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R Williams and Company (fl. 1899-1909)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: fl. 1899 - 1909

Biography

Robert Williams and Co. was not a commercial photographic firm, but the firm of Robert Williams & Co, Mining Engineers. This firm, headed by Robert Williams (see ODNB entry) was responsible for the mineral prospecting, mining management and labour recruitment for the Tanganyika Concessions Company (from 1899) and the Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga (from 1906).

Sources:

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry for Williams, Sir Robert, baronet (1860-1938) by Simon Katzenellenbogen - accessed online 4 April 2013.

Email from Aldwin Roes to RCS librarian dated 23 June 2010.

Typescript copy of 'Index to Photographers'.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Old man-eating lion killed in Katanga, South-eastern Congo (n.d.)

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/167
Scope and Contents

100 x 75 mm. A view showing a very large man-eating lion killed by members of a prospecting party in Katanga. An African stands beside the body to indicate scale. Photograph by R. Williams and Co.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Christy collection of photographs on Africa
 Item

Wart Hog shot in the Katanga District, south-east Congo (n.d.)

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/220
Scope and Contents

97 x 74 mm. A view showing the body of a large wart hog with long curved tusks, a long mane and black face warts. Photograph by R. Williams and Co.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Christy collection of photographs on Africa
 Item

Wart Hog shot in the Katanga District, south-east Congo (n.d.)

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/221
Scope and Contents

97 x 74 mm. A view showing the body of a large wart hog with long curved tusks, a long mane and black face warts. Photograph by R. Williams and Co.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Christy collection of photographs on Africa

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