Memoirs of life as pioneer and trader in British East Africa. Microfilm.
Dates
- Creation: [ca. 1900-1923]
Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. Micr.Afr.593].
Shelfmark:
Micr.Afr.593
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 3135
Biographical / Historical
Otto Markus, pioneer and trader in British East Africa [now Kenya]. He formed the East African Trading Company in ca.1900 (he was Director and Chairman) and the Old East African Trading Company in 1923.
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Listed as no. 1013 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Subject
- Markus | Otto | fl 1900-1949 | pioneer and trader in Africa (Person)
- East African Trading Company (Organisation)
- Old East African Trading Company (Organisation)
- Title
- Memoirs of Otto Markus (microfilm)
- 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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