Papers of Ernest Gedge
MSS.Brit. Emp. s. 290
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Papers of Ernest Gedge
Shelfmark
MSS.Brit. Emp. s. 290
Summary
Letter-books, correspondence, notebooks, press cuttings, notes on expeditions, notes for articles, maps, periodicals, account books etc. relating to the East African Estates Limited, Imperial British East Africa Company, Uganda, prospecting expedition to the Yukon, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Kenya, Russia, Malaya, Borneo and Java. Includes letters from Sir Frederick Jackson and Sir Frederick Lugard.
Associated place
Asia -- Description and travel
Date
1890-1929
Language
English
Arabic
Physical extent
6 boxes
Acquisition
Deposited with the library in May 1965 via the Oxford Colonial Records Project.
Subject
Africa -- Description and travel
19th century
Colonial administrators -- Correspondence
20th century
