Photographs recording a tour to Magadi, Kenya, made by W.F. Lutyens, A.E. Gawler and D. Nepken (October 1929 to March 1930), and photographs recording an East African tour (13 October to 12 December 1947), including many aerial photographs. The subjects include scenery, game safaris, and engineering works.
Dates
- Creation: 1929-1930, 1947
Extent
3 boxes
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.s.2171].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS.Afr.s.2171
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 3013
Biographical / Historical
W.F. Lutyens (who received a BA from Christ Church College, Oxford in 1913) was an engineer in East Africa between World War 1 and World War 2 (probably from 1929).
No relevant details are available for A.E. Gawler and D. Nepken.
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Listed as no. 1006 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994(Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by a collector in September 1989.
Subject
- Lutyens | W F | fl 1929-1947 | engineer (Person)
- Gawler | A E | fl 1929-1947 (Person)
- Nepken | D | fl 1929-1947 (Person)
- Title
- Photographs of Tours to East Africa
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Marion Lowman
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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