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Collection Level Description: Photographs of British East Africa belonging to Arthur W. Read
Reference: GB 0162 MSS.Afr.s.1493-1494
Title: Photographs of British East Africa belonging to Arthur W. Read
Dates of Creation: 1897-[ca. 1901]
Extent: 2 albums
Name of Creator: Arthur W. Read
Language of Material: eng
Administrative/Biographical History
Arthur W. Read was an engineer on the Uganda Railway.
Scope and Content
Two albums of photographs showing the construction of the Uganda Railway, with some early photographs of the European
population and early development of Kenya.
Administrative Information
Access Conditions
Bodleian reader's ticket required.
Reproduction Restrictions
No reproduction or publication of personal papers without permission. Contact the library in the first
instance.
Further Information
Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room and a handlist is also available
for this collection.
Listed as no. 1030 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions
1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Access Points
Read | Arthur W | fl 1897-1901 | railway engineer in Uganda
Postcards | Africa
Africa, British East | Pictorial works
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20 December 2011
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