THOMSON, Edward Laidlaw (1870-1897)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 ETH |
Held at | : Royal Geographical Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Collections/Collections.htm › |
Full title | : THOMSON, Edward Laidlaw (1870-1897) |
Date(s) | : 1976 |
Level of description | : Collection level |
Extent | : 2 files |
Name of creator(s) | : Thomson | Edward Laidlaw | 1870-1897 | coffee plantation worker |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1870, Edward Laidlaw Thomson was a Scot who was employed with the African Lakes Company on a new coffee plantation in [Malawi] c 1893-1897. Died, 1897.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Typescipt draft for a book entitled 'Letters from Mlanje,' extracts from letters from Edward Laidlaw Thomson, employed with the African Lakes Company on a new coffee plantation, to his family in Scotland, 1893-1897, edited with a foreword by James MacEwan, 1976.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Original order
Conditions governing access:
Accessed 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 and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Collection level description available in the Foyle Reading Room.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Documents donated by James MacEwan, March, 1976 (see letter in Director's files).
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Prepared by an Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority, NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
May 2008
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