THOMSON, Edward Laidlaw (1870-1897)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0402 ETH
Held at	: Royal Geographical Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Collections/Collections.htm ›
Full 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 & 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

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Documents donated by James MacEwan, March, 1976 (see letter in Director's files).

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Prepared by an Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority, NRA.

Date(s) of descriptions:
May 2008