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Photograph of a herd of Afridi long-haired goats standing in a courtyard with a group of Afridi men standing behind them in the North Western Provinces of [Pakistan] in the early 20th century.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of: (1) Lantern slides and glass plate negatives of: China (Charles Somerville collection, Dugald Christie); Africa (Malawi, Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria); India; and Jamaica. Most sets come with indexes and commentaries and date from late 19th century to early-mid twentieth century. (2) Slides (35 mm) of: Africa (Malawi, Zambia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan and Egypt); Far East (including Taiwan and Hong Kong); Holy Land; Middle East; India (including Western...

Scope and Contents Series containing a letter from Charles Lyell (sen) to his son Sir Charles Lyell, 1841 and three letters to Sir Charles Lyell from other family members c.1839: 1) Kinnordy 14th July 1841 Letter to Charles Lyell, advising to take care of both his own, and Mary's health 'do not fancy you are a man of iron, and never forget, Mary is a wife of gold'. Advise on managing the demands of work involved in the preparation of the Boston Lectures and publishing 'Elements, 'let nothing induce you to...

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Correspondence between Percy Johnson-Marshall, as General Secretary of the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO), and the group based in Lahore.

Scope and Contents This collection comprises the papers of Colin Legum, an Anti-Apartheid activist and political exile, and later newpaper political correspondent. It includes correspondence files, committee minutes, freelance articles, files in legal document wallets labelled alphabetically, office filing, published periodicals, journals, research files, press cuttings, notes, publications, and newspapers relating to the post-colonial history of many countries mostly in Africa, but also in the Middle East and...

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Correspondence with members of the Quetta Group of the Service Arts and Technical Organization, concerning their activities, and requests for support.

Scope and Contents Regional Groups of the Service Arts and Technical Organization consists of files of correspondence with the following regional groups of the organisation: Agra Group, 1944-1945 Lahore Group, 1944-1945 Bangalore and Madras Group, 1943-1945 Kirkee and Bombay Group,1943-1945 Quetta Group, 1944-1945 Sialkot Group,...

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Correspondence to Percy Johnson-Marshall in his role as General Secretary to the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO), concerning the organisation and activities of the Sialkot Group.

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Photograph of 'early years' growth of trees in Lyallpur' with a man standing next to a row of trees in the late 19th or early 20th century.