Tele-Dinda Mining Expedition [Belgian Congo] Photograph Album, ca. 1911-1912
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Tele-Dinda Mining Expedition [Belgian Congo] Photograph Album,
- Dates:
- ca. 1911-1912
- Extent:
- .2 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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Tele-Dinda Mining Expedition [Belgian Congo] Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 100. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Photograph album containing 105 b/w photos, with captions in English, of scenes in the Belgian Congo, taken by a member of the Tele-Dinda Mining Expedition which apparently was prospecting for gold and diamonds. Images of mining operations, views of forests and forest clearing, construction of camps, and many of nearby villages and inhabitants including Gabata, Banalya, Kanwa, Edibe (some of pygmies), Kiambi, and Pweto. Also scenes along the Congo, Aruwimi, Tele, Lindi, and Zambezi Rivers, Lake Moero, Stanley and Victoria Falls, Stanleyville, Kungalunga Plateau, and the Cape to Cairo Railroad.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase, 2003.
- Physical location:
- Del Sur
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2004
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 10 May 2004 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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None.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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Tele-Dinda Mining Expedition [Belgian Congo] Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 100. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062