Central Africa photographs

This class contains photographic material connected with the work of the PMMS and MMS in Central Africa (mainly Rhodesia [Zimbabwe and Zambia]). Files are organised into five sub-sections: the first for Central Africa; the second for Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe] with two further sub-sections for Mas...

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Date(s) of creation: c 1900-c 1940
Level: Series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MMS.17.07.16
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber MMS/17/07/16
callnumber_txt MMS/17/07/16
callnumber-sort MMS/17/07/16
prefix_number 16
scb_previous_numbers MMS/16/20
title Central Africa photographs
scb_date_creation c 1900-c 1940
scb_level Series
level_sort 4/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/
scb_extent 1 box containing 11 files comprising 109 items
format Archive
description This class contains photographic material connected with the work of the PMMS and MMS in Central Africa (mainly Rhodesia [Zimbabwe and Zambia]). Files are organised into five sub-sections: the first for Central Africa; the second for Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe] with two further sub-sections for Mashonaland and Matabeleland, both also Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]; and the fifth for Northern Rhodesia [Zambia]. However, please be aware that the odd mission in Rhodesia (particularly Northern Rhodesia) are not now in Zimbabwe or Zambia but are in neighbouring countries. Where possible, placenames are identified by a contemporary standard form (generally taken from the 1933 Annual Report) and also by a current modern standard form (generally taken from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names) where this has been identified as different.
scb_arrangement Sub-sections are arranged by geographical location. Material has either been sorted into manageable units or kept in existing units if these are appropriate, based on authorship, provenance, location or subject coverage. Files have been arranged chronologically as far as is possible, although individual files can cover large date ranges.
scb_access_status Open
hierarchy_top_id_raw MMS
hierarchy_sequence MMS.0017.0007.0016