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To Raikes. Note opening date of library; blocks for illustrations; Gill preparing plaster cast of Van Riebeeck stone; fortunate to have Zoological Museum cases for exhibition
To Raikes. Note opening date of library; blocks for illustrations; Gill preparing plaster cast of Van Riebeeck stone; fortunate to have Zoological Museum cases for exhibition
To Raikes. Met Cullen family; meeting with Rey - keen to awaken Bechuanaland Protectorate and provide available literature
To Raikes. Met Cullen family; meeting with Rey - keen to awaken Bechuanaland Protectorate and provide available literature
To Raikes. Material accumulating for outstanding work on Burchell
To Raikes. Material accumulating for outstanding work on Burchell
To Raikes. Lt. Col. J.J. Soares Zilhao, acting Governor-General of Mocambique to be told of making a special Portuguese section in the library and would appreciate literature he promised; Dutch East India exhibition in Johannesburg; upper floor in Municipal Library devoted to Africana collection to be kept structurally simple; wants to make geological museum a living thing on mining in South Africa; earliest American missionary printings from American Board of Missions
To Raikes. Lt. Col. J.J. Soares Zilhao, acting Governor-General of Mocambique to be told of making a special Portuguese section in the library and would appreciate literature he promised; Dutch East India exhibition in Johannesburg; upper floor in Municipal Library devoted to Africana collection to be kept structurally simple; wants to make geological museum a living thing on mining in South Africa; earliest American missionary printings from American Board of Missions
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
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
To Raikes. List of books from Gubbins Library in possession of Prof. Plummer, Dept. of Geography, Transvaal University College
To Raikes. List of books from Gubbins Library in possession of Prof. Plummer, Dept. of Geography, Transvaal University College
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
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
To Raikes. J.H. Curie gave C50 to promote cause for library
To Raikes. J.H. Curie gave C50 to promote cause for library
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
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
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'
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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