Hofmeyr, Jan Hendrik, 1894-1948 Professor of Classics, Principal and Vice
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A650f MICHELSON, Albert Abraham, 1852-1931 (Physicist).
'Experimental determination of the velocity of light', 1878. 114p. Photo-litho reproduction of Ms.
A651 SITWELL, Sir George Reresby, 1860-1943 (Antiquarian).
'The story of the Sitwells'. 100 Galley proofs, chapters 1-19 and appendices.
Intended to be a social history of medieval England but left unrevised and without illustrations on Sitwell's death.
A654
CURNOW, N. Stanley. -1965.
Papers. 4 boxes.
Curnow was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Yale edition of Private Papers of James Boswell. His papers include notebooks and loose notes which contain a wealth of information on 18th century Edinburgh, the genealogy of Scottish families, extracts from and catalogues of Boswell's correspondence, condensed versions of Boswell's Journals, with annotations, and copies of
78 contemporary material on Boswell. An unpublished Ts, 151l by Curnow entitled "Biographical notes on some of the persons mentioned by Boswell, mostly obscure and mostly Scottish".
Ts draft, 322p. of F.A. Pottle's James Boswell, the earlier years, published New York, McGraw-Hill, 1966. Galley proofs of Boswell:The ominous years 1774- 1776 edited by C. Ryskamp, published New York, McGraw-Hill, 1963 and of The correspondence of James Boswell and John Johnston of Grange, edited by R.S. Walker, published London, Heinemann, 1966.
Photocopy of Genealogy, records and inter-marriages of the Fordyce, Bruce and Clark families at Uyeasound, Unst. Shetland, by John Clark, printed for private circulation by Thomas Paul, Grahamstown, 1902.
A655f
GODLONTON, Robert, 1794-1884 (1820 Settler, editor of the Grahamstown Journal and one of the original representatives in the Cape parliament of 1854).
Journal, 1850 Aug. 30-Oct. 17. 60l. Photocopy of Ts transcript.
Describes a journey by sea from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town, the sessions of the Legislative Council called by Sir Harry Smith to consider the draft of the constitution of the proposed new Representative Assembly and part of Godlonton's overland journey back to Grahamstown. Ts transcript is in the possession of the Library of Parliament, Cape Town.
A657 MEARS, Walter George Amos, 1891- (Historian).
Scrap-books, 1932-1947. 3 vols.
Press clippings relating to African and Coloured affairs with particular reference to assaults, colour bar, education, franchise, labour, land, legislation including the Native Bills, locations, race relations, unemployment and relief works.
A660 DIXON, Sir Charles William, 1888-1976 (British civil servant).
Memoirs, 1969. 115l. Ts.
Gives account of his career in the Colonial Office from 1911-1967, including much of the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth during that period.
A662f
OPPENHEIM, Lt.
'Spion Kop', 1900. 33P. Photocopy of Hg.
An account of the battle of Spion Kop, 24 Jan. 1900, during the South African War, by a member of Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry. Colonel Thorneycroft had to take over command when General Woodgate was killed in action.
Original is in the S.A. National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg.
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FAIRBAIRN FAMILY.
Papers, 1781-1917. 3 boxes.
Letters, notes, poetry, scrap-book, photographs, press clippings and printed items relating to four generations of the Fairbairn Family. They include James Fairbairn (fl. 18th century, Scotland), John Fairbairn (1794-1864, M.L.C., editor of the South African Commercial Advertiser), James Alexander Fairbairn (1836- , Judge's clerk) and John Fairbairn (1863-1925, Hon. Sec. of the Red Cross Society). Also some papers of Dr. J. Philip and his daughter Eliza (wife of John Fairbairn), letters and Hg sonnets by T. Pringle.
Subjects include the 1820 Settlers, freedom of the press, so called “Kaffir” Wars, Cape politics and South African War, 1899-1902. Correspondents include several members of the Philip, Christie, Watermeyer and Foulger families, with whom the Fairbairns were related by marriage, and also G. Greig, J.F.W. Herschel, J. Montagu, B. Moodie, H.E. Rutherfoord and S. Solomon.
Unpublished inventory available.
A665 BEGG, Robert Campbell, 1886-1971 (Surgeon).
'Amazon to Cape Horn on a shoestring: adventures throughout South America and the Galápagos islands'. 282l. Ts.
Published Norwich, Jarrold, 1969. Also 52 photographs used as illustrations.
A666
MACARTNEY, George, Earl, 1737-1806 (Governor of the Cape 1796-1798). Fol.
Letter-book,1797 Feb. 9-1798 Nov. 2. 174p. Photocopies of Ms transcripts.
Letters to H. Dundas, (Lord Melville), Secretary of State for War, officials at the Cape, Court of Directors of the East India Company and to governors and senior military officers in other colonies. Subjects include all matters pertaining to the government of the Cape and the Napoleonic war. Names of correspondents include Sir J. Banks, Sir F. Baring, J. Barrow, R. Brooke, Earl Camden, Sir H. Christian, Lord Clive, T. Coutts, J. Duncan, F. Dundas, Lord Hobart, Countess of Holdernesse, J. Holland, Sir S. Lushington, Sir T.T. Metcalfe, Earl of Mornington, Sir E. Nepean, J. Pringle, T. Pringle, H. Ross, Sir J. Shore, Earl Spencer and G.L. Staunton. An index of names has been provided.
Original is in Rhodes House Library, Oxford.
A667 MACARTNEY, George, Earl, 1737-1806 (Governor of the Cape, 1796-1798). Fol.
Letter-book, 1797 May 8-1798 Nov. 20. 450p. Photocopies of Ms transcripts.
Correspondence with officials and other persons at the Cape, including the burgher Senate, landdrosts of districts, naval and military commanders, judges and Dutch farmers. Subjects include paper currency, taxation, treatment of the indigenous people and justice. Names of correspondents include J. Barrow, M. Borcherds, F.R. Bresler, Sir H. Chrstian, F. Dundas, J. Pringle, T. Pringle, H. Ross, Sir J.A. Truter,
80 Sir J.O. Vandeleur and Baron von Oudtshoorn. An index of names has been provided.
Original is in Rhodes House Library, Oxford.
A668
MACARTNEY, George, Earl, 1737-1806 (Governor of the Cape 1796-1798). Fol.
Letter-book, 1797 Feb.9 - 1801 Apr. 25. 126p. Photocopies of Ms transcripts.
Letters to H. Dundas, (Lord Melville), Secretary of State for War and one letter, 25 apr. 1801, written after Macartney's return to London, on matters pertaining to the Cape. Also drafts of letters in Macartney's handwriting and lists of letters sent by various ships.
Original is in Rhodes House Library, Oxford.
A669f MOFFAT, Mary, 1795-1871 (Wife of Robert Moffat, missionary).
Letter, 1828 Dec. 18, Lattakoo, to Mrs. Wrigley, Mount Pleasant, England. 4p. Photocopy of ALS.
Describes progress at Lattakoo mission, the setbacks due to warring tribes and the Bible translation being undertaken by her husband.
Original is in Rhodes House Library, Oxford.
A670f
MAITLAND, Sir Peregrine, 1777-1852 (Governor of the Cape 1844-1847).
Letter-book,1846 May 21-1848 Dec.1 28p. Photocopies of Ms transcripts.
Correspondence relating to affairs in Cape colony and in particular to the frontier war of 1846-1847. Names of correspondents include Lord Anglesey, Rev. H. Calderwood, Lord Fitzroy and the Duke of Wellington.
Original is in Rhodes House Library, Oxford.
A672 MOFFAT, Rev.Robert,1795-1883 (Missionary of the London Missionary Society).
Letters, 1836 Nov. 20-1863 Sep. 6 items. Photocopies of Ts transcripts.
The letters relate to the visits by Moffat to Chief Moselekatse and to the fortunes of the Matabele mission. Names of other correspondents include J. Mackenzie, G. Thomas and Dr. A. Tidman.
Originals are in the archives of the London Missionary Society.
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HEINZ, [?].
'Diarium 1810: nulla dies sine linea', 1810 Jun. 21-Sep. 24. 126p. Hg.
A diary containing a personal account of travels and discussions with notes on contemporary reading.
SOUTH AFRICAN BAPTIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Records, 1954-1975. 12 items.
Photograph of William Miller and memoir 'William Miller and the first Baptist Church in South Africa' by B. Holt; sketch of the Chapel House, Grahamstown; autobiography of E.P. Reimer and biographical sketches of E. Baker, C. Garratt and A.J.A. Rowland; précis by Mrs. Hugh Barnes-Webb of A brief memoir of Mrs. Charlotte Davies by Rev. W. Davies (Grahamstown, Meurant and Godlonton, 1838); 'Tower trouble under Baptist auspices', being the story of a dispute 1904- 1906 over the erection of a tower in Port Elizabeth in memory of the 1820 Settlers; brochures commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Baptists in South Africa; 'Trekking in South Central Africa' by C.M. Doke, on the missionary work done in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) by C.M. Doke and his father, J. Doke.
A677
BURTON, Henry, 1866-1935 (South African politician and statesman).
Letters, 1927-1935. 414 items.
Mainly letters to his daughter Pixie and a few to other members of his family, including his son William. All are of a personal nature but there are comments on the social and political scene.
A719 MILLIN, Sarah Gertrude, 1889-1968 (Author). Mfe
Letters to Sir Roy Welensky, 1961-1968. 51 items. Microfiches.
Originals are in the Library of the University of Zambia.
A720f
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1899-1902.
'Names of British subjects in Natal who are suspected of disloyalty, prepared by the Criminal Investigation Department, Natal Police'. 67p. Printed notebook, completed in Ms.
Gives details of name, address, district, whether arrested and a remarks column in which the sentence or result of enquiry is noted.
A721
LITTLETON, William Francis, 1847-1889 (Son of 2nd Baron Hatherton, Private Secretary to Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of the Cape Colony 1877-1880).
Letters, 1877 (1877-1880)-1888. 136 items.
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44 letters and extracts of letters inserted into a letter-book with Hg annotations, and 88 loose letters, which relate to the governorship of Sir Bartle Frere, political affairs in South Africa, particularly the so called “Kaffir” and Zulu Wars, the annexation of the Transvaal and the question of confederation. Also comments on social life at the Cape and on personalities such as T.F. Burgers, Cetewayo, Bp. J.W. Colenso, Gen. Sir A.A.T. Cunynghame, J.X. Merriman, Sir J.C. Molteno, M.W. Pretorius, Sir T. Shepstone and S. Solomon.
Calendar available.
A722
WALKER, Ann Low, 1858- (Witwatersrand pioneer).
Autobiography, 1858-1936. 255l. Ts.
Based largely on a diary kept over many years. Describes her childhood days at the Cape where her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Crammond (who had emigrated from Scotland in 1858), worked at Zonnebloem College and Robben Island. There is an interesting account of pioneer days in Kimberley and on the Witwatersrand, including events such as the Jameson Raid, the two Anglo-Boer Wars and the Rand Strike of 1922.
Mrs. Walker was occupied at various times in nursing, farming, keeping a boarding- house and property speculation.
Berea.
A724 VIDLER, Leopold Amon, 1870-1954 (Justice of the Peace and Mayor of Rye, Sussex).
Papers, 1892-1893. 76 items.
Diary 1892-1893, photograph of Vidler 1892 and correspondence between Vidler and his family, principally his mother, relating to his efforts to establish himself as a clerk in South Africa and describing Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, King Williams Town and Durban and the social life of the time.
Inventory available.
A726 OSSEWA BRANDWAG.
Records, 1941 (1941-1943) - 1955.
Notices, programmes and minutes of meetings; printed newsletters and periodicals including Die Waketting, Uniale Omsendbrief and Dié; photographs of parades and festivals and portrait of J.F.J. (Hans) van Rensburg, Commandant-General of the O.B., reproduced in the Star 17 Dec. 1955; Ts entitled 'Die slag van Amajuba' by A.J.H. van der Walt.
A730 McDONALD, Alexander 'Lex' Campbell, 1864-1952 (Pioneer gold prospector in Johannesburg and Barberton).
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Diaries, 1887-1952. 37 notebooks. Hg.
They consist of rough diary jottings, often very brief, and completely factual, with no personal or political comments. The first four diaries, 1887-1890, relate to Mr. McDonald's experiences as a prospector on the gold-fields and provide interesting information, both from the mining and social aspects. Amongst other ventures, he was associated with the Golden Kopjie Gold Mining Co. The remaining diaries reflect the life of a sheep farmer at Queenstown in the Cape.
A731
CULLINAN, Sir Thomas, 1862-1936 (Diamond mine owner).
Papers, 1899 (1903-1934) - 1959. 148 items.
Diaries, correspondence, telegrams, printed items, press clippings notes, maps and personal documents which reflect on Cullinan's career as an industrialist, politician and soldier. Subjects of interest include the pre-union political scene 1905-1910 and the campaign against the Germans in S.W. Africa during the first World War.
Correspondents include L. Botha, Lady A.S. Churchill, Sir C.P. Crewe, Sir B. Frere, Lord Gladstone, Sir H. McCallum, J. Rissik, Lord Selborne, Sir F. Smith and W.K. Tucker.
Inventory available.
A732 BRUCE, John 1745-1826 (British historian, historiographer to the East India Mfe
Company).
'Sketches of the political and commercial history of the Cape of Good Hope', 1798. 443p. Microfiche negative of Ms vol.
This item was given to Lord Macartney by John Bruce on 17 Dec. 1796, just prior to Macartney's taking up office as governor of the Cape. Macartney had it copied exactly, including his own annotations, and presented it to his successor, General F. Dundas, on 20 Nov. 1798. Preceding the main work are 8 pages of advice, headed 'From the Earl of Macartney to General Dundas on his resigning the government to him'. The subjects covered by Bruce are the history of the Dutch settlement at the Cape, a description of the goods produced there, the civil, criminal and financial system of the Dutch, the military establishment and future plans for the government and trade of the Cape.
Original is in the possession of Mr. H. Oppenheimer. No. 4050 (i).
Detailed description available.
A733
MACARTNEY, George, Earl, 1737-1806 (Governor of the Cape 1796-1798). Mfe
Letters to Henry Dundas (Lord Melville) Secretary of State for War, 1797 Jul. 24-1798 Oct.1. 12 items. Microfiche negative of Ms transcripts.
The letters relate to Cape affairs such as the scarcity of grain, the importation of negro slaves, the military expenses involved in retaining the Cape, appointments and salaries of officials and the tribute of Cape wine which has been sent to
84 England. Other subjects include a comparison of the relative values of Ceylon and the Cape to Britain and the danger of Tippu Sultan allying with the French to threaten British control in India.
Originals are in the possession of Mr. H. Oppenheimer No. 5324.
A734 MACARTNEY, George, Earl, 1737-1806 (Governor of the Cape 1796-1798). mfe
Notebook, 1798-1799. 64p. Microfiche negative of Ms vol.
Contains a diary of official business at the Cape, 1-20 Nov. 1798, copies of proclamations issued 3-19 Nov. 1798 and copies of circulars and letters to officials 28 Oct.-20 Nov. 1798. Subjects covered include currency, revenue, taxation, customs, exports, government contracts, wharfage dues, the Vendue Masters' accounts and the maintenance of the Opgaaf Rolls. The names of correspondents include A. Barnard, F.R. Bresler, A. de Waal, J.H. Greene, J. Holland, A. Maxwell, J. Pringle and H. Ross.
Original is in the possession of Mr. H. Oppenheimer No. 4050 (III) (Phillipps Ms 17961).
A735
MACARTNEY, George, Earl, 1737-1806 (Governor of the Cape 1796-1798). Mfe
Account of the Cape of Good Hope, 1798. 203p. Microfiche negative of Ms vol.
Gives a general description of Cape Colony and of the four districts of which it was composed and comments on the revenues of the Cape, the Lombard Bank, the state of the Church, the Court of Justice, the Commissaries Court for trying petty civil suits and for matrimonial affairs, the Burgher Senate, the Orphan Chamber and weights and measures. Preceding the main work are 6 pages relating to the taking possession of Saldanha Bay for King James I, on 3 July 1620, by 2 British commanders of the East India Co. (extracted from the records of the East India Co. by James Cobb, Dec. 1796).
Original is in the possession of Mr. H. Oppenheimer No. 4050 II (Phillipps Ms 25485).
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MACARTNEY, George, Earl, 1737-1806 (Governor of the Cape of Good Hope Mfe
1796-1798).
Letter-book, 1795-1806. Bound vol. with calligraphed title page, containing 18 items (of which 4 were loose in a pocket). Microfiche negative of ALS and Ms transcripts.
The letters relate to the government of the Cape of Good Hope and all but one are to Henry Dundas (Lord Melville), Secretary of State for War. Names of correspondents include G.F. Grand, J. Holland, Lord Macartney, H. Ross and W. Somerville. Also 1 ALS, 13 Jun. 1806, Chiswick, from Lady Macartney to her niece Miss Stuart Wortley, rejoicing that Lord Melville has triumphed over his enemies. |
