HOLLIS, Sir Alfred Claud (1874-1961): notes on the history of Vumba, East Africa

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1446 MS 1
Held at	: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.therai.org.uk/ ›
Full title	: HOLLIS, Sir Alfred Claud (1874-1961): notes on the history of Vumba, East Africa
Date(s)	: 1899
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 1 bound volume of hand-typed notes with autograph annotations
Name of creator(s)	: Hollis | Sir | Alfred Claud | 1874-1961 | Knight | Colonial administrator

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1874; served as British Resident to the Sultan of Zanzibar, 1923-1929; Governor of Trinidad and Tobago, 1930-1936; died 1961.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Notes on the history of Vumba by Sir Alfred Claud Hollis, 1899, comprising genealogical notes on the history of Vumba, East Africa, with an account of the descendants of its Diwans.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Single volume, lined paper in hard covers with hand annotated reprint of author's 'Notes on the history of Vumba, East Africa' from the Journal of the Anthropological Institute vol. XXX 1900.

Conditions governing access:

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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.

Finding aids:

None

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presumed deposited by author.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Twelve manuscript volumes of Hollis's autobiography held at Oxford University, Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House.

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Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Walpole.

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:
January 2008