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Papers of Louis Cohen

  • ZA HPRA A22
  • Fonds
  • 1899 - 1921

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.

Cohen, Louis