Collection GB 1446 MS 1 - HOLLIS, Sir Alfred Claud (1874-1961): notes on the history of Vumba, East Africa

1 bound volume of hand-typed notes with autograph annotations

GB 1446 MS 1 1899 collection 1 bound volume of hand-typed notes with autograph annotations Hollis , Sir , Alfred Claud , 1874-1961 , Knight , Colonial administrator

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

Presumed deposited by author.

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.

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.

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.

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English

Fragile document.

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

Compiled by Sarah Walpole. 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. January 2008 African history East Africa Genealogy History Hollis , Sir , Alfred Claud , 1874-1961 , Knight , Colonial administrator National history

Presumed deposited by author.

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.

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.

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.

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.

• English

• Latin

English

None

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

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.

• English