Two photograph albums recording the years Edward Price Roe spent in Blantyre. The photographs are mainly of the Shire Highlands, his home on Kubula Hill, his shooting expeditions, and his travels into Mozambique. Some of the photographs show his family at home in Ireland.
Dates
- Creation: 1900-1921
Extent
2 Volumes
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.t.32].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS.Afr.t.32
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 4000
Biographical / Historical
Edward Price Roe (1870-1953) was born near Dublin, Ireland. He worked as Chief Accountant for the British Central Africa Company in Blantyre, Nyasaland (now Malawi) from 1900 to 1921.
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Listed as no. 857 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Custodial History
Donated to the Oxford Development Records Project.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transferred to the library from the Oxford Development Records Project.
Subject
- Title
- Photograph Albums belonging to Edward Price Roe
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Marion Lowman
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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