IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1446 MS 15
Held at: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Title: Vocabularies: West African dialects
Date(s): [mid 19th century]
Level of description: collection
Extent: 1 item
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Unknown
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript notebook comprising vocabulary lists of Western African dialects including of the Ashira, Mpongwe and Pangwe peoples, including notes on grammar and account of 'Krapf march in Eastern Africa', mid 19th century.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English, Ashira, Mpongwe and Pangwe
System of arrangement:
N/A
Conditions governing access:
Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.
Physical characteristics:
101, [54] leaves. 25 x 20 cm Handwritten; final eight leaves blank. Dark green cloth boards; lettered in gold up the spine
Finding aids:
Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
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: May 2008