To Raikes. Gubbins library first institution to start recording documents before they leave Britain and storage of films

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To Raikes. Gubbins' sister left him the Malmani Oog farm; Col. Rey keen on idea for cooperation with the library; Prof. Rakhorst will induce culture societies in Holland to help us and get things more cheaply than from the Dutch booksellers; Prof. Pont gave useful law items and Prof. Malan (Zoology) also keen to help, Major torch keen on military literature - trying to get C.M.R. material; changing cars - suitable for country use; Mrs Gubbins not fit

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To Raikes. Handing over to Town Council exhibition material; temporary and permanent loans between institutions

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To Raikes. Has worked up strong committee in Zeerust resulting in real type of local museum, co-ordinating centre at Johannesburg and independent entity of Rhodesia; Marico going to turn out first of local histories by Rev. Noel Roberts printing on his own press; lost historical film library to Cape Town; secured new portrait of Dr. Barry (lady who attended Lord Charles Somerset), but may have to bond farms

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To Raikes. Hopes for bibliography of Africana done from the North; received letter from Dr. Engelbrecht, editor of Volkstem, interested on method of collecting a library which reflects a nation's mentality, present collection to regard as nucleus. Essential to get cooperation of every section of nation to get aims and history as full as possible; cartoons drawn by Linley Sambourne for 'Punch'

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To Raikes. Idea to try and get that part of the Van Riebeeck stone which has no inscription, only border, to come to Johannesburg Municipality; Tufnells put up ú500 which covered cost of copying documents and paid towards purchase price of Bell Albums

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To Raikes. J.H. Curie gave C50 to promote cause for library

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To Raikes. Library will store Africans material, the gallery will exhibit pictorial side, hence what might be called National Bureau of S.A. Illustration, will store and circulate picture side of S.A. history and tradition; Elliott and Duggan Cronin wish to dispose of their material at reasonable rate; Star and Sunday Times would contribute historical negatives; to form a centre as a nucleus and the bureau a service for everyone

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To Raikes. List of books from Gubbins Library in possession of Prof. Plummer, Dept. of Geography, Transvaal University College

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To Raikes. Lloyd hopes to get substantial sum for S.A. Parliament Library and Cape Town University from Jagger Trust, must be pickings for Johannesburg

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