CLARKE, John: dictionary of the Fernandian tongue
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1446 MS 4 |
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 | : CLARKE, John: dictionary of the Fernandian tongue |
Date(s) | : 1854 |
Level of description | : collection |
Extent | : 2 Vols. |
Name of creator(s) | : Clarke | John | fl 1841-1854 | Baptist missionary |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
John Clarke was a Baptist missionary who spent time in Fernando Po (Bioko, Equatorial Guinea), 1841-1847 and Havanna la Mar, Jamaica, 1854.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript copy of a dictionary of the Fernandian tongue in two volumes, 12 May 1854, collected by John Clarke from the people of the island of Fernando Po and the adjacent continent, 1 Jan 1841 to 11 May 1847.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Fernandian and English
System of arrangement:
Single item
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.
Finding aids:
Collection level description available in the reading room.
Archival Information
Archival history:
The notebooks were copied from the original for the Ethnological Society, London.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
Allied Materials
Related material:
For a dictionary of a number of African languages by Clarke, see MS 5.
Publication note:
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:
Apr 2008
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