[Alexander Mackie Collection.]
Mackie, Alexander.former owner.StEdNL
mixed material
This is a collection of 84 books and 23 black and white photographs relating to Sri Lanka (previously Ceylon) collected by Alexander Mackie, a Scottish tea-planter in Sri Lanka between 1956 and 1971. The materials cover a wide range of subjects: the development and maintenance of tea plantations and also the political, natural, recreational and social history of Sri Lanka. The collection is an especially valuable resource for information on the development of coffee and tea plantations on the island, aspects of the period of colonialism, and the subsequent nationalisation of plantations in the early 1970's.
The photographs have been transferred to the Manuscripts Division and can be accessed through either the printed or online inventory at Acc.11913.
Each printed item is also catalogued separately.
Provenance: Most of the volumes carry an inscription by Alexander Mackie or an address label for him.
Tea trade