Dalrymple, Thomas Hardie, b. 1900 (physician)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: b. 1900

Biography

Thomas Hardie Dalrymple was born in Rangoon. He was taken to Scotland at the age of 5 and educated at the private School at Bridge-of-Allan and at Glasgow University. He worked as a doctor in Welsh coal mines before joining the Colonial Medical Service on 25th March 1931. He served in Sierra Leone (1931-33), Nigeria (1933-35), Gambia (1935-37) and finally in Nigeria again (1937-1950). He retired in 1950 and remained in Nigeria, opening a private practice at Jos. He finally left Nigeria in 1961 and settled on the Isle of Man. Dalrymple was an amateur photographer and contributed photographs to various publications.

Sources:

Typescript copy of 'Index to Photographers'.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Fonds

British Cameroons 1937-42

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB

Scope and Contents A collection of negatives (with accompanying notes) each housed in brown paper. Dalrymple's titles and annotations on the sleeves have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Two essays are also filed with the negatives: Thomas Dalrymple 'A pagan wake: the funeral celebrations for the father of the chief of Bande' and M.D. Jeffreys 'West African caps', which...

Dates: 1937 - 1942

Conditions Governing Access: 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

Sub-Fonds

West African collection of Thomas Dalrymple, 1937 - 1956

Sub-Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/25

Scope and Contents

Material by Thomas Dalrymple and others relating to Plateau Province in Nigeria and the Cameroons.

Dates: 1937 - 1956

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 / Africa miscellanea

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