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Another of the buildings at Ambwani [Mbweni], 1920 - 1927

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/40

Scope and Contents

102 x 60 mm. A view showing the front façade and entrance stairway of the large house at Mbweni established by Miss C.D.M. Thackeray of the U.M.C.A. as a home (housing 70) for formerly enslaved girls training to be mission teachers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1920 - 1927

Creator

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).

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good condition.

Related Materials

See also Y3051A/16.

Bibliography

For further information and a reproduction of a line drawing of the building see pp.279-80 of: Anderson-Morshead, Anna Elizabeth Mary (1905), The history of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa 1859-1898, London: Universities Mission to Central Africa.

General

SG.

Date information

DateText: The date is approximate..

Finding aid date

2003-03-28 11:45:43+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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