Kenya
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Correspondence of Kenyan settlers, Robert Hall and Ione Minnie Hall (née Varley)
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 413
Content Description
The collection comprises letters between Robert and Ione Hall, and between the Halls and Ione's parents, Cromwell Oliver Varley and Minnie Caroline Varley, 1921-1938, relating to life in Kenya, the purchase of various properties, Robert and Ione's separation and the eventual breakdown of their marriage. The correspondence concerns the purchase of land in Gilgil and Naivasha from 1917, farming life in the 1920s and 1930s, growing of flax, wheat and wattle, as well as dairy farming,...
Dates:
1915 - 1938
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Salt: The Papers of George Salt
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/GS
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises journals and other writings by George Salt, as well as examples of his calligraphic work and correspondence.
Dates:
1924 - 1998
Fonds
Sir John Milner Gray: Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7739
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a wide range of correspondence and papers relating to the Gambia, Kenya, Kilwa [Kilwa Sultanate] and Pemba, Tanganyika [i.e. Tanzania], Uganda, Zanzibar, West Africa, and other parts of the continent. Some of the topics covered are ethnic groups and Indigenous peoples, languages, the slave trade, the Portuguese colonization in Africa, and archaeology. There are articles by J. Schacht, Emin Pasha, Gervase Mathew, M. Posnansky, and others on Africa, as well as...
Dates:
1950 (Circa)
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