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- 1815 - 1966 (Creation)
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Extent1257 items
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The Nourse Family Papers were collected together and added to by Nimmo John Law, a relative of the family by marriage and used by him in a series of talks to the S.A.B.C. in 1954.
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The papers were acquired by Mr P. Cullinan of Machadodorp, Transvaal, Mr. T.B. Cullinan of Olifantsfontein and Mrs P. de C. Hamilton, and have been deposited in the Library by them on permanent loan.
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While the greatest part of the papers relates to the second Henry Nourse (1857-1942), reflecting his interests as a soldier, prospector and sportsman, there is also much about other members of the Nourse family and about the Cloete, Christian, Law and Norton families, which were connected by marriage with the Nourses.
In addition to being of Nourse family interest, the papers also touch on the 1820 settler, the so-called Kaffir War, the discovery of diamonds and gold, the Zulu and South African Wars, and the history of horse-breeding and horse-racing in South Africa. (Details appear in the subject index).
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As the papers arrived in no particular order, they have been rearranged according to archival type. (Details appear on page viii).
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Copyright Historical Papers Research Archive, The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Alternate title: Nourse family
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Biographical and administrative history: He married Jacobs Petronella Preller, daughter of Advocate J.C. Preller, first Mayor of Pretoria. There were no children of the marriage. He died on October 6, 1942.
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Archivist's note
Compiled by Anna M. Cunningham, 1976