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.
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.
Donated to the Oxford Development Records Project.
Immediate Source of AcquisitionThe collection was transferred to the library from the Oxford Development Records Project.
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Listed as no. 857 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Roe | Edward Price | 1870-1953 | Chief Accountant British Central Africa Company
Photographs
Blantyre (Malawi) | Pictorial works
Mozambique | Pictorial works
Ireland | Pictorial works
British Central Africa Company