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Ref NoMCR/10/16/2
Alt Ref NoMR/530
geographical classification 10.63
TitleTanganyika: Amani Institute
DescriptionManuscript and typescript letters and reports, printed documents and press cuttings, with photographs and photograph postcards, relating to the Amani Research Institute, Tanganyika Territory [current day Tanzania, and formerly part of German East Africa]. Volume includes information regarding proposals for the development of the Institute as an organisation for research across East Africa, with contributions from Uganda, Kenya, Nyasaland, Zanzibar and Tanganyika. Volume also includes correspondence regarding maintenance of Amani Institute by J M Rogers, and management of Alleyne Leechman. Volume also includes papers regarding the sending of botanical specimens, appointments for the Institute, and the cultivation of cinchona. Includes seven photographs taken by Leechman [1922] of Amani, including one photograph of Rogers.

Includes letters to and from Prain and Hill, and letters to Chipp. Includes correspondence with the Colonial Office, and letters from A H Kirby, Director of Agriculture, Tanganyika.

Volume includes the following index:

-- Annual Reports --
(Ff173-188, 189-205, 206-218) Comprises:

- 'Annual Report for the Calendar Year 1920'

- 'Annual Report for the Calendar Year 1921'

- 'Annual Report for the [Calendar] Year 1922'.

-- Centralisation of Research in East Africa, Memorandum on --
(Ff287-292) Memorandum by V H Kirkham.

-- Conference Report on Re-establishment --
(Ff120-148) Includes blueprint plan of Amani plantations.

-- Director's observations as to future of Institute --
(Ff17-31) Letter by Prain regarding proposed scheme for Amani Institute.

-- Eichinger, A --
(Ff279-282) Letters regarding investigation of tropical African soils.

-- Empire Cotton Growing Corporation --
(Ff222-231, 293) Correspondence with Empire Cotton Growing Corporation regarding financing of Amani Institute.

-- Joint East African Board's memorandum on future of Amani --
(Ff303-306).

-- Retrospect of Organisation, etc --
(Ff1-5) Includes photograph postcards of Amani.

-- Seeds distribution --
(Ff271-274) Papers regarding distribution of seeds from Amani, 1924.

-- Small, W --
(Ff263-265) Letter regarding proposals for Amani Institute.

-- Toms, K E --
(Ff311-312) Papers regarding appointment.
Date30 Mar 1920-4 Dec 1928
FormatManuscript papers
Typescript
Published documents
Press cuttings
Photographs
Collection TitleMiscellaneous Reports
LevelFile
Extent1 volume
LanguageEnglish
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