Walmsley, William
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0102 MS 380599 |
Held at | : School of Oriental and African Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html › |
Full title | : Walmsley, William |
Date(s) | : (1891) 1991 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume |
Name of creator(s) | : Mardel | Elizabeth | fl 1991 | grandniece of William Walmsley |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Walmsley: born, 1868; engineer; lived in Salford, Manchester; his firm Bousteads asked him to accompany a consignment of machinery to Zanzibar to instal in their coconut processing works, 1891; travelled from Gravesend to Zanzibar, 1891; contracted a fever and entered the French Hospital, where he died, 1891.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Typescript copy, 1991, by Elizabeth Mardel of journal (1891) of William Walmsley, chronicling his journey to Zanzibar, everyday events, his impressions of customs and life in Zanzibar, including slavery, and his illness. The diary stops a few days before Walmsley's death.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids:
Database.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented by William Walmsley's grandniece in 1991.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
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:
Jul 2002
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