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1. Add MS 89338

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Title:
Letters of Richard James Church, railway engineer, British East Africa and West Africa, with other Church family papers
Scope & Content:
Diary extracts and letters sent by Richard James Church to his fiancée Christine (‘Cissie’) Master, later Church, from East Africa, where he worked as an engineer for the Uganda Railway, letters to their children in England from himself and his wife while based in Gold Coast and Togoland, West Af...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1896-c 1928
Extent:
6 files

2. Add MS 89338/1

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Title:
Diary extracts by Richard James Church while working for the Uganda Railway
Scope & Content:
1. Extracts made by Richard James Church from his diary for August – December 1896, probably sent by post to his fiancé Christine Church, in England. In short sections, on various sized pieces of paper. ‘Journey of the Kibwezi Survey Party of the Uganda Railway from Mombasa to Kibwezi. Aug &...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1896-1899
Extent:
1 file

3. Add MS 89338/2

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Title:
Letters from Richard James Church to Christine (“Cissie”) Master, later Church
Scope & Content:
Letters from Richard James Church, British East Africa, to his future wife, Christine Master, Ealing, 1901-1903, with their envelopes, numbered 109-165. Dates of receipt are noted on the back of the envelopes. The file lacks letters numbered 1-108, 158-160, and 162. 1. Nakuru, Uganda Protectora...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901-1903
Extent:

53 letters

4. Add MS 89338/3

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Title:
Letters from Richard James Church and Christine ‘Cissie’ Church, to their daughters, Phyllis, Margaret, and Christine Church, 1915-1917
Scope & Content:
Letters written by Richard James Church and Christine Church to their young children staying with relatives in Ealing, London, while they were away in West Africa, where Richard Church was working in railways. The letters were written during two separate stays in Gold Coast, 1915-1916, and Togol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1917
Extent:

46 letters

5. Add MS 89338/4

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Title:
Letters to Christine Master, later Church, with other manuscript and printed papers
Scope & Content:
Manuscript material: Nine letters to Christine Master, later Church: 6 letters from ‘Mother Church’, her fiancé Richard Church’s mother, c 1898-1901 Letter from Richard James Church, Offa, North Nigeria, 1 January 1911 Letter from ‘Trev’, Christine Church’s brother Trevor Master, 2 July 1915 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1898-1928
Extent:

1 file (14 items)

6. Add MS 89338/5

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Title:
Photographs: Church family and friends
Scope & Content:
About 80 black and white photographic prints, from an album formerly organised by date in envelopes marked 1901-1910. The collection consists mainly of unidentified group portraits, and also includes wedding groups, groups in gardens, motor cars, sea bathing, women and children, possibly includi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901-1950s
Extent:

c 80 photographs

7. Add MS 89338/6

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Title:
Photograph album and jute bag
Scope & Content:
Photograph album, now empty. Former contents now removed to Add MS 89338/5. Blue cloth bound volume with ribbon lacing. 14 x 12 cm. Simple jute bag, with red and green raffia embroidery, possibly made by a child. 24 x 23 cm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:

2 items