Records of Boyden Station, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 1907-1956

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Records of Boyden Station, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 1907-1956

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Records of Boyden Stations in Peru and South Africa include correspondence, 1889-1927, between Arequipa and Cambridge staff; and Bloemfontein correspondence, contracts, specifications, financial records, reports, 1924-1952, of weather conditions (monthly and hourly) at the station. For more detailed information about records, see Harvard Archives LOCATION below.

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Bok, Bart J. 1906-1983.

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