19th-century - late 20th century
Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-490
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers, articles, correspondence, publications, photographs, audio-visual material, and artefacts of Professor George "Sam" Shepperson, a prominent scholar of African and American African history, and Malawi specialist. This includes, among other things, papers and correspondence relating to central and eastern Africa with special reference to Malawi and Tanzania (including correspondence of Julius Nyerere); papers on nationalism in Nyasaland (Malawi), including...
Dates:
late 19th-century - late 20th century
Title Deeds to Nyasaland, Summary of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council, Report of the Commission: The Native Rising, 1915-1916, 1963 (date of original: 1887)
File — Box CLX-A-17: Series Coll-490/8; Series Coll-490/9
Identifier: Coll-490/9/1
Scope and Contents
Title Deeds to Nyasaland: Rev. Horace Waller, FRGS, 1887. Copies from the Bodleian Library, 1963.
Summary of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council of Nyasaland, 1915.
Report of the Commission: The Native Rising within the Nyasaland Protectorate, 1916.
Dates:
1915-1916; 1963 (date of original: 1887)
Walter Cockerill, George Shepperson and others, 1951-1983
File — Box CLX-A-24: Series Coll-490/22; Series Coll-490/23
Identifier: Coll-490/22/COR
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...
Dates:
1951-1983