Governor of the Cape

Letter, Cape Town to Robert Godlonton. Thanks Godlonton for his farewell letter.

Mother of Jan Hendrik

Letters, 1 Jul.1898, Wepener, from Alice Humann, of a personal nature and 18 Dec.1949, Pretoria, to the Misses McKitrick, Johannesburg, referring to her grief on the death of her son.

This collection consists of correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, photographs, articles, manuscripts, drawings and miscellaneous items.

The Humphreys collection includes historical photographs concerning mining, the Anglo Boer War, early Johannesburg, amongst others. Most of the photographs formed part of Humphreys Collection of Africana. The photographs were given to Historical Papers by the Gubbins Africana Library in 1999, and have been added to the existing Humphreys collection of papers. There are loose photographs, albums, images on glass, filmstrips, postcards, and negatives on film and on glass.

The photographs have been sorted and most are stored with the photographic collections, unless indicated otherwise. Some duplicates and some photographs of limited interest have been grouped in their categories and stored with the original collection of papers.

The photographs taken by the Barnett brothers are Copyright 'The Star' newspaper.

'The early history of missions at Graaf-Reinet'.

Included are a draft of his last work Memoirs of Priscilla, Countess Whopper, published in 1932, and transcripts of several of his short stories, plays and sketches, with parts of the original Mss; several English play-bills, bills, programmes, tickets etc. for plays and sketches produced by Cohen in London. Also a volume of clippings from The Winning Post, London, 12 April -15 November 1913, in which Reminiscences of Johannesburg first appeared, and a bound volume of The Winning Post edited by R.S.Sievier 7 August 1907 - 8 August 1908 (plus some odd numbers); 9 editions of Tit-Bits, London, containing his memoir The magic and madness of diamonds and gold. Scrap-books include a volume of press clippings, Gems from Johannesburg history, 1912, a volume of clippings on the death of Barney Barnato, June 1897, and an album of clippings concerning the charge of perjury brought by Sir Joseph Robinson against Cohen in 1914. The correspondence includes a letter to S.B.Joel dated 1899, a reply from Joels attorneys threatening prosecution for libel and Cohens reply. Names of other correspondents include Sir A.Conan Doyle, Sir David Harris, John Hay, S.H.van Diggelen; letters from Cohen to J.G.Gubbins who purchased the collection. Also photographs of Cohen, 6 postcard photographs of Benoni in the early days, legal documents, press notices of Cohens works and other miscellaneous papers.

The collection contains mainly correspondence of Major T.E. Liefeldt.

Also included is a report by Major S.M. Pritchard, O.C. of Native Affairs in the Protectorate of Ovamboland in 1915, on a visit paid by him to Ovamboland to notify the chiefs of the military protectorate, obtain labour for the railways and estalish the boundaries. The report is illustrated with photographs of Ovamboland including Tsumeb, Otijwarango, Namutoni, Namakunde, mission stations, scenes of surrendered Germans and Portuguese troops and of chiefs Martin and Mandume.