Album containing photographs taken by Colonel Eric Brooke-Anderson (Kenya administration) and his wife Amy. Mainly photographs of Fort Hall, Kenya, but also some of the surrounding area - Thika Falls, Chania Falls, Mount Kenya, and also some photographs of Zanzibar, Aden, Suez, Port Said and Durban. The photographs feature people, buildings, scenery, and include a few images of the Church Missionary Society buildings in Weithaga.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-1926
Extent
1 album, 1 print
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.r.238].
Shelfmark:
MSS.Afr.r.238
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 976
Biographical / Historical
No relevant details are available.
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Listed as no. 954 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by the Brooke-Andersons' daughter.
Subject
- Brooke-Anderson | Eric L | fl 1920-1926 | Colonel (Person)
- Brooke-Anderson | Amy | fl 1920-1926 | wife of Colonel Eric L Brooke-Anderson (Person)
- Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service (Organisation)
- Church Missionary Society (Organisation)
- Title
- Photographs taken by Colonel Eric and Amy Brooke-Anderson
- 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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