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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

MACGOWAN, Trooper H E


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA MacGowan

Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Title: MACGOWAN, Trooper H E

Date(s): Created 1901-1902

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Served with the South African Constabulary, 1901-1902, then worked as a miner with East Rand Proprietary Mines Limited, Transvaal.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescript extracts from letters home, 1901-1902, describing MacGowan's voyage to South Africa, Apr 1901, his service with the South African Constabulary, May 1901-Jul 1902, and his work as a miner in the Transvaal, Sep-Nov 1902.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 file.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by Mrs M R Evans in 1987.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Colonial administration | Colonial countries | Political systems
Colonial conflicts | Colonial countries | Political systems
Colonialism | Imperialism | Political doctrines
Police | Law enforcement | Social control, formal | Sociology
Second Boer War, 1899-1902 | Wars (events)
War | International conflicts
Mining

Personal names

Corporate names
South African Constabulary

Places
Transvaal | South Africa | Southern Africa