| collection |
SOAS Archive
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| id |
MMS.17.02.05.02.09.02.05
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| recordtype |
archive
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| scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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| item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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| scb_loan_type |
Reference only
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| scb_order_with |
MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/611C
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| callnumber |
MMS/17/02/05/02/09/02/05
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| callnumber_txt |
MMS/17/02/05/02/09/02/05
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| callnumber-sort |
MMS/17/02/05/02/09/02/05
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| prefix_number |
05
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| title |
Travel journals for South Africa
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| scb_date_creation |
1948-1949
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| scb_level |
Item
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| level_sort |
8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
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| scb_extent |
4 volumes
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| format |
Archive
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| description |
In October 1948 Edwin Smith left England for another tour of Southern Africa with the intention of gathering material for his book on Roger Price. In addition he was asked to give the Phelps-Stokes lectures at Cape Town and he asked questions about race relations as he travelled around South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. He would start discussions by putting forward the idea that missionary policy was muddleheaded. His lectures were given in 1949 early in the Apartheid era and were published as The Blessed Missionaries (OUP, 1950). As usual he made copious notes on his journeys, companions, people's opinions and his observations on what was going on. Seretse Khama's marriage to Ruth Williams was a hot topic of conversation at the time.
Includes a few loose inserts.
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| scb_access_status |
Open
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| language |
English
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| language_search |
English
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| scb_finding_aids |
A summary of the entries in these diaries is available in the SCRR.
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| note |
Entry in 'Description' field from information supplied by W. John Young, February 2010
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| hierarchy_top_id_raw |
MMS
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| hierarchy_sequence |
MMS.0017.0002.0005.0002.0009.0002.0005
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