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The principal correspondents are H.O. Arnold-Foster, Rev. W. Ashton, Sir G.S.

Baden-Powell, Sir H. Barkly, Siur G.J. Bower, British South Africa Co., T.F. Buxton,

J. Chamberlain, F.W. Chesson, Earl of Derby, Sir B. Frere, W.E. Gladstone, Earl

Granville, Earl Grey, Sir H. Rider Haggard, J.D. Hepburn, E. Holub, Sir J.R. Innes,

Chief Khama, Viscount Knutsford, Sir W.O. Lanyon, T. Leask, Chief Lobengula, Sir

H. Loch, Chief Mankaroane, Chief Massouw, E.A. Maund, Viscount Milner, Chief

Montsioa, Rev. J.S. Moffat, Rev. R. Moffat, Chief Moselekatse, C.G. Oates, S. Pinto,

Rev. R. Price, F.W. Reid, C.J. Rhodes, Sir H. Robinson, Earl of Rosebery, Rev. J.

Ross, F.Y. St. Leger, Marquess of Salisbury, Sir T.C. Scanlen, O. Schreiner, T.L.

Schreiner, Chief Sechele, F.C. Selous, S. Solomon, Sir J.G. Sprigg, W.T. Stead, T.M.

Thomas, A. Tidman, G.J. van Niekerk, Sir C. Warren, Sir P.E. Wodehouse.

Calendar available.

A selection from the papers was published as Papers of John Mackenzie, edited A.J.

Dachs, Johannesburg, University of the Witwatersrand Press, 1975.

A76

MARCONNES, Francisque A. (Missionary of the Society of Jesus).

'Karanga grammar'. 290 l. Ts.

Published as A grammar of Central Karanga, the language of old Monomotapa as at

present spoken in Central Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia, Johannesburg,

Witwatersrand University Press, 1931.

A77

MAUND, Edward Arthur, 1850-1932 (Rhodesian concessionaire).

Papers, 1885-1930. 228 items.

Correspondence, diary, telegrams, reports, notes, printed items, scrap-book,

photographs, share certificates and photograph albums relating principally to

Rhodesia, the Charter Company, the gold mining concession from Lobengula and the

Matabele Rebellion. Other subjects are the Warren expedition to Bechuanaland 1885

and a visit to Tunisia by Maund in 1887. The scrap-book relates to gold mining on

the Witwatersrand 1896-1898 including items on the Barnato Group of Companies

(J.C.I.), Chamber of Mines, Black labour, the Gold Law, the cyanide process and a

report of the Industrial Commission of Enquiry, 1897, appointed by the Volksraad.

Correspondents include G. Baden-Powell, G. Cawston, G. Dawson, P.W. Forbes,

Lord Gifford, H.M. Hole, Sir L.S. Jameson, F. Johnson, Chief Khama, Lord

Knutsford, Chief Lobengula, J.G. McDonald, Sir C. Warren.

A78

MOIR FAMILY

Papers, 1876 (1876-1899) - 1903. 11 items.

3 letter-books, 1878-1899, and 9 loose items, 1876-1903, of letters from John and

Frederick Moir and E. Laidlaw Thomson relating to their efforts to develop trade in

Nyasaland, mainly in coffee, as agents for the African Lakes Co., Glasgow. Volume

1 of the letter-books has private letters from F. Moir to parents and family, 1878-

1881, written from Quelimane and various parts of Nyasaland, recording his

impressions of the country.

A79

MOODIE FAMILY (The Moodie Family originated from Melsetter House, Orkney

Islands).

Correspondence, 1796-1877. 46 items.

Letters between members of the family on personal and family affairs, the efforts to

establish themselves at the Cape of Captain Benjamin Moodie (1789-1856), Lt.

Donald Moodie (1794-1861) and J.W.D. Moodie (1797-1869), and of the difficulties

experienced by Donald Moodie in publishing a series of early Cape Archives called

The Record (Cape Town, Robertson, 1838-1841). Includes a letter from Thomas

Moodie to C.A. Fairbridge commenting on Lord Carnarvon's proposed scheme of

confederation for Southern Africa.

Also notes from the Dictionary of National Biography on various members of the

Moodie family, an Ms on Donald Moodie and Ms on the family tree of Johannes

Smuts, into whose family Donald Moodie's son married.

Calendar available.

A81

NEDERLANDSCHE OOST-INDISCHE COMPAGNIE.

Journal, in French, 1789-1793. 426p. Ms vol.

Journal of a voyage of inspection made by two ships, 'Zephir' and 'Havik' in the

service of the Company to enquire into the state of the defences in the Dutch East

Indies and the Cape of Good Hope. Capt. J.O. Vaillant was in command, assisted by

Lieut. Col. J.F.L. Greevestein, the writer of the Journal. The voyage began at

Amsterdam on 18 Feb.1789 and ended on 16 Jun.1793, pp. i-xiv 'Extracten uit het

in French; pp.375-426 'Korte en zaakelyken inhoud van de verrigtingen der militaire

commissie in Oost Indien'. 17 pages relate to their visit to the Cape from 27 May-Oct.

1789. They find much discontent under Governor van de Graaf, describe the garrison

defences and criticise the hospital and the Company's garden. Farmer Cloete of

Constantia complained to them about the compulsory sale of wine to the Company at

fixed low prices.

On the return journey they call at Algoa Bay and 36 pages describe the journey

overland to Cape Town from 1 Aug.-7 Sep. 1792. There are comments on the state of

affairs at the Cape, Stellenbosch, Swellendam and Graaff Reinet.

A82

NICHOLSON, Bertram, 1875- ? (Government Secretary and Deputy Resident

Commissioner, Swaziland).

Papers, 1890-1933. 66 items.

Correspondence, press clippings, notes, printed items and typescripts on the history

and ethnology of Swaziland. A Ts entitled 'The romance of Swaziland some hitherto

unwritten chapters of its history' (35p.) by W.C. Penfold. Material on iron smelting,

the use of bronze and brass in Swaziland and on the Swazi migration to Rhodesia.

Names of correspondents include P. Belleze, J.G. Gubbins, A.W. Hoernle, W.C.

Penfold, L. Peringuey and F.W.T. Posselt. There is a contemporary copy of a

message from Sir Henry Loch, High Commissioner for South Africa, 5 Sep. 1890,

congratulating the Swazi King on his accession.

A83

NORRIE, John.

Scrap-book, 1891-1895. 1 vol.

Ms notes, printed items and press clippings from the Burlesque and other Transvaal

newspapers, relating mainly to mining. Other subjects include the Johannesburg

Waterworks and the fraud case Henry Hesse, editor of the Burlesque v the State,

instigated by Leopold Loewenthal, June 1892. Also programme and menu for

banquet given by B. Barnato for the competing cricket teams for the Currie Cup,

Johannesburg, 13 April 1891, and an Ms account of Carolina.

Inscription on fly-leaf reads 'Jack & Florrie Norrie, Lake Chrissie, 12 Jul. 1891'.

A84

PALGRAVE, William Coates, 1833-1897 (Explorer, hunter, magistrate and Cape

emissary to South West Africa).

Journals, 1876-1880. 2 vols. Ms.

The journals describe his missions to Namaqualand and Damaraland to ascertain

mining potential and possible incorporation into the Cape. As a result of his

recommendations Walvis Bay and the surrounding territory was annexed but he was

unsuccessful in Great Namaqualand.

Volume 1 contains the original diary from 11 Apr.-20 Dec. 1876 (269p.) and

photocopies of the diary kept by his secretary from 5 Dec. 1876-24 Apr. 1877 (125p.)

Volume 2 contains the original diary from 29 July 1878-20 Jan. 1879 (198p.) and

photocopies of the diary from 10 Jan.-2 Aug. 1880 (145p.).

Part of the journals was published as Report of W.C. Palgrave, Esq., Special

Commissioner to the tribes north of the Orange River, Cape Town, 1877.

A85

PHILIP FAMILY (Family of Dr. John Philip, 1777-1851, Superintendent of the

L.M.S. in South Africa).

Papers, 1818-1847. 245 items.

231 letters to Miss Alice Wills, Mission School, Walthamstow, 1829-1845 from Mrs.

Jane Philip, Mary Christie (née Philip) and George Christie from South Africa and

from T. Durant Philip in Britain. The letters are personal but contain references to

mission work in South Africa.

Also those items which survived the fire at the University of the Witwatersrand on 24

Dec. 1931 when two packing cases of original Dr. John Philip papers were destroyed

by fire. They include a torn fragment of a letter by Dr. Philip c.1830, letter from

Captain Campbell to Thomas Pringle, 28 Mar, 1826, re an agricultural fair, letter from

Thomas Phillips to Pringle, 26 Jul. 1827, re Cape politics, 2 letters from Pringle to Dr.

Philip, 19 Jan. 1833 and 23 Aug. 1834, re Cape politics, and a letter from

Kitchingman to Dr. Philip, 26 Dec. 1834, re an attack by the Xhosas. In addition

there is a diary letter 1818-1819 to Dr. Philip, from a minister of religion in Scotland,

on church affairs, portraits of Mr. & Mrs. William Philip and press clippings on the

1820 Settlers and the death of Mrs. Jane Philip.

A86

PHOTOGRAPHS, c.1899-1902. 46 items.

Scenes of Durban. Zulus and the South African War, 1899-1902, including General

Botha, General Kock's staff, President Steyn's visit to the Boer army and other views

of the Natal campaign. Also photograph of the place where Dr. Jameson surrendered,

Fort Mary, Lydenburg during the 1st South African War, 1880-1881, and of a

surveying group at Beaufort West.

A87

FRANCE, Cyril Rorke, 1872-1955.

'Knights of the sea'. Ts drafts of chapters.

Published as Knights of the sea. A Viking family. The voyages and adventures of Sir

John Hawkins, maker of history and his kin, London, 1938.

A88

MACARTNEY, George, Earl. 1737-1806 (Governor of the Cape of Good Hope

1796-1798).

Papers, 1779 (1795-1799) - 1837. 619 items.

The papers consist of 514 loose items and 2 bound letter-books of original documents

plus 24 photocopies of originals in the Public Record Office, N. Ireland. A few early

items relate to Macartney's governorship of the Caribee Islands in the West Indies but

the bulk of the material concerns the period when he was governor of the Cape. It

includes correspondence, reports, notes, military returns, general orders and a page

from his diary for October 1785. Subjects are trade, revenue, coinage, slavery, the

Botanic Gardens, Burgher Senate, shortage of grain and timber, the disaffection of the

Dutch population, the indigenous tribes and the need to separate them from the

colonists and the exploration of the interior and the coasts. There is much about

military and naval affairs at the Cape and about the Napoleonic Wars, including the

convoy system used by shipping.

Correspondents include A. Barnard, J. Barrrow, F.R. Bresler, Sir H. Christian, Sir J.H.

Craig, Maj. Gen. F. Dundas, H. Dundas (Lord Melville), Sir G.K. Elphinstone

(Viscount Keith), J. Holland, W. Huskisson, J. Pringle, Admiral T. Pringle, H. Ross

and W.S. van Ryneveld.

The photocopies from the Public Record Office, N. Ireland, consist of 24 letters,

1796-1798, being from friends and petitioners to Lord Macartney, wishing him well

and asking favours of him. There are several references to Cape wine.

Correspondents include the Marquess of Hertford, Countess of Holdernesse, Lord

Holland, Lady M. Palmerston and W.S. van Ryneveld.

Published calendar available; Historical and Literary Papers: inventories of

Collections No. 5 The Earl Macartney Papers.

A89

PRINGLE, Thomas, 1789-1834 (Poet, journalist and 1820 Settler).

'Ten letters of Thomas Pringle (1826-1833) together with his The Desolate

Valley: a South African Scene and The Wild Forester of Winterberg: a South

African Ballad' 34p. Photocopies of ALS and Mss.

Correspondents are Mrs. W.B. Rawson, A. Watts and T. Wilson and the subjects of

the correspondence are literature and the slavery question. 'The Desolate Valley' was

published in African Sketches, London, Moxon, 1834 and 'The Wild Forester of

Winterberg' under the title of 'The Forester of the Neutral Ground' in Afar in the

desert, London, Longmans, 1881.

Originals are in the John Rylands Library, Manchester.

A90

RHODES ANNIVERSARY

Papers for the 20th anniversary of C.J. Rhodes' death, 1922. 6 items.

Ts by J.P. Fitzpatrick (21p.), written hurriedly from memory for the Cape Times,

dated 21 Mar. 1922, with reminiscences of C.J. Rhodes, and comments on Alfred Beit

and Sir Donald Currie; Ts by J.X. Merriman (6p.) and an accompanying letter, 23

Mar. 1922, to W. Morrison, requesting that he did not use these rambling notes; press

clippings from the Cape Times including the recollections of Edmund Garrett and Sir

Lewis Michell.

A91

RICARDE-SEAVER, Maj. Francis Ignatius, 1836-1906 (Rhodesian pioneer).

Papers, 1889-1901. 14 items.

6 letters, 1889-1890, between G. Cawston, Sir R. Herbert, C.J. Rhodes and 'J.S.V.',

relating to negotiations with the Portuguese for prospecting rights in Mozambique;

Ms, Ts drafts and printed proof of 'Boer, Afrikaner and Briton in the Transvaal', an

article published in the Aug. 1895 issue of the Fortnightly Review, together with press

reviews of the article. Also An address on the Transvaal past and present, London,

1900.

A92

ROSENTHAL, Eric 1905-1983 (Journalist and author).

Ts drafts of the following published works:

General de Wet (Cape Town, Unie-Volkspers, 1946, 381l.),

River of Diamonds (Cape Town, Timmins, 1957, 180l.),

Tankards and tradition (Cape Town, Timmins, 1961, 272l.),

'Witwatersrand cavalcade', published under the title Gold bricks and mortar

(Johannesburg, Printing House, 1946, 137l.)

A93

ST. LEGER, Rev. Frederick York, 1833-1901 (School teacher and editor of the

'Cape Times').

Notebook, c.1889. 101p. Hg vol.

Contains notes on church and state, miracles, scripture and cosmology.

A94

SANTEN, Baltus van.

'Dagh register gehouden door Baltus van Santen', 1718-1724. 208p. Ms vol.

Log-books written in Dutch into a vellum bound volume by Captain van Santen, in

the service of the Dutch East India Co., giving an account of the voyages in the ships

under his command. The 'Bevenwijk' sailed from Batavia to Gamron, Persia, Cochin-

China, Ceylon and back to Batavia from 1718-1719; the 'Prattenburg' sailed from

Batavia via the Cape of Good Hope to Holland during the years 1720-1721; the

'Meijnde' from Texel to Batavia via the Cape 1722-1723; and the ''T Huijs ter boede'

from Batavia to Siam 1723-1724. Included is a list of 92 Company ships which were

lost by storm or enemy action 1684-1722.

A95

SARGANT, Edmund Beale, 1855-1938 (Director of Education in the Transvaal).

'Report on native education in South Africa. Parts 1 and 2'.

c.1905. 273l. Ts vol.

- - Report on education in Bechuanaland Protectorate' 1905. 90l. Ts vol.

A96

SEKUKUNI CAMPAIGN.

Records, 1878-1879. 77 items.

Reports and letters relating to the campaign against Chief Sekukuni, being chiefly

letters from M. Osborn, Secretary to the Government, Pretoria, to Captain M. Clarke,

Special Commissioner for Lydenburg. Other correspondents include A. Aylward, I.

Ferreira, R. Godlonton, G.A. Roth, Sir T.S. Shepstone and G. van Deventer.

A97f

SHEPSTONE, Sir Theophilus, 1817-1893 (Public servant and administrator).

Papers, 1877, 1929-1930. 10 items.

Ts copy of letter from Sir G. Wolseley to Shepstone dated 2 Sep. 1877, congratulating

him on annexing the Transvaal. Also press clippings from newspapers of 1929-1930

containing extracts from Shepstone's Diary and letters, which form the basis of C.J.

Uys's In the era of Shepstone Lovedale, 1933.

A98

SINCLAIR, Sam (?) (Ship's surgeon).

Journal, 1824-1829. 189p. Ms vol.

Descriptive account of the voyages of the 'Owen Glendower', 'Helicon' and 'The

Sparrowhawk', based mainly in Simon's Bay but sailing up and down the East coast of

Africa, visiting Mauritius, Seychelles, Cape Delgado, Inhambane, Zanzibar (which he

found half destroyed by fire) and Mombasa. While stationed at the Cape, Sinclair

made a journey of 150 miles inland to the bot baths at 'Bramflee', visiting

Stellenbosch, Franschoek Valley, Worcester, Drakenstein and the Moravian mission

station at Genadendal. He describes the way of life and hospitality of a typical 'Boor'

household, a visit to a Constantia vineyard, landing at Port Natal, the Zulus, Algoa

Bay and a shipwreck on Robben Island. He mentions Chaka, Lt. F.G. Farewell, the

Rev. Holbeck, James Holman (The blind traveller: see Holman's Voyage round the

world, v.2, p. 106),

Sir R. Plasket (Colonial Secretary, who sailed on Sinclair's ship to St. Helena) and the

governor of the Cape, Lord Charles Somerset.

A100

SOCIETE DES MISSIONS EVANGELIQUES DE PARIS.

Photographs, 1878-1904. 10 albums.

Photographs taken by the Rev. F. Coillard and the Rev. T. Burnier of the trek to the

Zambesi from Basutoland, 1st expedition 1878-1879, and 2nd expedition 1884-1885,

the upper Zambesi 1885-1886 and 1895, Victoria Falls 1913, Barotse Mission 1892-

1904, Chiefs and villages of the upper Zambesi 1895; Miscellaneous post-cards and

reproductions relating to Basutoland and Barotseland. There is also 1 album

containing reproductions of paintings of flowers of the upper Zambesi. Series 1 and 2

by Mme. Reucter published since 1920 and series 3 by Mlle. Kuntz published 1932.

Includes photographs of the Rev. F. Coillard and the Rev. Louis and Madame Jalla.

A101f

SEPULVEDA, Manoel de Sousa (Commander of the Portuguese galleon 'St. John').

'Narrative of the wreck of the great galleon Saint John on the land of Natal in the

year 1552'. 21p. Ts.

Translation of Historia da muy notavel perda do galeam S. Joam, Lisbon, 1564.

A102

SOUTH AFRICA. Committee into the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand,

1938-1941.

Records, 1939-1941. 2 boxes.

Includes correspondence in connection with the work of the Committee; copies of

statements made by witnesses submitting evidence; draft report and mimeographed

copy of final report afterwards published by the Government Printer, Pretoria, 1941.

Also press clippings on the history of the gold-fields.