Sir Ralph Champneys Williams: 'The native races of Central South Africa'
Scope and Contents
Paper submitted to the Royal Colonial Institute in 1884, but not apparently accepted. Comprises about 90 manuscript pages, with occasional pencil annotation. Relates to the territories 'northward if the Transvaal territory and Bechuanaland' in the period after the first Anglo-Boer War. Williams had entered the Colonial Service in 1884, and his first post was in Bechuanaland [Botswana]. In his later career, he was Governor of the Windward Islands and Governor of Newfoundland.
Dates
- Creation: 1884
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), pp. 114-115.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presumed to have been acquired by the Royal Colonial Institute [Royal Commonwealth Society] in 1884.
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- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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