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Register of the Frederick Russell Burnham Papers, 1879-1979
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Description
Correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, other printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to the Matabele
Wars of 1893 and 1896 in Rhodesia, the Boer War, exploration expeditions in Africa, and gold mining in Alaska duing the Klondike
gold rush.
Background
Born in the USA Burnham was brought up in California. He received a limited formal education but in the course of his early
working life in the Western USA he acquired a knowledge of mining, particularly gold mining. From 1893 to 1897 he was in present-day
Zimbabwe and Zambia. It was he who led the Northern Territories (BSA) Exploration Co. expedition which established for the
outside world that major copper deposits existed in Central Africa.1. Baxter, T.W. and Burke, E.E. Guide to the Historical Manuscripts in the National Archives of Rhodesia, 1970, p.67.
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