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Box 606766470

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Contains 12 Results:

Material for publications on East Africa, 1900-1960

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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2154 box 12
Extents: 1 box (11 folders)
Dates: 1900-1960

Recollections and descriptions of East Africa, 1935-1959

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Comprises: (fols 1-22) - manuscript account by Nellie Grant of arrival in East Africa and settling at Thika, 1913-1914, written for Elspeth Huxley when she was considering writing the book that became The Flame Trees of Thika, 1935. (fols 23-40) - typescript 'East Africa pre-war' by JCG [Josceline Grant] written for 'Elspeth's book'. (fols...
Extents: 1.0 folder
Dates: 1935-1959

Material mainly on distribution of land and people in Kenya, 1933-1960

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Comprises: (fols 1-11) - manuscript notes by Elspeth Huxley on East African Standard 1903-1914. (fols 12-15) - diagram and lists of different land areas in Kenya, 1933. (fol 16) - list of the main tribes in Kenya, based on 1948 census. (fols 17-18) - typescript account of the Coast radio station [written after 1952]. ...
Extents: 1.0 folder
Dates: 1933-1960

The Kamba by Norman Larby, 1944

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Series: The Peoples of Kenya no.8, Nairobi (28pp).
Extents: 1.0 folder
Dates: 1944

The Nandi by G.W.B. Huntingford, 1944

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Series: The Peoples of Kenya, No.11, Nairobi (28pp).
Extents: 1.0 folder
Dates: 1944

Some African Poison Plants and Medicines of Northern Rhodesia, by W. Gilges, 1955

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Occasional Papers of the Rhodes-Livingstone Museum, no.11 (33 pp) with enclosed notes by Elspeth Huxley.
Extents: 1.0 folder
Dates: 1955