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The library, founded in the 1920s offers a collection of "volumes, maps, periodicals and photographs many of which were otherwise unavailable elsewhere in Uganda". The collection comprises approximately 6000 volumes "all pertaining to African history, culture, sociology, travel and science".
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with its first publication in 1934. It was stated that the journal aimed to "to collect and publish information which may add to our knowledge of Uganda and to record that which in the course of time might be lost."
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In its first five years, the society was involved in presenting lectures of "scientific, historical, economic, or religious interest" but faced a near collapse in 1928 due to members dispersing.
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The Uganda Society moved location from Entebbe, to the Kampala Club in June 1933. It then moved to the Sikh Barracks, and in 1960 it was at the National Cultural Center in Kampala.
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is a cultural, and scientific society in Uganda that was founded in 1923. The society was established to promote the study of Uganda’s history, culture, and natural history.
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According to a Library of Congress entry, its main activity consisted of "the reading of papers and the delivery of lectures on topics relating to Uganda".
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The society has a library and archives that contain information on Uganda’s history, culture, and natural history. The society also publishes a journal,
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The Society also sponsored publications like "A Guide to the Snakes of Uganda", by Captain C. R. S. Pitman, and "Uganda Memories", by
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grant provided for the extension of the Uganda Museum in 1963, which saw space allocated to the society in the Education Wing of the
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In 1933 the society moved its headquarters to Kampala and decided to issue a regular publication,
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The Society hosts the Uganda Society Library at its current location at the Uganda Museum.
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Copy of front page of The Uganda Journal, Volume 1, Number 2 1934
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https://biosci.kyu.ac.ug/ugssti/about-the-uganda-society/
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Founded as the Uganda Literary and Scientific Society in
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Edward James Wayland, co-founder of The Uganda Society
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1923
Edward James Wayland
Entebbe
Protectorate of Uganda
Uganda Museum
Kampala
Uganda
20°06′09″N 32°20′45″E / 20.10252°N 32.3457871°E / 20.10252; 32.3457871
Anthropology
Medical
Archaeology
Geology
Linguistics
Literature
Albert Ruskin Cook
Edward James Wayland

The Uganda Journal

1923
Entebbe
Protectorate of Uganda
Edward James Wayland
Sir Herbert Ralph Hone
Ford Foundation
Uganda museum


The Uganda Journal
Sir Albert Cook

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