File RCT/2 - Notebook: 'Algeria 1901'

A journal documenting Reginald Campbell Thompson's encounters during his holiday to Algeria in 1901, when he was 25 years old, with multiple photographs, drawings, letters, newspaper clippings, etc pasted into the notebook throughout. The main text is in nine chapters, with a section at the end listing the expenses of the trip.

Additional papers include:

1. Folded map of the area.
2. Hunting license from the French Ministry of the Interior.
3. Piece of blotting paper.
4. A letter to R.C Thompson from Francois Thureau-Dangin to thank Thompson for his letter, handwritten in French, 30 August.
5. Letter from T. P. Peet of the Institute of Archaeology, 11 Abercromby Square Liverpool, 19 April, 1933, requesting R.C Campbell raise funds in order for Campbell's book to be published.
6. 'Caravan halting at El-Kantara. Haji Ali with my rifles in the foreground, 'Lochiel' on the left. The donkey is laden with dates' - a photograph of men Thompson hires in Algeria.
7. A letter to R.C from F.C Drummond-Hay replying to R.C questions about wild life in Algeria, 12 Feb, 1901.
8. A letter to R.C from R.N Hodgson, also answering R.C questions about wild life, 3 Sept, 1901.
9. A letter to R.C from the British vice consulate Philippebille again answering R.C questions about wild life. The writer says he has contacted a French official to find more answers, dated 10 August 1901.
10. A letter in French to the British vice consulate Philippebille, from Georges Bassey concerning the wild life.
11. A letter from Georges Bassey to L. [Luus-Réflet] concerning wildlife for hunting, dated 26 August 1901.
12. A letter to R.C from the British vice consulate Philippebille advising on the mouflon shooting and that Englishmen are at risk of being considered spies, dated 19 September 1901.
13. A letter from A. de la Croix concerning the Barbary sheep and gazelles to be found, dated 11 March 1901.
14. A letter from the British vice consulate, Philippebille, to provide details of the supplies which Thompson has kindly offered to bring, dated 4 October 1901.
15. 'Camp at 'Ain-el-gheuzlan. Campagnolle, 'Lochiel' and 'Haji Ali'. The Campagnolles' farm lies among the trees' - a photograph.
16. 'On the way to first Camp; the wady at El Kantara' - a photograph.
17. 'Prickly pear and palms round the Campagnolles' farm'- a photograph.
18. 'in the wady near El-Kantara' - a photograph.
19. 'Arab houses, El-Kantara' - a photograph.
20. 'Roman Bath' - a photograph.
21. 'Jebel Melah on the Horizon' - a photograph of Jebel el Melah, a hill in Tunisia.
22. 'The upper slopes of Jebel Melah' - a photograph.
23. 'Hajj Ali spying over Jebel Melah with binoculars' - a photograph.
24. 'Caravan of Camels, El Outaia' - a photograph.
25. A photograph of a man.
26. 'Group at El Outaia station' - a photograph of five men waiting at the train station.
27. A business card from Mabrouck ben Messaoud, guide, Hotel Bertrand.
28. 'Village of El Kantara' - a photograph.
29. 'Jebel el Melah on the left of the horizon' - a photograph.
30. 'Camp near the Roman Bath' - a photograph.
31. 'Sunset from near the 'Ain el-gheuzlan' - a photograph.
32. 'Where boots wear out Jetel Methili' - a photograph of a rocky area.
33. 'Arab Hunter, El Kantara' - a photograph.
34. 'Near the scene of slaughter, Jebel Methili' - a photograph.
35. 'Water on the Methili' - a photograph.
36. A photograph of a Man.
37. A photograph of a teenager and child.
38. 'Mouflon Hunting in the Aures Mountains' - a newspaper cutting, unknown publication.
39. A scrap piece of paper with notes of names on it.
40. A child's drawing of Professor Daddy, presumably by one of R. C Thompson’s children.
41. Letter from R.C Thompson to his father, sent from the Hotel Bertrand, El Kantara, giving details of the trip to Algeria, dated 3 November 1901.
42. Three Photos of Skiff sailing in England.
43. The questions for a cross word.
44. Fifteen rough notes on translating and poetry.
45. Six business-cards.