[FOULKES: 3/1-54] Papers and photographs, 1897-1981, relating to service in the Boer War, 1899-1900, West Africa and Sierra Leone, 1897-1903, West Indies, 1902, and on the Anglo-French Boundary Commission in Northern Nigeria, 1902-1904
[FOULKES: 3/1-12] Service in the Boer War, 1899-1900, and photography in military reconnaissance
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c1897-1901
Negatives from 'Photography in Military Reconnaissance', and the West Indies, South African and Sierra Leone albums. 7 negatives
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c1899-1920s
Annotated typescript of 'Photography in Military Reconnaissance', including the history of photography in war to 1902, use of photography in exploration and military reconnaissance, guidance on equipment, surveying, orthochromatic and telephotography, and balloon photography. Illustrated with diagrams and photographs including Sierra Leone, the West Indies, the Boer War and Scotland. [This work was submitted to the War Office in 1899, and revised later]. 1 vol, 11pp
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1899-1900
Photograph album relating to the Boer War, including photographic reconnaissance section equipment, field defences, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Modder River reconnaissance, Doidrecht, Cottage Hospital at Wynberg, Naanpoort Camp, Bloemfontein and relief of prisoners at Wateral Camp. 1 vol
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1900, 1966, 1972
Papers relating to photographs taken during the Boer War, including a list of those taken of Q Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. 14pp
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1900 Feb
Map of Bloemfontein and the surrounding area, printed by John Wood for the Field Intelligence Department, Cape Town. 1p
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1900
Reconnaissance sketches made during the Boer War, including Boer position at Taiboschlaagte; the Colesberg area; the road from Bloemfontein to Brandfort; Pretoria, comprising the culvert near the Aapiers tributary and the bridge near Silverton station; the Modder River from Paardeberg to Koodoesrand drift; and approaches to the river bank at Paardeberg. With explanatory note on the construction of the sketches. 9pp
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c 1900-1907, 1967, 1976
Papers relating to photography, including booklet 'Telephotography in Modern Warfare' by Maj J B Leslie Rogers, published by the United Service Institution of India (c 1901). 22pp
[FOULKES: 3/8]
1903
With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa (Macmillan and Co Ltd, London, 1903) by Charles Sydney Goldmann. 1 vol
[FOULKES: 3/9]
1907 Mar
The Windsor Magazine, vol 25 no 147, including Foulkes' article 'Photography in Military Reconnaissance', referring to theory and practice. 2 copies, 2 vols
[FOULKES: 3/10]
1908, 1909
Letters from The Windsor Magazine, Gale and Polden, Ltd and William Clowes and Sons (publishers), referring to planned publication of Foulkes' work on photography in military reconnaissance. 3pp
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1958 Jun
Letter to the Sunday Times, published 15 Jun, referring to lack of support given by Liberal Members of Parliament to the Government during the Boer War. 4pp
[FOULKES: 3/12]
1966 Nov 8
Letter to Thomas Foulkes, referring to sketches and photograph albums relating to the Boer War. 1p
[FOULKES: 3/13-22] Service in West Africa and Sierra Leone, 1897-1903
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1897-1902
Photograph album relating to Sierra Leone, including scenes and panoramas of Freetown, personnel including Royal Engineers staff in 1897-1898 and 1901, construction of Wilberforce pipeline, gunmounting and Signal Hill fort. With Hut Tax expedition, 1898, showing embarkation, camps and destroyed villages. 1 vol
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c1899
Estimate for amount of granite required for masonry and concrete work on the 'naval shed', Lower Commisariat, Government Wharf in Freetown, Sierra Leone. 2p
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1900
British West Africa, its Rise and Progress (Swan Sonneschein and Co Ltd, second edition, 1900) by Maj A F Mockler-Perryman. 1 vol
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1901 Mar 8
Letter from Lt Col H E Brake, commander of the Gambia Field Force, thanking Foulkes for services rendered to the Administration of the Gambia as a member of the Board on the Barracks. Foulkes was on temporary duty in the Gambia from Sierra Leone. 1p
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1908, 1942
Papers relating to photographs taken of Sierra Leone, including a list of subjects. [Photograph album, 3/13]. 13pp
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1947
Copy of letter to Illustrated, printed in issue of 14 Jun, referring to Ju-Ju customs in West Africa. 2pp
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1949 Jun
Text of speech given at Fellowship Club Lunch on 1 Jun, referring to early career and service in Sierra Leone, West Indies and Northern Nigeria. 6pp
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1949 Dec
Text of speech given at the Fellowship Club in Walton on 7 Dec, referring to cannibalism in West Africa, and the sect named the 'Tongo Players' in particular. 5pp
[FOULKES: 3/21]
1940s
Article entitled 'Human Leopards', concerning cannibalism in West Africa and the Human Leopard society of Sierra Leone in particular. 4pp
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1981
National Army Museum Annual Report 1980-81, including article entitled 'A Forgotten Campaign, Sierra Leone 1898', referring to insurrection over the new hut-tax scheme. Foulkes was awarded the African General Service Medal during the campaign. 1 booklet
[FOULKES: 3/23-48] The Anglo-French Boundary Commission in Northern Nigeria, 1902-1904
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1902-1903
Photograph album relating to the Northern Nigeria and the Anglo-French Boundary Commission, from the River Niger to Lake Chad, including native traders on the Lower Niger, artillery drill and Hausa infantry in Lokoja, Jebba, canoe journeys on the Middle Niger and Busa Rapids, Arewa warriors, Bei-Bei fort, Dosso warriors and Kara-Kara warriors. With members of the British and French Commissions, and the Emir of Kano in captivity. 1 vol
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1902-1903
Photograph album relating to the Northern Nigeria and the Anglo-French Boundary Commission, including French fortresses at Guidambado and Busa, crossing the Sokoto river and construction of Sokoto fort, and the villages of Konni, Gober, Katsena, Kano and Zungern. 1 vol
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1902-1903
Papers relating to photographs taken in Northern Nigeria, including list of subjects and notes. 58pp
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1902-1904, 1945-1981
Papers including booklet, This is Northern Nigeria (Government of Northern Nigeria, 1955), articles including part of Foulkes' account of his pursuit and capture of the Emir of Kano in West African Review (Jun 1959), and newspaper cuttings. 1 booklet, 51pp
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1903 Jan 11
Letter to Dorothea Oakey's sister Priscilla, describing duties in Northern Nigeria including slave raiding in Lidu village. 3pp
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1903 Feb 7
Signed menu of the dinner given by members of the French Boundary Commission of Northern Nigeria, for the British Commissioner. 1p
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1903 Jul-1904 May
Wide World Magazine, including the article by Foulkes in six parts, 'With the British to Sokoto', describing the Anglo-French Boundary Commission, including the journey up the Niger, stay at Lokoja in Northern Nigeria, the Niger Rapids between Wuru and Boussa, Yelwa village, the Dallul Mauri river and march to Sokoto, Dosso warriors and the city of Sokoto. Illustrated with his photographs. 6 vols
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1903-1904
Newspaper cuttings, unidentified relating to Northern Nigeria and the Anglo-French Boundary Commission, including operations against the Emir of Kano and French territorial claims. 13pp
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1903, 1925
Papers and correspondence relating to the capture of Aliyu, Emir of Kano, including letters of congratulation and Foulkes' account of the incident in letters to Lt Col Gilbert Sutherland McDowell Elliot, Royal Engineers, leader of the British Boundary Commission in Northern Nigeria. With obituaries of Elliott and Brig Gen G R Frith. 28pp
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1903-1907, 1925-1926, 1941
Letters from the Emirs of Kano and Gober, relating to Kano's capture, and papers relating to their translation. 32pp
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1904 Apr 2
The Outlook, no 322 vol XIII, including article, 'The Future of Northern Nigeria'. 1 booklet
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1904 Jul
Printed booklet comprising articles reprinted from the Geological Magazine, 'An Eocene Outcrop in Central Africa' by Captain P S Lelean and 'Eocene Echinoids from Sokoto' by F A Bather. 1 booklet
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1904 Nov-Dec
Wide World Magazine, including the article in two parts by Foulkes, 'What I saw at Kano', describing the city, inhabitants, the Emir of Kano, market place and traders. 2 vols
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1904, 1907
Letters from Commandant Moll, leader of the French Boundary Commission. In French. 3pp
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1905 Apr 5
Letter from H Johnston, asking permission to reproduce Foulkes' photographs of Nigeria in a planned book on the races of Africa. 2pp
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c1905
Article [untitled] on the history of the Songhoi people in Northern Nigeria. 3pp
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1906 Feb 27, 1957-1959
Letter from W B Blaikie, referring to ancient astronomical instruments, and correspondence with Andrew Murray, astronomer, concerning occultations. 2pp
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1906 May 30, 1907 May 2, 1907 Aug
Letters from A Hutchinson of the Editorial Department, The Windsor Magazine, including reference to the planned publication of the article, 'Survey Methods in Exploration'. With copy of the article (Aug 1907). 6pp
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1906 Nov
Typescript article, published in The Scottish Geographical Magazine (1906) relating to the Anglo French Boundary Commission. 11pp
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1906 Nov
The Scottish Geographical Mazagine, vol XXII, no 11, including Foulkes' illustrated article 'The New Anglo-French Frontier between the Niger and Lake Chad'. 1 booklet
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1906
Article by Foulkes relating to the Boundary Commission, 'The New Anglo-French Frontier between the Niger and Lake Chad', published in the Scottish Geographical Magazine (1906) and 'The Sokoto Arc', account of the countryside. 1 booklet, 17pp
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1927 Jun
The Royal Engineers Journal Vol XLI No 2, including the article 'Some Royal Engineers and their work in Africa' by Col Commandant H L Pritchard, referring to Foulkes' capture of the Emir of Kano. 1 booklet
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1932 Feb
Article on Five Years Hard (Jonathan Cape, London, 1932) by Brig Gen Frank Crozier, criticising Crozier's depiction of life in the British Army in Northern Nigeria in the 1900s. With letter from editorial department of The Graphic, rejecting the article for publication. 5pp
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1959 Jun
Extract from the West African Review, comprising Foulkes' article 'Capture of the Emir', and letters to sons Thomas and Charles referring to it. 9pp
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1959 Dec
The Royal Engineers Journal including 'The Anglo-French Boundary Commission, Niger to Lake Chad' by Foulkes. With 2 reprinted extracts. 3 booklets
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1964
Concerning Brave Captains, being a history of the British occupation of Kano and Sokoto and of the last stand of the Fulani forces (Andre Deutsch, London, 1964) by D J M Muffett. 1 vol
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1967 Dec 12
Letter from Charles Foulkes referring to the death of H A S Johnston, with whom Foulkes corresponded on the subject of Northern Nigeria. 1p
[FOULKES: 3/49-54] Service in the West Indies, 1902
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1902
Photograph album relating to the West Indies, including Barbados, Georgetown and Kingstown in St Vincent with scenes of destruction following the eruption of Mont Pelee in May, Martinique and Dominica. 1 vol
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1902, 1942-1943
Papers relating to photographs taken in the West Indies, 1902 including list of subjects, and notebook with details of report to the War Office on Martinique, 1902. 1 booklet, 47pp
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c1902
Map of the Windward Islands (Edward Stanford, London, as part of the London Atlas Series). Scale 1:887040. 1p
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1903 Dec
Wide World Magazine, including Foulkes' article, 'The Boiling Lake of Dominica', illustrated with his photographs. 1 vol
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1942 Jan, 1943 Jul
Article entitled 'Fort de France' in Martinique, describing topography and the eruption of Mont Pelee in May, 1902. Including correspondence concerning its publication with The Times and The Illustrated London News and Sketch [rejected]. 7pp
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1969
The Day Their World Ended (Souvenir Press, 1969) by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts, an account of the eruption of Mont Pelee in Martinique, May 1902. 1 vol