TURNER, Dr George Albert (d 1917): 'Some anthropological notes on the South African coloured mine labourer'

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1446 MS 29
Held at	: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.therai.org.uk/ ›
Full title	: TURNER, Dr George Albert (d 1917): 'Some anthropological notes on the South African coloured mine labourer'
Date(s)	: [c1915]
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 1 item
Name of creator(s)	: Turner | George Albert | d 1917 | physician

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Educated, Aberdeen; Medical Officer, Witwatersrand Native Labour Association, Ltd., Johannesburg; Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1911-1917; died, 1917.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescript manuscript with annotations for a book by George Albert Turner entitled Some anthropological notes on the South African coloured mine labourer, including photographs of people from South African ethnic groups. Also encloses an off-print of an article by Turner 'Some of the tribal marks of the South African native races' reprinted from Transvaal Medical Journal, Feb 1911, pp. 73 and 79-80.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Single item

Conditions governing access:

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Conditions governing reproduction:

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Finding aids:

Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
May 2008