Identity area
Reference code
Alexander/Alexander 1/17
Unique identifier
GB 275 Alexander/Alexander 1/17
Title
Typescript letter signed (on letterhead), Peter L. Shinnie to John Alexander.
Date(s)
- 18 April 1994 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
1 piece paper
Context area
Name of creator
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Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary. Just back from six months in Ghana; time in England spent preparing his part of Amara West volume in EES office; Patricia Spenser dealing with Fairman's portion. Returns to Ghana in the autumn; failed to get funds for final season on Asante project; has money from Haycock fund to help finish the Meroe report. Publication becoming a problem; University has cut off entire subsidy to University Press; one of his Occasional Paper series (A Gonja Miscellany) caught halfway through; asks if the Africa series with BAR might take his Asante project report. Asks for more information on excavations at Gao by someone from Cambridge he's not heard of.