Identity area
Reference code
MS 49
Title
Hugh Stannus Stannus
Date(s)
- 1905-1957 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
0.30 linear metres.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Hugh Stannus Stannus, consulting physician and specialist in tropical diseases was appointed Medical Officer to the King's African rifles in British Central Africa [Malawi], in 1905 and carried out research into various tropical diseases particularly pellagra and sleeping sickness. He made an intense study of anthropology and ethnology and published a monograph on the Wa-Yao people. He was elected FRCP in 1931. In 1914 he became principal medical officer of the Nyasa-Rhodesian forces operating in Southern German East Africa [Tanganiyka (Tanzania)]. His sister married Sir Robert Robertson, the explosives expert and one-time Chief Government Chemist.
Repository
Archival history
Unknown
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Glass plate negatives 1905-c.1918 with contact prints; miscellaneous loose papers 1957.
Accruals
Not expected
System of arrangement
Records are arranged within series. The collection consists mainly of glass negatives, undated and mainly unidentified but presumably taken during Stannus' stay in Africa, 1905-c.1918. A few index notes to the collection are included but as the negatives were originally unnumbered and apparently out of order in most cases, it has not been possible to relate them to the notes.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Conditions governing reproduction
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The records are on paper and glass, and include photographs.
Finding aids
Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Michael Gelfland Lakeside Pioneers: Socio-Medical study of Nyasaland (1875-1920), Oxford, 1964;
Notes relating to peoples of Nyasaland by Hugh Stannus Stannus, 1927, are held at the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
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Description control area
Description identifier
MS 49
Rules and/or conventions used
Description compiled in line with the following standards: International Council on Archives, ISAD(G) General International Standard Archival Description; International Council on Archives, ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families; National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Status
Catalogued
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English