Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- late 1800s - beginning 1900s (Accumulation)
Niveau de description
collection
Étendue matérielle et support
96 glass positives; 26 positive slides; digital images
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Histoire administrative
The origins of Wits University lie in the South African (Kimberley) School of Mines established in 1896. The School was relocated to Johannesburg as the Transvaal Technical Institute in 1904 and renamed the South African School of Mines and Technology in 1910. It changed its name four times before becoming the University of the Witwatersrand in 1922.
Today the School of Mining Engineering at the University of Witwatersrand is recognised as one of the largest mining engineering programmes in the world.
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
The deposit of the glass positives, slides and digital images was facilitated by David Larsen, Director of Africamediaonline, in August 2015. The photographs were digitsed by Africamediaonline, and the digital images are available at Historical Papers.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
The photographs are historical images of gold mining in South Africa, taken around the late 1800s to beginning 1900s. Many of the images provide a rare insight into the underground world of deep level mining on the Rand, showing miners at work, as well as mining structures and operations.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Conditions de reproduction
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
The glass positives 82x82mm are stored in a large custom made wooden box.