Janus: Newscuttings on Southern and East Africa

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Newscuttings on Southern and East Africa

Title	Newscuttings on Southern and East Africa
Reference	GBR/0115/RCMS 332
Creator	Unknown
Covering Dates	1883–1932
Extent and Medium	2 boxes; paper; The items in the collection are fragile and prone to disintegration. As a consequence some of the volumes have been mounted in plastic sleeves.; Printed
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

Four volumes of newscuttings, three relating to Southern and East Africa and one to the Native Question in South Africa, and loose cuttings on related subjects. Many of the articles concern the activities of the colonial powers in Africa, notably Great Britain, Germany, Spain and France.

The provenance of the collection is unknown.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Newscuttings on Southern and East Africa, RCMS 332

Further information

Indexed

This collection level description was created by RAS.

Index Terms

Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841-1904) Knight, explorer, administrator, author and journalist

British South Africa Company

Barttelot, Edmund Musgrave (1859-1888) Major

Pasha, Emin (1840-1892) governor of Equatoria

RCS/RCMS 332 contains:

Africa, volume I. Newscuttings from the 'St James's Gazette', 'The Standard' and other publications regarding, among other subjects, missionaries in Africa, H.M. Stanley's expedition and his reported death, the Emin Pacha Relief Expedition, the murder of Major Edmund Musgrave Barttelot, the situation in Egypt, fighting between the British and Dervishes in Sudan, revolution in Uganda, Germany's involvement in East Africa, and the slave trade. The pages and cover of the volume are mounted in plastic sleeves.
1 volume.

1886–1892

Africa, volume II. Newscuttings from 'The Times' and other publications regarding, among other subjects, fighting between the British and Dervishes in Sudan and on the Nile, Germany's involvement in East Africa, including the Emin Pacha Relief Expedition, H.M. Stanley's expedition, relations between Spain and Morocco, the Anglo-Portuguese dispute over the Delagoa Bay Railway, missionaries in East Africa, the slave trade, relations between Italy and Abyssinia, the British South Africa Company, and affairs in the Congo, Egypt and South Africa. The cuttings are from 1889 with a few exceptions. The pages and cover of the volume are mounted in plastic sleeves.
1 volume.

1883–1932

Africa, volume III. Newscuttings from 'The Daily Telegraph', 'The Standard' and other publications, including South African newspapers. Much of the scrapbook relates to South Africa, although there are articles concerning areas throughout Africa. Some of the subjects covered include the British South Africa Company, exploration, labour issues, mining, the slave trade and the deaths of noted individuals.
1 volume.

1890–1907

Native Question. Newscuttings from 'The Natal Witness' and other newspapers regarding the Native Question in South Africa. The pages and front cover of the volume are mounted in plastic sleeves.
1 volume; The back cover and probably a number of pages are missing from the volume..

1889-circa 1904

Loose cuttings on Africa. Miscellaneous newscuttings concerning different parts of Africa, including articles on Kenya, slavery in Zanzibar and Pemba, and the deaths of Dr Moncure Conway (1907) and Sir Harry Johnston (1927). The items include a few loose fragments from the volumes.
1 plastic sleeve.

circa 1900-circa 1927

Loose cuttings on South Africa. Newscuttings from 'The Natal Witness' and other newspapers concerning South Africa, notably the Native Question.
1 plastic sleeve.

1893–1927

The Transvaal. Newscuttings from the 'Daily Telegraph', 'The Standard', 'The Transvaal Argus', 'The Cape Times' and other papers reporting the political disputes which led to the Transvaal's declaration of independence and the First South African War.
1 volume; Binding broken and loose leaves..

1879–1881