Meeting of the Library Appeal Committee
- File
- 10 May 1933
Part of Papers of John Gaspard Gubbins
Re University of the Witwatersrand Fire, South Africa-House, London. Earl of Athlone presiding.
Meeting of the Library Appeal Committee
Part of Papers of John Gaspard Gubbins
Re University of the Witwatersrand Fire, South Africa-House, London. Earl of Athlone presiding.
Memorandum for City Library Committee. Africana Collection
Part of Papers of John Gaspard Gubbins
Part of Papers of John Gaspard Gubbins
Part of Papers of John Gaspard Gubbins
Part of Papers of John Gaspard Gubbins
Memory hold the Door by John Buchan. Hodder & Stoughton
Part of Papers of John Gaspard Gubbins
Newspaper Cuttings (Photocopies)
Part of Papers of John Gaspard Gubbins
Newspaper cuttings, articles and extracts from journals re Gubbins farm, Malmani Cog; farming in South Africa; the draining of the lakes at Malmani Valley, reclaiming peat soils; finding fluospar on his farm which enabled him to build up his library financially; mining reminiscences; market control; his extensive tour to replace documents lost in the disastrous fire in 1931 and the building up of rare Africana source material; the sale of the Gubbins Collection, securing for posterity and housing it at the library of the University of the Witwatersrand and an Africana Museum at the Johannesburg City Council's New Library; Africana notes and news; his death and funeral; obituaries; tributes to his life and work.
Notarial deed of donation. Protocol no.54. J.G. Gubbins Trust : University of the Witwatersrand
Part of Papers of John Gaspard Gubbins
Note from Haileybury Register p.154 (on card)
Part of Papers of John Gaspard Gubbins
Note re signing of B.S.A. Company's concession; Rhodesian League; pamphlets
Part of Papers of John Gaspard Gubbins