Janus: Lubumbashi Falls collection

RCS contains:
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Y304A	Christy collection of photographs on Africa
Y304E	Institute of Education African Collection
Y304G	Kenneth Robinson collection on Africa
Y304H-L	G.H. Williams' collection on North Africa
Y304M-O	W. Powell collection on Africa 1930s
Y304P	Lubumbashi Falls collection
Y3051A	Views of Nyasaland [i.e. Malawi] 1885-86
Y3051B	Photographs of Nyasaland [i.e. Malawi], c. 1955
Y30521C	Thompson collection on Northern Rhodesia/Zambia
Y3052B	Photographs of Mashonaland and Matabeleland
Y3052C	Alexander Russell Southern Rhodesia [i.e. Zimbabwe] photographs, 1900-1901
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Lubumbashi Falls collection

Title	Lubumbashi Falls collection
Reference	GBR/0115/Y304P
Creator	Peppercorn, John William
Covering Dates	1921–1923 (Dates acquired by the originator.)
Extent and Medium	7 images in 1 file; The photographs have been flattened, cleaned and mounted by the Conservation Department of the University of Cambridge Library.
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

The Reverend John William Peppercorn was working for the South African Church Railway Mission, and covered Northern Rhodesia through the Belgian Congo. He lived and travelled in a caboose (a railway van hitched to a train) but also used a bicycle while the caboose was put into a siding. According to Ellison (1930) the Mission began in 1892 with the work of the Reverend Douglas Ellison and by 1930 was serving railway workers and scattered families along lines through South Africa and Rhodesia and extending Northwards.

Contains sepia prints, mostly on some white background; the measurements are taken to the edge of the paper, not the photograph.

These photographs were the property of the Reverend John William Peppercorn, probably acquired between 1921 and 1923. As two (numbers 1 and 2) have the name A.G. Cooke on them, it is possible that these, and perhaps others, were taken by Mr Cooke and purchased by Mr Peppercorn. They do not relate to the work of the Mission, but are handsome views of the Lubumbashi Falls in the Katanga Province of the Belgian Congo.

Given by Mrs Joy Atkins, daughter of Mr Peppercorn, in October 1995.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Lubumbashi Falls collection, Y304P

Further information

Ellison, Dorothy F. (1930 ?), Gods highwaymen : the story of the South African Church Railway Misson, London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

Indexed

This collection level description was entered by PJ using information from the original typescript catalogue.

Index Terms

Africa

Congo

Katanga

Peppercorn, John William (b 1883)

RCS/Y304P contains:

General view of the Falls. 51 x 41 mm.
Creator: Cooke, A.G (?).

1922

Reflections Lubumbashi River. 51 x 41 mm.
Creator: Cooke, A.G (?).

1922

Forest scene on the river. 51 x 35.5 mm. Photographer unknown, possibly A.G. Cooke.
Creator: Cooke, A.G. (?).

Forest scene on the river. 51 x 41 mm. More turbulent than Y304P/3. Photographer unknown, possibly A.G. Cooke.
Creator: Cooke, A.G. (?).

River scene with large tree trunk lying in the river. 38 x 20.5 mm. Photographer unknown, possibly A.G. Cooke.
Creator: Cooke, A.G. (?).

General view of the Falls. 38 x 30 mm. Photographer unknown, possibly A.G. Cooke.
Creator: Cooke, A.G. (?).

View of the Falls with tree across the foreground. 38 x 30 mm. Photographer unknown, possibly A.G. Cooke.
Creator: Cooke, A.G. (?).