Charles Hall materials documenting diamond mining in the Portuguese Angola, 1923-1926.

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Charles Hall materials documenting diamond mining in the Portuguese Angola, 1923-1926.

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Snapshots of the Belgian Congo [1924]; passports,; driver's license; travel papers; photographs of Sabena planes, 1926; a notebook containing notes of mines and operation; aerial map of the Belgian Congo; a guide to pronunciation of Congo names; letters to the editor of Argosy concerning his trials and tribulations working in the Belgian Congo; official reports for the Companhia de Diamantes de Angola; article: Industrial uses of Diamonds, Engineering and Mining Journal, May 23, 1925, photocopies of photographs of Sabena Belgian World Airlines plane and related correspondence, and notes (typescript) toward a book about the life and customs in the Congo "slightly embellished." Hall's letters to his friend Matthew White, an editor of Argosy-All Story, a New York City magazine, describe the disasters, difficulties, weather, and working conditions in Loace, Portuguese Angola, where Hall was Managing Engineer for the Companhia de Diamantes de Angola. His proposed book contains chapters devoted to the Batchak, an African tribe, their social life, customs, and language and to wildlife in the area, snakes, and hippopotami in particular.

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Cornell University Library

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Sabena Belgian World Airlines.

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Hall, Charles Leonard.

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Charles Leonard Hall was born c.1900. In the 1920's he worked in Portuguese Angola as Managing Engineer for the Companhia de Diamantes de Angola. From the description of Charles Hall materials documenting diamond mining in the Portuguese Angola, 1923-1926. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64757927 ...

Companhia de Diamantes de Angola

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The Companhia de Diamantes de Angola or "Diamang" was established in Portuguese Angola in 1917, and at its peek was one of the top diamond producers in the world. However, after Angola gained independence from Portugal the company experienced a difficult period and later was nationalized by the Angolan government. From the description of Companhia de Diamantes de Angola Photographs, 1962. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 71626835 From the guide to the Companhia d...