Papers of William Northrup McMillan (microfilm)

Single Item

Micr.Afr.641

Request
this

Order this material to a Weston Library reading room

This material can be requested via the online system, where you can monitor the progress of your order.

Help

Scrapbooks of presscuttings, photographs and some letters, mainly covering the period 1914-1918, whilst McMillan was in British East Africa (now Kenya). Microfilm.

Dates

Creation: 1914-1918

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. Micr.Afr.641].

Please see our help page for further guidance on citing archives and manuscripts.

Shelfmark:

Micr.Afr.641

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 3248

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Sir William Northrup McMillan, Kt (1918), was born in 1872 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. After working as a rancher in New Mexico (1890-1893) he became a businessman, working in both St. Louis (1893-1898) and in London, England (1898-1901). In 1901 he moved to Africa where he worked as an explorer and biggame hunter (1901-1905) and as a rancher in British East Africa (1905).

McMillan was associated with a number of organisations and societies. He was a corresponding member of the Zoological Society, an honorary member of the Legislative Council of British East Africa, Captain of the 25th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers (Frontiersmen), and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Sir McMillan died in 1925.

Other Finding Aids

The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.

Listed as no. 1010 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).