Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Hall, Francis George. |
| Title: | Francis George Hall Letters |
| Inclusive 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 Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
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.
There are no access restrictions on this material.
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.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Francis George Hall Letters
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Created by: --
Date: 1973
Revision history: 19 Oct 2009 - converted to EAD (MRC)
| 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 | ||||||||||
