Typescript reminiscences recounting experiences as a district medical officer in Tanganyika, 1954-1962.
Dates
- Creation: 1954-1962
Extent
40 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Afr. s. 2265].
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Shelfmark:
MSS. Afr. s. 2265
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 2076
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Peter Dundas Grant, DRCOG, worked for the Government Medical Service, Tanganyika, 1954-1962, at Mbeya, Tukuyu and Njombe in the south-west, and Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika. He then bought a medical practice and moved to Tasmania.
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were donated to the library by Henry St. John Grant, on behalf of his brother.
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Papers of Dr. Peter Dundas Grant
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Paul Davidson
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk