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Date: 1973
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| 19 Oct 2009 | converted to EAD (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Hall, Francis George. |
| Title: | Francis George Hall Letters |
| Dates: | 1892-1901 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Correspondence of a colonial administrator in Kenya, written to his father, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Hall. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Francis George Hall (1860-1901) was a British Colonial administrator in Kenya. He worked for the Bank of England until 1880 then, in South Africa, as a schoolteacher, soldier, farmer, and gold miner. In 1892 he joined the Imperial British East Africa Company and became Acting Superintendent of the District of Kikuyu. Hall remained as District Officer after company control was ceded to the British government.
The Francis George Hall Letters consists of typescript copies of letters from Hall to his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Hall, and an index to the letters. The collection also includes a second photocopied set of the letters and indexes.
Letters are arranged chronologically.
Access Restrictions:
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Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
London University's Department of Oriental and African Studies has another collection of Hall's letters.
Persons
Hall, E., fl 1860-1901, Lieutenant Colonel.
Hall, Francis George, 1860-1901.
Subjects
Decolonization -- Africa -- History.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration.
Places
Africa -- Politics and government -- To 1945.
Kikuyu (Kenya) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Francis George Hall Letters
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Correspondence, typescript
Correspondence, photocopies
| Correspondence, typescript | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Pages 1-211 1892-1895 (4 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Appendix with notes, pp. 212-217 1893, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Pages 1-131 1896-1901 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Appendix with notes, pp. 132-162 1893, undated | ||||||||||
| Correspondence, photocopies | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Pages 1-211 1892-1895 (4 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Appendix with notes, pp. 212-217 1893, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Pages 1-131 1896-1901 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Appendix with notes, pp. 132-162 1893, undated | ||||||||||