Showing 1460 results

Archival description
Fonds
Print preview View:

50 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects

Papers of Charles Templeman Loram

  • ZA HPRA A2627
  • Fonds
  • 1915 - 1919

These records are mainly photocopies of originals at Yale University.

Loram, Charles Templeman

William Francis Littleton

  • ZA HPRA A721
  • Fonds
  • 1877 - 1888

44 letters and extracts of letters, 1877, inserted into a letter-book, (containing a book-plate of W.F. Littleton and annotations in his own hand) from W.F. Littleton. to his family in England.

87 loose letters & 1 incomplete scrap, 1878-1880 from W.F. Littleton to his family, mainly his mother.

1 letter 1879 April 26, from H. Hallam Parr, Pretoria, to Lady Hatherton, (mother of W.F. Littleton), relating to Sir. B. Frere and his own wish to rejoin his regiment.

1 letter 1879 May 27, from Miss Catherine Frances Frere, daughter of Sir Bartle Frere, Cape Town, to Lady Hatherton, enclosing a telegraph to say that W.F. Littleton was at Bloemfontein.

1 extract of letter 1879 September 25, from Geo. Slade, Junr. United Services Club, to Lady Frere, describing a visit of condolence to the Empress of France, on the death of the Prince Imperial in Zululand.

1 letter 1888 May 28, from B. Frere, son of Sir Bartle, Myinsyan, Upper Burmah, to W.F. Littleton, condoling with him on the death of his father.

W.F. Littleton's letters to his family give a detailed account of political life in South Africa because he accompanied Sir B. Frere to South Africa as Private Secretary and remained with Sir Bartle from 1877-1880 while he was Governor of the Cape, until he was recalled in 1880. These were eventful years and there are interesting comments on the Kaffir War, the annexation of the Transvaal, the Zulu War, the annexation of Griqualand West, the native question and the possibility of Confederation in Southern Africa.

As well as being of considerable political importance, the letters give an interesting account of social life in South Africa. There is an excellent description of a ball given at Government House in honour of the Queen's Birthday. His comments are amusing, and sometimes vitriolic, on notabilities such as President T. Burgers, Bishop Colenso, Cetewayo, General Cunnynghame, Sir B. Frere, J.X. Merriman, J.C. Molteno, Sir T. Shepstone, Saul Solomon and Dr J. Stewart of Lovedale.

Littleton, William Francis

Papers of Leopold Amon Vidler

  • ZA HPRA A724
  • Fonds
  • 1892 - 1893

The papers consist of a diary kept during 1892 when he was in South Africa, together with correspondence between Vidler and his mother for the same period.

While not being of any great importance, the letters do given interesting descriptions of towns such as Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, King Williams Town and Durban and also reflect on the social life of South Africa at that time.

Vidler, Leopold Amon

Papers of Sir Thomas Cullinan

  • ZA HPRA A731
  • Fonds
  • 1899 - 1955

The Cullinan Papers would be of considerable use to anyone writing a biography of Sir Thomas Cullinan.

Perhaps the most important part of the papers is the material (notebooks, correspondence, telegrams and notes) on the campaign against the Germans in S.W. Africa during the first World War. The scrapbooks, loose press clippings and other miscellaneous items in the collection would be of interest to the political researcher, particularly for the period 1905-1910. There is also a little of mining interest for the industrial historian.

Cullinan, Sir Thomas

John Bruce

  • ZA HPRA A732
  • Fonds
  • 1798

Detailed description of Bruce Manuscript (in the Oppenheimer Library).

There are two bound volumes numbered 4050 i and 4050 I. Both are transcripts of an manuscript by John Bruce entitled "Sketches of the political and commercial history of the Cape of Good Hope", but 4050 1 has 8 extra pages in front of the main work entitled "From the Earl of Macartney to General Dundas on his resigning the government to him". This copy is on microfiche.

4050 I is from the Phillips' Mss 20643, and was presented to Lord Macartney by John Bruce on 17 December 1796, just prior to Lord Macartney's leaving England to take up office as Governor of the Cape.

This work on the Cape consists of 443 pages and is divided into five sections.

Bruce, John

Robert Brooke

  • ZA HPRA A737
  • Fonds
  • 1795 - 1798

The Brooke letters, No. 4050 IV in the Oppenheimer Library, were written by Robert Brooke, Governor of St. Helena, to Earl Macartney, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.

The letters show that Brooke felt feelings of warm friendship for Earl Macartney, to whom he acknowledged a debt of gratitude for the interest he had shown in his affairs.

As governors of neighbouring territories both men had problems in common and were able to assist each other. When Macartney was very short of specie at the Cape, Brooke was able to raise a private loan of 2500 to help him out of his difficulties.

Amongst the subjects discussed in the letters were the taking and future government of the Cape, the plan to attack Spanish South America, the progress of the war against the French, the convoying of East India Company ships and the seizure of neutral ships which are trading illegally.

Brooke, Robert

Papers of Rev. John Mackenzie

  • ZA HPRA A784
  • Fonds
  • 1861 - 1899

This collection consists of papers, correspondence and newspaper clips of Rev. John Mackenzie, a Missionary and Deputy Commissioner, Bechuanaland of the London Missionary Society (L.M.S.).

Mackenzie, Rev. John

Jeremiah Idelson

  • ZA HPRA A879
  • Fonds
  • 1933 - 1967

Idelson, Jeremiah

Results 11 to 20 of 1460