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Charles A. Roach African Photograph Collection, 1943.
Bernath Mss 119LOCAL
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Title:
Charles A. Roach African Photograph Collection, 1943Creator/Contributor:
Roach, Charles A., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
Two photograph albums with 88 black and white images, plus 67 other loose photographs [1 album], many with captions, most
taken by Rev. Charles A. Roach on a bicycle trip from Durban to Cairo in 1943, on the way back to his parish in Iraq, where
he was Baghdad Chaplain and Oil Company Chaplain from 1939 to 1946. Includes images of local men, women, and children, hospitals,
schools, churches and fellow clergy, residences, roads, and scenic views through South Africa, Belgian Congo, Rwanda, Kenya
(Nairobi), Uganda (Kampala), and Sudan. Roach, an inveterate long distance cyclist, later developed a lecture/slide show based
on his African journey.
Date:
1943 (issued)Subject:
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Egypt -- Pictorial works
Iraq -- Pictorial works
Kenya -- Pictorial works
Rwanda -- Pictorial works
South Africa -- Pictorial works
Sudan -- Pictorial works
Uganda -- Pictorial works
Note:
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Purchase, Allsworth Rare Books, 2004; Friends funds. McBlain, 2006.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Charles A. Roach African Photograph Albums. Bernath Mss 119. Department of Special Collections,
Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Preliminary finding aid available in the Department of Special Collections.
Type:
Photograph albums.Physical Description:
.2 linear ft.
Language:
English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.