Contains 19th century prints, mainly French and English royalty, nobility, men of letters and ministers of state, 1648-1837. Also printed poems and letters, handwritten notes and programs for the 'Order of Fire-works in St. James and Green Park for the Grand Jubilee, 1 Aug. 1814'. Inscription on title-page reads 'Mrs Edward Millers, Parsonage, Bognor, Sussex, 1839'.

The first part of the collection of the records of the Archbishop of Cape Town was transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand Library in 1974 to be added to the central Record Library of the C.P.S.A. which, since 1937, had been in the care of the University Library. It was described in 'Selected Records of the Archbishops of Cape Town', No. 6 in the Library's series of Historical and Literary Inventories of Collections,.

This present inventory, 'Selected Records of the Archbishops of Cape Town Part II', describes records transferred to the Library in instalments from 1980 to 1990 from Bishopscourt, the home of the Archbishop of Cape Town, by Mrs. A.R. 14o-tee. Provincial Archivist. The records in Part II relate, in general, to the years 1940 to 1982, later period then those in Part I but there is some overlap, there being several items from as far back as 1840.

It in a large collection in 288 pamphlet boxes and follows the alphabetical arrangement by subject used at Bishopscourt. A condensed description of each subject file is given in the inventory together with an index of personal names, churches, parishes and selected subject fields. For the benefit of researchers a list of the names of bishops in each diocese, from the origin of the diocese to date, has been provided together with a map showing the dioceses or the C.P.S.A. in existence in 1991.

The records relate to the whole of the C.P.S.A. but there is a heavy preponderance of Cape documentation because of the Archbishop's residing in Cape Town and his dual role as head of The Diocese of Cape Town as well as being Metropolitan, for the Province. They include the Archbishop's correspondence with bishops of the various dioceses and with individual members of the clergy. Not only do the records show the inspiration of the C.P.S.A. and its work, particularly in the fields education, health and social services, but they also reflect the Church's attitude to social and political problems in South Africa,.

There is much about the Church's confrontation with the State over the issue of apartheid, notably the effects of the Group Areas Act on black churches in white areas and the admission or all races to church schools. Other topics are conscientious objection and the refusal of young Anglicans, both lay and clerical, to serve in the South African Defence Force and the question of Namibia's independence and the expulsion of Bishops Mize and Winter for promoting it.

Includes letter, 13 May 1841, Port Elizabeth, to the Rev. Richard Cecil, in defence of Dr. Philip (the original is in the Africana Museum, Johannesburg). Also a series of 19 letters 1850 to 1872 to the Rev. W. Thompson, agent at Cape Town for the London Missionary Society, relating to his explorations, slavery and missionary work.

Letters to family and friends, written mainly from Kuruman, describing his work amongst the Bechuana. Names of correspondents include C.A. Alington, J. Maclehose, E. Marjoribanks, B. Pyne, H.E. Rutherfoord and Mrs. Sewell. The later letters refer to his explorations in Eastern and Central Africa and include one written from Bombay, 23 Jun. 1864, to Sir Bartle Frere on trade between India and East Africa.

Classical scholar and Captain H.M. 55th Regiment

'Journals of a residence in South Africa kept by C.T. Bird while in charge of a flock of sheep, the property of Colonel the Honourable H. Hely Hutchinson and himself'.

M.O.H. East London, Collector

Including: 5 manuscript documents relating to the municipality of Stellenbosch 1841-1872 re tax collections and rates; papers relating to the colonial volunteer corps, Cape Town, 1894-1896; bound file of correspondence on defence matters in the Eastern Province 1901-1902; bound Ts of minutes of evidence submitted to a government enquiry into the administration of the Frere hospital 1902; report on plague at East London 1904-1905; miscellaneous papers on the influenza epidemic at East London 1909; correspondence with A. Elliott, press clippings and a Ts appreciation of Elliott by Laidler published Cape Town 1943; Ts draft of 'Pre-Victorian products of the Cape Press 1796-1837'; 1 scrap-book 1909-1919 containing samples of 'passes'; 5 scrap-books 1920-1936 containing personal letters, documents and press clippings relating to South African antiquities and the early history of the Cape.

Historie van de Kaap/zeer Krachtig/1795/Gekeurt en waarachtig/Met droefheid en Pret/In vaersen gezet/Door een Nieuwe Poeet/Zo als ieder een weet. 12p. Ms vol.

'Gecopieerd voor haren geliefden vriend F.W. Fagel door C. Maria Brink, Kaapstad den 24 Mei 1842'. Written in poetic form, it describes the British capture of the Cape in 1795. Bears the book-plate of Myles E. Bourke.

Circular to the widow C.H. Hertzog re the administration of her husband's estate from Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.