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- Created 1921-1923 (Creation)
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William Charles Anderson was born 24 August 1897. In the early 1920s he worked as a cotton estate manager for Magunda estates in British Nyasaland on cotton plantations at Mbewe and Gonda.
Archival history
GB 0102 MS 380270 Created 1921-1923 Collection (fonds) 1 box Anderson , William Charles , b 1897 , cotton planter
William Charles Anderson was born 24 August 1897. In the early 1920s he worked as a cotton estate manager for Magunda estates in British Nyasaland on cotton plantations at Mbewe and Gonda.
Donated in 1980.
Papers, 1921-1923, of William Charles Anderson, comprising correspondence, personal papers and photographs. The papers concern his time working in British Nyasaland on the cotton plantations at Mbewe and Gonda. Also includes printed notes on The Treatment of Common Ailments Among Natives and a number of photographs of Anderson, the estate and estate workers.
The material has been sorted into three files: correspondence, personal documents and photographs.
Unrestricted.
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English
Unpublished handlist.
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Donated in 1980.
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Papers, 1921-1923, of William Charles Anderson, comprising correspondence, personal papers and photographs. The papers concern his time working in British Nyasaland on the cotton plantations at Mbewe and Gonda. Also includes printed notes on The Treatment of Common Ailments Among Natives and a number of photographs of Anderson, the estate and estate workers.
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The material has been sorted into three files: correspondence, personal documents and photographs.
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Unrestricted.
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No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Unpublished handlist.
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- English