Object Details
- General note
- Identification of author based on printed document completed by hand, laid in volume 1 (1 sheet ([1] page), 11 x 13 cm.): East Africa Protectorate. Gun tax receipt for the year 1909 ... no. 13940, issued to Major A.W. Quilter of Nairobi, 29 Oct. 1909, signed by district commissioner R. Skene, district of Mombasa.
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 5: Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 Item (6.5 x 9 x 0.5 in. (1 of 2), 7 x 9 x 0.75 in. (2 of 2))
- Date
- 1909 October 28 - 1911 March 7
- Container
- Item M128
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Rights
- The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
- Scope and Contents note
- Journal kept by Major A.W. Quilter of Nairobi, Kenya, describing his travels on safari and his game-hunting activities in East Africa. Quilter describes events that happened to him and other members of his party on safari, gives details on the animals he had shot (for instance, hippopotamus, elephants, lions, bongos, and impalas), and mentions some of the people he met on his travels, including Kermit Roosevelt.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890716-2
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