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Date(s)
- 1976 (Creation)
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2 files
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 1870, Edward Laidlaw Thomson was a Scot who was employed with the African Lakes Company on a new coffee plantation in [Malawi] c 1893-1897. Died, 1897.
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Archival history
GB 0402 ETH 1976 Collection level 2 files Thomson , Edward Laidlaw , 1870-1897 , coffee plantation worker
Born 1870, Edward Laidlaw Thomson was a Scot who was employed with the African Lakes Company on a new coffee plantation in [Malawi] c 1893-1897. Died, 1897.
Documents donated by James MacEwan, March, 1976 (see letter in Director's files).
Typescipt draft for a book entitled 'Letters from Mlanje,' extracts from letters from Edward Laidlaw Thomson, employed with the African Lakes Company on a new coffee plantation, to his family in Scotland, 1893-1897, edited with a foreword by James MacEwan, 1976.
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Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
English
Collection level description available in the Foyle Reading Room.
Prepared by an Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority, NRA.
May 2008 Information sources Records and correspondence Letters (documents) Coffee industry Thomson , Edward Laidlaw , 1870-1897 , coffee plantation worker African Lakes Company Malawi Central Africa Beverage industry Food industry Manufacturing industry Industry
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Documents donated by James MacEwan, March, 1976 (see letter in Director's files).
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Scope and content
Typescipt draft for a book entitled 'Letters from Mlanje,' extracts from letters from Edward Laidlaw Thomson, employed with the African Lakes Company on a new coffee plantation, to his family in Scotland, 1893-1897, edited with a foreword by James MacEwan, 1976.
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Original order
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Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Finding aids
Collection level description available in the Foyle Reading Room.
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Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority, NRA.
Language(s)
- English