African travel diary of A.R.H. Mann

Scope and Content

A diary describing a journey from London via Egypt to the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons and South Africa in four volumes, each of 50 pages.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Presented to The Royal Commonwealth Society by A.R.H. Mann in December 1967.

Note

Includes index.

Other Finding Aids

Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 79.

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Alternative Form Available

Available on microfilm: Reel 5.

Related Material

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library includes a photographic record of this journey at Y30468N.

Bibliography

The material has been microfilmed, and is listed in: 'Africa through western eyes, parts 1 & 2: original manuscripts from the Royal Commonwealth Society Library at Cambridge University Library - a listing and guide to the microfilm collection' (2000), Adam Matthew Publications Ltd.

Additional Information

This collection level description was created by WS and MJC using information from Donald Simpson's R.C.S. catalogue.

Mann, A R H, fl 1935