Reception given for visiting Botswana government officials, guests of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, by members of the Africa Department, SOAS
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Title:
Reception given for visiting Botswana government officials, guests of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, by members of the Africa Department, SOAS
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Language:
English
Technique:
Black and white prints

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Spatial Coverage:
Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London -- Bloomsbury
Coordinates:
51.52205 x -0.129

Notes

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Copyright note: This image passes into the Public Domain on 01 January 2023.
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Preferred Citation: SOAS University of London. Archives & Special Collections. SOAS Picture Archive. SOAS events, Box 1
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Item level information: Captions on back of prints (British Official photographs). \r\nVisiting Botswana government officials: The Honourable B. C. Thema, MBE, Minister of Education, and Mr A. W. Kgarebe, Chief Education Officer. Pictured in an informal discussion with Professor Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf and Professor J. S. Read.
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Biographical information: Professor Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf: Professor of Anthropology (specialty in South Asia); Head of Department of Cultural Anthropology (from 1961 Department of Anthropology and Sociology) 1949-1976; Dean 1967-1973; Acting Director 1973-1976. Personal papers held in SOAS Special Collections (PP MS 19). -- Professor J. S. Read: Reader in African Law, appointed Head of Law Department 1986.
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Image publication information: Fürer-Haimendorf, Read: see Arnold and Shackle, 'SOAS Since the Sixties', pp.36, 94, 98, 118, 140, 179, 183; Philips, 'The School of Oriental and African Studies, Univeristy of London 1917-1967', p.45
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Extent: 4 prints
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Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London -- Camden -- Bloomsbury
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SOAS is the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London
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Archival Hierarchy: SOAS (Collection) -- SOAS Picture Archive (Sub-collection) -- SOAS events (Series)
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Sub-Collection description: The SOAS Picture Archive became an official collection in 1990, based on photographs and other visual media held by the School and the School photographer. As of 2016, it consists of over 1,400 images in a range of formats, including prints, negatives, slides, postcards, mounted and framed prints, display boards and printed materials. -- Exterior and interior views of the School of Oriental Studies, formerly the London Institution, at Finsbury Circus are available from its inception, including an engraving of the London Institution by Robert Wilkinson in 1820. A number of photographs record the preparation for and construction of the Philips Building, and the interior of SOAS Library from its first use to the present day is well-represented. -- There are early groups of staff and students with the first two Directors, Sir Denison Ross and Sir Ralph Turner. During the 1930s to 1970s there are few images of students, although staff are better represented (particularly in the 1930s and 1950s), and some staff group photographs outside the Bloomsbury Building exist from the 1980s. Several key events at SOAS are pictured, including the inaugural event at Finsbury Circus in 1918, the official opening of the Philips Building and the opening of the Special Collections Reading Room, as well as a number of other events both social (such as Sir Cyril Philips' 80th birthday party) and academic.
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Series description: This Series includes photographs and other images of scenes from events held at SOAS or concerning SOAS individuals. Notable SOAS events include the inaugural event for the Oriental Languages scholarships scheme at the School of Oriental Studies, 1918; the official opening of the Philips Building in 1973, attended by HRH the Queen Mother; the 80th birthday party of former Director Sir Cyril Philips; and the official opening of the Special Collections Reading Room in the SOAS Library in 1997, among many others. Important visitors are also recorded: the Dalai Lama, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, HRH Princess Anne, HRH Princess Maha Sirindhorn of Thailand, Japanese princes, former Prime Minister Sir James Callaghan, and various foreign state officials. A range of exhibitions, conferences, and other academic events as well as a selection of graduation ceremony scenes are included. As of 2016, this Series includes 652 images, of which there are -- Colour: 360 prints, 8 negatives -- Black and white: 258 prints, 20 mounted prints, 6 negatives -- only a selection have been digitised.
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UK Repository ID: GB 0102 (SOAS University of London)

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
© Crown Copyright, 1973
Resource Identifier:
SOAS/SPA/2/6 ( Archival reference )