This volume, No. 6685 in the Oppenheimer Library, consists of 14 letters bound together (and 4 loose items in a pocket at the back), with a calligraphed title page.

The letters are mainly to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Secretary of State for War from 1794-1801, and are bound in the following manner:.

While the greatest part of the papers relates to the second Henry Nourse (1857-1942), reflecting his interests as a soldier, prospector and sportsman, there is also much about other members of the Nourse family and about the Cloete, Christian, Law and Norton families, which were connected by marriage with the Nourses.

In addition to being of Nourse family interest, the papers also touch on the 1820 settler, the so-called Kaffir War, the discovery of diamonds and gold, the Zulu and South African Wars, and the history of horse-breeding and horse-racing in South Africa. (Details appear in the subject index).

The papers consist 6 items probably relating to the period 1827-1834. There are prints of Lamb himself and of Christ's Hospital, a wash drawing of Lamb's house at Islington, a letter from Lamb to Thomas Pringle, page-proofs of Pringle's African sketches, London, Moxon, 1834 and a note in Lamb's handwriting attached to the proofs. The papers are of South African interest because of the Pringle proofs which contain manuscript revisions and comments by Lamb, Thomas Pringle (1789-1834) was a Scottish poet, 1820 settler to South Africa, librarian at Cape Town and co-founder with John Fairbairn of the South African Commercial Advertiser, who incurred the displeasure the governor Lord Charles Somerst because of his political writings and had to return to England in 1826. From then until his death he was secretary of the Anti-slavery Society and concentrated on his literary pursuits. Pringle is important as being the first poet to write in English on South African subjects.

In 1828 Pringle published Ephemerides: occasional poems written in Scotland and South Africa, Smith, Elder & Co. London.?.

Out of the 6 poems in the page proofs, 4 had been published in this volume. It appears that even after publication Pringle was willing to polish up and revise his poems. Not only did he submit them to Lamb for criticism but also to S.T. Coleridge. In the Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library - Vol. 23 No. 3, March 1969; p. 68, -? Dr Lewin Robinson describes the Pringle page proofs, with manuscript revisions and corrections by Coleridge, which had been acquired by the South African Library at a Sotheby's auction in 1968.

The Lamb papers were bought in May 1972 by the Library from Francis Edwards, the London dealer. According to Dr Lewin Robinson the Lamb papers cane up for auction at Sotheby's in 1968 at the same time as the Coleridge papers. The provenance prior to this is lost, other than that Pringle's widow gave the proof sheets to Adam White (1817-1874), the British naturalist, according to notes by White in the papers.

The De Souza papers consist primarily of copies of telegrams which were kept by Louis de Souza in his capacity of Secretary for War in Krugers cabinet. When the British captured Pretoria in June 1900, he took the telegrams to a place of safety. For many years they lay in a tin trunk of the garage of his son Cyril Webley Lovell de Souza. They were re-discovered in 1950 when the tin trunk was opened and 7 cardboard files were found in it, containing tissue-thin copies in perfect condition. C.W.L. de Souzas first attempt to have a selection published came to nothing and the papers were replaced in the trunk. In 1966 a reporter from The Star visited Mr de Souza at Pafuri on the Mozambique border and asked permission to publish a few. These articles aroused the interest of Professor Marais of the Department of History at the University of the Witwatersrand, who spent some time going through the telegrams and said they were a most valuable treasure of Africana. The papers were subsequently purchased by the University of the Witwatersrand, 16 April 1972, from F.C.L de Souza and J.J.L de Souza, the sons of C.W.L. de Souza, who died in 1967 before the publication of a selection of the telegrams under the title No charge for delivery, Cape Town, Books of Africa in 1969.

The papers consist of 7118 items, of which 7049 were telegrams and 69 other miscellaneous items. They cover the years 1899-1900, from the beginning of the War to the capture of Pretoria in June 1900. They are mostly in High Dutch and a few are in English. The telegrams consist of 6999 flimsy copies and 19 originals. From them, a very clear picture emerges of the difficulties of fighting a war with volunteer commandos, the members of which were not amenable to discipline. The senders and recipients included the Presidents of the Boer republics, the Boer generals, other civilian and military officials and a few from the British officials and military officers. Subjects covered included descriptions of skirmishes and battles, requests for reinforcements, news of enemy troop movements.

The British blockade prevented supplies reaching the republics. There is much concerning the treatment of prisoners, the cutting of railway lines, the effect of the war on the civilian population and differences between the Boer generals.

In addition to the telegrams, there are 69 miscellaneous items of correspondence, notes, count summonses, proclamations and notes. They refer mainly to the treatment of British prisoners in Pretoria and to the Boer and British casualties. Of there the most interesting are 3 drafts of telegrams apparently in the handwriting of W.S. Churchill, describing his capture and giving his impressions of the Boers and the possible length of the war. They were attached to a letter from Dr. J.W.B. Gunning, a member of the Board of Management which administered the officers prisoner-of- war camp in the State Model School, Pretoria, to L. de Souza (also a member of the Board), in which Gunning recommends the censorship of certain words as likely to persuade the Imperial government to send more troops from India and Britain to fight against the Boers. He also accuses Churchill of continued jingoism and says he doesnt trust him. It appears that the telegrams were never sent. This is substantiated by Churchills own account of the armoured train incident in which he was captured, published by The Morning Post on 1 January 1900 and later reprinted in his book. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria was dispatched by him from Durban in late December (see R. Churchill Winston Churchill v.1, p.461). The handwriting of these drafts has been compared with real and facsimile versions of Churchills script and the similarities are so great that it seems certain that they were written by Churchill.

Papers relating to the publication of the book of Clements Kadalie, trade union leader and General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), entitled "My life and the I.C.U.".

The Book was intended to be published under the editorship of E. Roux. It was eventually published in 1970 by Cass, London, and edited by Stanley Trapido.

Verbatim official record of evidence, summarised record of proceedings, memoranda on Black trade unions and draft in Afrikaans of the Commission's report.

WitnessesMemorandumVerbatim ReportSummaryAbercrombie, H.5312(XLVI)AAfrican Commercial and Distributive Workers' Union, Durban and Pietermaritzburg Branches.1373611-36327(XI)African Commercial and Distributive Workers' Union of S.A., Cape Town.1574241-427210(XI)African Bakers' and/or Confectioners' Industrial Union.704-806 & 3091-31222(XII) & 6(VIII)African General Workers' Union, Kroonstad.143Afrikaans Iiandelsinstituut.20612(XV)Afrikaans Kultuurraad.20513(VI.t)African Textile Workers' Union.1504182-423510(IX)Amalgamated Engineering Union and East London Branch of the S.A. Trades and Labour Council.1492034-20904(IV)Amalgamated Engineering Union (Natal Section).1383572-36037(IX)Apartheid Resistance Committee, Port Elizabeth.992562-25835(V)Apostolic Delegation.1511-6311(VI)Archbishop of Cape Town.1438-14553(XI)Artisans Staff Association.20412(XIX)Associated Scientific and Technical Societies of South Africa, Johannesburg.228Associated Chambers of Commerce.1798297-830612(I)Association of Law Societies.643(XX) and 12(XXIX)Automobile Association.8112(VT)Bagshaw Gibaud & Company.5(XIII)Barker, W.13312(XXVIII)Bedding Manufacturers! Association of S.A.21712(XXXV)Belgian Congo. Mr. Laborel.1-32 Mr. Capella.34-61 Mr. le Cocq.62-70 Mr. Boudert.71-79 Mr. v.d. Linden and Mr. Revier.80-95 Tobacongo Tobacco Factory.96-98 Solbena (Shirt Factory).98-100 Amato (Soap and Oil Factory).100-102 B.C.K. Railways.102-122 L'Union Minière du Haut Katanga (Copper Mining)123-143Beukes, Dr. W.T.H.20713(IV)Bloemfontein Afrikaanse Sakekamer.145412919(I)Boilermakers' Union, East London.2025-20884(III)Bolton, J.C.693458-35107(VII)Bothma and Potgieter.18513(IX)Braadvodt, E.M.101Braadvedt, H.P.106Browns E.18312(XII)Building Workers' Industrial Union of S.A.221Building Workers' Industrial Union, Natal Branch.1163782-38197(XVI)Burrows, Professor.1143130-31626(X)Cameron, N.24Campbell, W.A.3055-30526(XII)Cape Licensed Victuallers' and Hotel-keepers' Association.111168-11943(VI)Cape Meat Trade Employees' Union.75Cape Mineral Water Workers' Industrial Union.74Cape of Good Hope Wool Combers (Pty.) Limited.955(XII)Capo Peninsula Commercial Employers' Association.321588-16153(XIV)Cape Province Municipal Association.225Cape Technical College.16410(XVI)Cape Town Stevedoring and Dockworkers' Union.1604329-433+10(XIII)City Council of Cape Town.1414072-408 1l0(VI)Cape Town Municipal Employees' Association.16310(XVIII)Champion3273-37817(XV)Coetzon and Klopper.212 and 21312(XLVII)Coloured European Council.129Coloured National Association.1684566-458110(XXIII)Combined Fish Canning and Crawfish Sections of the S.A. Canners' Council.86Commercial Employers' Association.30273-3462(II) and 12(XVI)Commercial Employers' Association (East London Branch).291923-19974(I)Consolidated Textile Mills.2791-2816Co-ordinating Council of the Furniture Trade Unions of S.A.1263337-34057(IV)Co-ordinating Council of the S.A. Trade Unions.1744533-4688 & 4754-480811(III) & 13(I)Coulter and Mannheim.1192904-2930 & 3018-30316(II)Council of Non-European Trade Unions.982461-2501 & 2542-25615(III)Cousins, S.W.22Cross, Reg. (Durban).127Dairy Products Manufacturers' Association.12(XLII)Dairy Trade Management Board.338307-831612(II)Davis and Leoman.183406-34107(V)De Lang, P.10212(XX)De Vries, W.J.90Doorewaard, G.131693-17253(XVI)Dowies, A.J.14720-7732(XI)Downes, G.T.1353726-37727(XIV)Du Plersis, M.C.27Durban City Council.922965û 3017 & 3283-33026(V)Durban African Municipal Employees' Association.1423303-33317(II)Durban Distributive Employers' Association.312817-29036(I)Durban Indian Municipal Employees' Society.1393604-36107(X)Durban Municipal Dnployoos' Society.343511-3534-3571.7(VIII)Engineers Association (S.A.)223Explosives and Fertilizers Workers' Industrial Union.1624241-427210(XVII)Federasie van Rlanke Workers.38991-10883(111) and 12(XLIII)Federation of Master Printers.673(XV and 12(XLVI)Fine Wools (Pty.) Limited.5(XIII)Food and Canning Workers' Union and the African Food and Canning Workers' Union.158-1594082-414510(V)Furniture Workers' Industrial Union. (Transvaal).50347-3692(111) and 12(IV)Garment Workers' Union.417-4872(V) and 12(V)General Council of the Bar.21912(XXXVII)General Motors (S.A.) Limited.5(XIII)Good Hope Textile Mills.942105-21354(VI)Harrison, C.S. (Donnybrook Fresh Farm Produce Depot) Durban).227Hodge, G.G.113Holland, J.171814-1834 & 3987-39973(XIX) and l0(I)Horwood83 and 1082228210 (II)Hotel Association of the Transvaal42Imperial Cold Storage and Supply Co.18112(XLI)Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of South Africa.481997-20244(II)Industrial Council for the Building Industry, Bloemfontein.14446-739(IV)Industrial Council for the Clothing Industry.21112(XLIX)Industrial Council for the Clothing Industry (Natal).1103217-32416(XII)Industrial Councils (Clothing Industry and nine others).47 and 631273-1317 & 4146-41813(VIII) and 10(VII)Industrial Council for the Hairdressing Trade.963241-32576(V111)Industrial Council for the Iron, Steel, Engineering and Metallurgical industries.84l2(XXX)Industrial Council for the Jewellery and Precious Metals Industry.19612(XXIII)Industrial Council for the Liquor and Catering Trade, Durban.105Industrial Council for the Millinery Trade, Transvaal.18712(VIII)Industrial Council for the Motor Industry, Natal.1213258-32826(XIV)Industrial Council Officials and Staffs Association.1468316-832412(1II)Industrial Council for the Road Passenger Transport Undertaking.411867-18893(XXXI)Industrial Employers' Association (Natal Section).1127(XIII)Jam and Fruit and. Vegetable Section of the S.A. Food Canners' Council.156Johannesburg City Council, Transvaal Municipal Association, and United Municipal Executive.77, 36, 49 and 19713(X)Johnstone, P.G.70Joint Council of Europeans and Non-Europeans.1224953-502411(VII)Jones, Mr. J.D. Rheinallt21512(XXXVI)Kennedy Morren and Evans, Germiston.19Kimberley African General Workers' Union.152Kruger, C.D.M. 130Labour Department.39-1918001-81591(I)Labour Department (Divisional Inspectors' Conference).192 (Foord)6001-6030-6065,6566-6658Labour Department, Cape Town.1573-1587 & 1674-16923(XIII)Labour Department, East London.2243-23104(IX)Labour Department, Pretoria.1002584-2619B5(VI)Lewin, Mr. Julius.22012(XLV)Lewis, Dr. A.D.17613(VIII)Lion Match Factory, Durban.3083-3090Liquor and Catering Trade Employees Union, East London.2232-22424(VIII)Low Vold (N.E.) Association.214Lucas, F.A.W.21Master Builders' Association (Durban).1363411-34577(VI)McKinnon Malcolm, D.1112931-29496(III)Menck & Co., H.171Mokhobi, M.M.172Mosenthal's Clothing Factory.5(XIII)Myburgh, S.J.139-459(III)Natal Agricultural Union.2293857(a)-3857(BB)8(II)Natal Municipal Association.224Natal Rope and Mat Workers' Union.1153032-30546(VI)Natal Zulu National Workers, Union.2950-29646(IV)National Association of Automobile Manufacturers.202National Association of Worsted Textile Manufacturers.199National Council of Women, Cape Town Branch.61National Council of Women, East London Branch.1042091-21044(V)National Federation of Building Trade Employers in South Africa.5812(XXXIV)National Federation of Master Bakers.1756000-605211(IV)National Federation of Private Hotels and Boarding House Association.20National. Industrial Council of the Biscuit Manufacturing Industry.8710(VI1I)National Industrial Council of the Loather Industry.682311-24255(I)National Industrial Council of the Printing and Newspaper Industry.73(XVII)National Union of Commercial Travellers.5370-4162(IV) and 12 (XXXVIII)National Union of Distributive Workers.591089-11223(IV)National Union of Distributive Workers, Port Elizabeth Branch.2779-27905(XII)National Union of Leather Workers.662502-25615(IV)Native Commissioners and Agricultural Officers of the Department of Native Affairs.2136-22314(VII)Native Ccmmissioners (Department of Nativo Affairs) and Colonel W.B. Martin.103-107-1473944-39868(V)Nestle S.A. Limited.17812(XL)Norton, W.56Ncord-cos Vrystaat Plattolandse Meulenaardvereniging.13218-389(II)Oakes, Robert E.54Oil Companies Staff Association.6835-8673(I)Ordbrown, A.E.117Ormo (Pty.) Limited.208Otto, P.1704129512(XI)O.V.S. Municipal Association. 79-14874-1089(V)Perl & Company, J.A.10Pietermaritzburg City Council.1093858-39038(III)Port Elizabeth City Council.372620-26625(VII)Potchefstroom Town Council.13112(XXXII)Pretoria City Council.18213(V)Pretoria and District Melkery Workers Organisasie.20113(VIII)Provincial Administration of the Cape of Good Hope.198Public Servants' Association.128Pudney and Richardson.282711-27245(IX)Rhodesia. Divisional Labour Officer, N'dola.144-148 African Shop Assistants' Trade Union, Ndola.148-157 Senior Labour Officer, Nkana.158-165 and 200-201 Minoworkors' Trade Union, Nkana.165-177 Chamber of Mines, Nkana.177-191 Mine Officials and Salaried Staff Association, Nkana.191-199 African Mine Workers Union, Nkana.201-214 Masterbuilders' Association, Nkana.214-218 Labour Officer, Lusaka.219-223 Acting Chief Secretary, Lusaka.223-229 Chamber of Commerce, Lusaka.229-239 Local Council of African Shop Assistants' Trade Union.239-244 Secretary - Internal Affairs Assistant Commissioner, Native Labour Commissioner for Native Labour Secretary and Commissioner for Labour Chief Industrial Officer 245-317 European Trade Unions, Salisbury.317-340 Executive Committee of the Typographical Union.340-357Richards, Professor C.S.91Rood, Lt.-Col. K.18612(XIII)Routh, G.G.C.88S.A. Agricultural Union.1534361-4397 4462-4477 and 5300-535511(I)S.A. Association of Municipal Employees.20313(XI)S.A. Buro van Rasse Aangeleenthede.621456-14793(XII) and 10(IV)S.A. Institute of Race Relations.711349-1429, 1-61 and 4273-43283(IX) and 1C(XIV)S.A. Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association.17312(XVIII)S.A. Milk Distributors' Union.5712(XXXIX)S.A. Motor Industry Employers' Association.1908633-871312(XVII)S.A. Native Seamen's Union.803123-3129(a)6(IX)S.A.R. & H. Administration.73S.A.R. Non-European Staff Association, Cape Midland System.2663-26785(VIII)S.A. Red Cross Society.1664495-450710(xxII)S.A. Boilermakers' Iron and Steel Workers and Shipbuilding Society.18412(XXII)S.A. Clothing Workers' Union.46807-8342(XIII)S.A. Co-operative Citrus Exchange.811(V)S.A. Diamond Workers' Industrial Union of South Africa.216S.A. Electrical Workers' Association, Cape Town Branch.604025-403810(III)S.A. Federated Chamber of Industries16912(XXV)S.A. Society of Journalists16488-5172(VI)S.A. Trades and Labour Council, Port Elizabeth Local Committee.2725-27785(XI)S.A. Trades and Labour Council, Western Province Local Committee of the South African Trades and Labour Council.1651221-1272, 1318-1348 and 15353(VII) and 10(XX)South African Trades and Labour Council.92-2722(I) and 12(XXVII)S.A. Woldern' Society.43543-6072(VIII) and 12(XXI)S.A. Wool and Mohair Brokers' Association (Cape Town Branch).1438-14553(X)S.A. Wool and Mohair Brokers' Association.12 and 154(X)Sampson, F.P.768450-846812(IX)Schaeffer, J.N.1674531-456510(XXI)Schaeffer M.25609-6922(IX) and 12(XLIV)School Board, George.2Seventh Day Adventists (Religious Liberty Association).1614237-424010(XI)Shepherd, Rev., Industrial Training Centre, Lovedale.89Sidwell Letsapa.1243331-33367(1I1)Smit, Dr. D.L.1774-18133(XVIII)Social and Economic Planning Council.26Society of the Friends of Africa.651890-19223(XXII)South—Western Districts Agricultural Union.193Starcks Factory.3998-4009Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa.855477-557211(II)Stent, O.E.1183163-3216 3633-36856(XI) and 7(X11)Stevedoring and Dock Workers' Union, Durban.52Suid-Afrikaanse Vroue Federasie.20913(III)Swoetworkers' Union.781123-1220 4430-44943(II) and 10(XIX)Swift, J.E.72Tailoring Workers' Industrial Union.12012(XXXI)Teachers' League of South Africa -Port Elizabeth Branch.972426-24605(II)Tea, Coffee and Chicory workers' Union, Cape Province Branch.151Teikamdas Brothers.5(XIII)Textile Workers' Industrial Union.1343909-3943 & 4235-42368(IV) and 10(X)Tomson Savage and Company.7(I)Tomlinson, Dr. F.R.18013(II)Transvaal Chamber of Mines.4012(XXXIII)Transvaal Council of Non-European Trade Unions.17712(XLVIII)Transvaal Envelope Company.45693-7192(X) and 12(XLVI)Transvaal Indian Organization.23Typewriter and Office Appliances Association of South Africa.9312(VII)Union Spinning Mills.352679-26105(X)United Tobacco company.4016-4024University of Cape Town - Engineering Section.226University of Natal - Board of the Faculty of Engineering.222Universiteit van Stellenbosch - Buro van Elconomiese 0ndersoek.15510(XV)University of Stellenbosch - Faculty of Engineering.18812(XIV)University of the Witwatersrand - Faculty of Engineering.218Van Rhyne R.1258469-8473; 612(X)Venter; I.J.82Vryheid Chamber of Commerce.553820-38578(I)Western Province Federation of Labour Unions.868-992-9913(II)Witwatersrand Liquor and Catering Trade Employees' Union.51518-5422(VII) and 12(XXIV)