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Subject: Re: historical aerial photos of East Africa (fwd)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:18:41 -0500
From: Russell Guy <[log in to unmask]>
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The Ordnance Survey's collection of historical aerial photos, which
includes photos of east Africa, were transferred to the British Empire
and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol.
From the museum's website -
[The Ordnance Survey donated] a large collection covering the
photographic survey of all the former colonies with the accompanying
maps and records. The collection consists of about 1.5 million different
black and white vertical air photographs of survey standard (both
Directorate of Overseas Surveys (DOS) and non-DOS materials generated by
the RAF, USAF, US Navy and various contractors.) The collection dates
from 1946 and goes through to the 1980s.
I do not have the contact person's name but the general contact into is:
British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
Clock Tower Yard
Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6QH, UK
+44 117 925 4980
www.empiremuseum.co.uk
<http://www.empiremuseum.co.uk/>Cheers
Russell Guy
Omnimap
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> Subject: historical aerial photos of East Africa (fwd)
> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:45:12 +0000
> From: Evelyn Dodds <[log in to unmask]>
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> Can anyone help with this enquiry please?
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> From: Brian Kuns
> Stockholm University
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> Stockholm University, as part of an EU funded project involving
> European and
> African universities, is doing a preliminary inventory of archives of
> historical aerial photos in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. A particular
> interest is aerial photos from before independence, but post-independence
> aerial photos are of interest as well. I am a student in the university?s
> Human Geography Department and I have been asked to begin this process.
>
> I wish to ask then if anyone knows of archives of aerial photos in Kenya,
> Tanzania or Uganda and/or in Europe? If so, do you have contact
> information
> for the archive and information on the procedures for accessing,
> copying or
> scanning the photos? Also, what kind of condition are the photos in,
> and is
> there accompanying information on flight path and coordinates?
>
> A more general question is: are there any efforts underway to catalogue,
> digitize and/or preserve historical aerial photos in East Africa (or
> elsewhere in Africa?).
>
> Any insight on the above questions would be highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks and with best regards,
>
> Brian Kuns
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> Evelyn Dodds
> Global Studies Resource Centre
> Arts C175
> University of Sussex
> Brighton
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> 01273 873244
> http://www.sussex.ac.uk/geography/grc
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