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Walmsley, William

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0102 MS 380599

Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies

Title: Walmsley, William

Date(s): (1891) 1991

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Mardel | Elizabeth | fl 1991 | grandniece of William Walmsley

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Walmsley: born, 1868; engineer; lived in Salford, Manchester; his firm Bousteads asked him to accompany a consignment of machinery to Zanzibar to instal in their coconut processing works, 1891; travelled from Gravesend to Zanzibar, 1891; contracted a fever and entered the French Hospital, where he died, 1891.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescript copy, 1991, by Elizabeth Mardel of journal (1891) of William Walmsley, chronicling his journey to Zanzibar, everyday events, his impressions of customs and life in Zanzibar, including slavery, and his illness. The diary stops a few days before Walmsley's death.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Database.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by William Walmsley's grandniece in 1991.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Privately owned.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.