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Africa -- Description and travel

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Collection

Additional papers of Bruce Chatwin

Additional papers of (Charles) Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989), writer
Extents: 5.16 Linear metres (36 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1957-1989; [c. 1895-c. 2017]. Bulk c. 1957-c. 1989
Collection

Archive of Sir Jervoise Athelstane Baines, and his son-in-law, Philip Edward Percival

Official papers, personal letters and photographs of Sir Jervoise Athelstane Baines, and his son-in-law, Philip Edward Percival, both of the Indian Civil Service, 1862-1929.
Extents: 3.3 Linear metres (34 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1862-1929, n.d.
Collection

Diaries of Humphrey Alan W. Morrice

Diaries relating to Morrice's service in the Sudan Irrigation Department (1936-1939, 1950-1954), and in the Royal Engineers and Sudan Defence Force (1940-1944), with trek notes, Sudan (1946-1948), and diaries of trips to India, USA, Africa, etc. (1950-1959).
Extents: 15 Volumes
Dates: 1936-1959
Single Item

Manuscript Sketchbook of Augustus Bowen

Manuscript sketchbook of Augustus Bowen, 1820s.
Shelfmark: MS. 21500
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1820s
Collection

Papers of Elspeth Josceline Huxley (1)

Papers of the writer Elspeth Josceline Huxley, 1901-1960.
Extents: 0.6 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates: 1901-1960
Collection

Papers of Elspeth Josceline Huxley (2)

Papers of the writer Elspeth Joceline Huxley, 1900-1989.
Extents: 4.2 Linear metres (28 boxes)
Dates: 1900-1989
Collection

Papers of Elspeth Josceline Huxley (3)

Papers of the writer Elspeth Josceline Huxley, 1929-1996.
Extents: 0.45 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates: 1929-1996
Collection

Papers of Ernest Gedge

Letter-books, correspondence, notebooks, press cuttings, notes on expeditions, notes for articles, maps, periodicals, account books etc. relating to the East African Estates Limited, Imperial British East Africa Company, Uganda, prospecting expedition to the Yukon, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Kenya, Russia, Malaya, Borneo and Java. Includes letters from Sir Frederick Jackson and Sir Frederick Lugard.
Extents: 6 boxes
Dates: 1890-1929
Collection

Papers of John Foster Millard

The archive of John Foster Millard, 1932-1996.
Extents: 1.31 Linear metres (9 boxes)
Dates: 1932-1996
Single Item

Papers of the novelist Ellen Ross and her son, William McGregor Ross

Papers of the novelist Ellen Ross (née Brook, b.1840) and her son, William McGregor Ross (1876-1940).
Shelfmark: MS. 12303
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1857-1912
Collection

Plan of Djibouti, Somaliland, Africa

Plan of Djibouti, Somaliland, Africa, 1906.
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 1906
Collection

Plans of Obbia camp, Somaliland, Africa

Plans of Obbia camp, Somaliland, Africa, 1903.
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 1903
Collection

Travel Journals of Charles Frederick Hickling

Travel journals, 1945-1965, as Fisheries Adviser, Colonial Office, covering West, Central and East Africa, the Middle East, Far East and Indian subcontinent, also North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) and Fiji.
Extents: 12 Volumes
Dates: 1945-1965