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Dictionary of East African biography
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 155
Scope and Contents
A wide range of material compiled in preparation for the D.E.A.B. A few letters and other items are in French, German and Italian.
Dates:
1916 - 1993
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).
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Papers on West Africa
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 125
Scope and Contents
Typescript and manuscript documents relating to West Africa, 127 pages. The papers were probably assembled by Gray for his proposed edition of Frances Moore's 'Travels into the inland parts of Africa' for the Hakluyt Society, which he was unable to complete due to illness. It is not known when they were compiled. There is an accompanying letter from A.T. Matson to D.H. Simpson, R.C.S. Librarian, 17 June 1975, and Simpson's reply of 18 June.1. Biographical note regarding Francis...
Dates:
1970
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).
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- MacDonell, Richard Graves, 1814 - 1881 (Governor of Hong Kong) 1
- Moore, Francis, c1708 - c1756 (geographer) 1
- Simpson, Donald Herbert, 1920 - 2002 (Librarian of the Royal Commonwealth Society) 1
- Thomas, Harold Beken, 1888 - 1971 (colonial administrator and historian) 1
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