Microfilm of photographs, films, notebooks and associated papers of Rev Dr Archibald Clive Irvine, relating to his military service and missionary work in Kenya.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Album, 1917, undated, of photographs of Blackpool, the voyage to South Africa with the RAMC, and wartime scenes in Cape Town and Durban (Acc.12016/1);
Album, 1919-1922, of mission and family photographs taken in Tumutumu, Kenya, and in Britain (Acc.12016/5);
Album entitled ‘Chogoria – the early days. The start to 12 October 1922’ (Acc.12016/6);
Album entitled ‘Chogoria early days, 1922-1930’ (Acc.12016/7);
Album entitled ‘Chogoria 1930-1947’ (Acc.12016/8);
Incomplete album, 1942, undated, entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past in favour of Dr Irvine’ (Acc.12016/9);
Album entitled ‘Chogoria, 1947 to retirement 1961’ (Acc.12016/11);
Album entitled ‘The Nairobi home, 1961-1968’ (Acc.12016/12);
Photographs, 1951-1996, undated (Acc.12016/14);
Photographs, 1961-1971 (Acc.12016/15);
Miscellaneous letters and papers, 1922-1996, undated (Acc.12016/16);
Album entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922-1927. Prototype of the Chogoria picture booklet’ (Acc.12016/17);
Printed leaflets, 1938-1959 on Chogoria Mission (Acc.12016/19).
Dates
- Creation: [1917-1996.]
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
1 Reels
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Existence and Location of Originals
Acc.12016/1, 5-9, 11-12, 14-17, 19.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk