Professional soldier

Describes a game hunting expedition from Grahamstown to the Orange Free State, travelling via the Fish River, King William's Town, Frankfort, Queenstown, Burgersdorp, Reddersburg, Bloemfontein, Modder River, Winburg and Thaba Nchu. When an uprising broke out, Briggs joined a Boer commando under Louis Wessels which routed the attackers. Includes comments on meetings with Chiefs Sandile and Moroka and President Brand.

Published in Sotho war diaries 1864-1965, edited by K. Schoeman (Cape Town, Human & Rousseau, 1985).

The collection contains the papers of Nathaniel Nakasa, who was a journalist with the DRUM magazine, a writer of short stories and the first editor of "The Classic" magazine.
"The Classic" was a black literary magazine of creative writing and art, and was first published from 1963-1971 by The Classic Magazine Trust Fund in Johannesburg. The editors included Nat Nakasa (1963-1964), Barney Simon and Casey Motsisi (1965), Barney Simon (1966-1967), Eve Braatvedt, Jill Chisholm, Stanley Motjuwadi and Joyce Sikhakane (1968), Barney Simon (1969-1971). The contributions of work by leading black writers included Can Themba, Lewis Nkosi, Bessie Head, Leslie Sehume, Julian Beinart, Richard Rive, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Andrew Motjuoadi, Casey Motsisi, as well as Nadine Gordimer, who also served as editor, musicians such as Dollar Brand, photographers including Alfred Kumalo, various French African writers. The Classic Short Story Competition was judged by writers including James Baldwin.
The magazine was suspended from 1971-1974, but was later re-published in Dube Township, Soweto, under the name "The New Classic" in 1975, edited by Sipho Sepamla, and published by New Classic Publications, but ceased again in 1978, with the "Short Story Special". It was once more revived in 1982, and published with few issues by the African Writers Association.
(The black press in South Africa and Lesotho, by Les and Donna Switzer)

Gives daily chronological list of events and at the end describes the war in the form of a sporting competition.

Chinese Gordon

3 letters written 1882, Aliwal North, to Mr. and Mrs. MacArthur; and 1 letter written 18 Jun. 1883, Jerusalem, to their young son, Freddy MacArthur. The latter letter reveals the deep religious convictions of the writer and his knowledge of the Bible. Also 1 letter written Oct. 1884, Khartoum, in Arabic written on extremely small piece of paper, to Governor of Dongolla, asking for information about the locality and number of enemy troops.

The collection includes interviews, political trial material, political documents, trade union documents and biographical files covering the political scene from 1964-1990.

"South African Political Materials, 1964-1990. A Catalogue of the Karis-Gerhart Collection". Compiled by Gail M. Gerhart, Thomas G. Karis, Antony J. Levine and Senti Thobejane, August 1998.

Memorial to Lord John Russell (Colonial Secretary, Great Britain) from inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope, urging that revenue received from the sale of waste lands in the Colony be diverted to the transportation of emigrants from the United Kingdom.

A collection of records, mainly relating to the policies of the Communist Party of South African (CPSA) in the late 1920s. Includes papers from the 6th Communist Party Congress in Moscow, with contributions by members of the CPSA, correspondence of E. Roux and Brian Bunting, Communist Party leaflets and the constitution and records of the 'League of African Rights.'.

'Reports upon Lands in the district of Albany'

Names of petitioners were Robert M. Bovey and John Grant. The reports were signed by W.B. Dundas, landdrost and John Hope, surveyor.