IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 ALS
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: SHARPE, Sir Alfred (1853-1935)
Date(s): 1892-1895
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 2 files
Name of creator(s): Sharpe | Sir | Alfred | 1853-1935 | Knight | Colonial Governor
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1853; acting stipendiary magistrate, Fiji, 1885-1886; elephant hunter in connection to the African Lakes Corporation, East Africa; actively engaged in the defence of the recently founded Nyasaland Protectorate and played a leading role in the establishment of British rule in the region; Commissioner of British Central Africa, 1897-1910 (title known as Governor of the Nyasaland Protectorate from 1907); Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1891-1935; RGS Cuthbert Peek Award, 1898; Member of the Council of the RGS, 1913-1917; died, 1935.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Observation files of Sir Alfred Sharpe, including positions, Lake Mweru, 1892 and positions on and near Lake Nyasa including letters and calculations, 1894-1895.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in two files.
Conditions governing access:
Accessible via The Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist. No reproduction or publication without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Card index available in the Foyle Reading Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Letter from Sharpe to Sir John Scott Keltie, (90); corr. block 1881-1910; 1911-20; 1921-30 and 1931-40.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 87, No. 2 (Feb., 1936), pp. 190.
Date(s) of descriptions: 5 April 2001; Jul 2008.