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Rhodesia and Nyasaland

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

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

G. H. Hollis, 1907, 1955

 File — Box CLX-A-24: Series Coll-490/22; Series Coll-490/23
Identifier: Coll-490/23/RC(Hollis)
Scope and Contents Correspondence between George Shepperson and Winifred Hollis concerning her late husband George H. Hollis, who was in charge of the Churches of Christ Mission at Namiwawa, Nyasaland, between 1908 and 1915. Includes a questionnaire and photographs of the mission. Letter from George Shepperson to Mrs Hollis, Capetown. Introduces himself. Asks if she would be willing to answer questions on the days she and...
Dates: 1907, 1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 23 / Correspondence relating to questionnaire on G. H. Hollis

In a Rhodesian Forest, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3237
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a man holding a rifle standing next to a large, fallen tree in a Rhodesian forest in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Interior Dining Car Rhodesia Railways, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1017
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the interior of a dining car on the Rhodesia Railways in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

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

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 22: Correspondence mostly relating to the 1915 Chilembwe Uprising, and Joseph Booth

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Stewart Hore-Brown, 07 August 1952

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2054
Scope and Contents

Letter, 7 August 1952, Rhodesia, Stewart Hore-Brown to Mary Grierson. Recollections of Tovey. Holograph signed, with envelope.

Dates: 07 August 1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letters from Hastings K. Banda to the Rev H. M. Phiri, 1932-c 1957

 File — Box CLX-A-19: Series Coll-490/12; Series Coll-490/13
Identifier: Coll-490/12/8B
Scope and Contents Letters from Hastings K. Banda to the Rev H. M. Phiri, his uncle, in Nyasaland., 1932-c 1957.1. Banda expresses surprise that money he sent has not been acknowledged. He sends his uncle the news that Bishop Vernon and his wife, the organisers of the Nyasaland Foundation, have been accused of the misuse of church funds, and consequently the Bishop is suspended. Banda has found that the bishops in the General Office use all the mission money while the Ministers in the Field go...
Dates: 1932-c 1957
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 12: Correspondence relating to Dr Hastings K. Banda

Marriott's, Mazoe [Rhodesia], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2605
Scope and Contents

Photograph of [H. H.] Marriott's tobacco farm in Mazoe, [Rhodesia] in the early 20th century. The image shows a group of African men, women and children standing on a hill in front of a farm house or barn.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection