IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 ETH
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
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 AND 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
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Documents donated by James MacEwan, March, 1976 (see letter in Director's files).
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: May 2008