Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA A639
Title
Samuel Olaf Samuelson, Diary
Date(s)
- 1871-1880 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
holograph, 1 notebook
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Samuel Olaf Samuelson, a civil servant in Natal, describes the life of a schoolboy at the Diocesan Collge in Rondebosch, sea voyages from the Cape to Natal and conditions in Natal and Zululand where his father was a missionary at the St. Paul's Anglican Mission, Empangeni.
Also included is an interesting account of an audience with the Zulu King Cetewayo in 1876.