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Thomas Cadell Norris: 'Some Falkland Island problems'

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 276

Scope and Contents

Negative photocopy of a typescript, 13pp. Consists of notes made during a visit to the Falkland Islands in Feb. and Mar. 1933, and covers sheep-farming problems based on conversations with farmers visiting Port Stanley for the centernary celebrations and during an 11-day visit to East Falkland.

Scope and Contents

Tom C. Norris (b. 1875) was the author of 'Practical sheep farming' [1933]. At the time of his visit to the Falkland Islands, he was based in Buenos Aires.

Dates

  • Creation: 1933

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 folder(s)

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

Donald H. Simpson, 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (1975), p. 151.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Copied from the original lent by Thomas Cadell Norris in 1959.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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