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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

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 AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item

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Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.