BC1578 Sandra Steytler Papers University of Cape Town Libraries: Special Collections (Manuscripts and Archives)
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2017-07-04 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.4.1 2026-07-14 22:57 UTC English Sandra Steytler Papers BC1578 1914 - 2013 University of Cape Town Libraries: Special Collections (Manuscripts and Archives)
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Steytler, Sandra

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The papers mainly have information on the activities of The Mountain Club of South Africa (MCSA) various sections in South Africa and its relationship with international organisations. Includes reports, minutes of meetings, correspondence, articles, expeditions, drafts of publications, etc.

 Nieuwmeyer, Hans Bain, Andrew Geddes, 1797-1864 Bain, Andrew Geddes Bain’s Kloof Pass (South Africa) – History Mountain Club of South Africa Mountain passes – South Africa – Western Cape Steenbosberg Bain’s Kloof Pass

The material in this collection was donated by Mountain Club of South Africa (MCSA), Cape Town section. Appraisal has been performed in accordance with UCT Libraries Special Collections appraisal policies.

 Mountain Club of South Africa (MCSA) BC1578_A 1914-2010

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 Constitution BC1578_A_A1

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 Constitution and review of the MCSA’s National Structure and Incorporation of National Standing Subcommittees within that structure BC1578_A_A1_A1.1 1997

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 Membership lists, constitution of Magaliesberg, Eastern Cape and Majuba section, rules of Cape Town Section, entrance requirements of Johannesburg Section BC1578_A_A1_A1.2 1997-1999

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Breakdown of categories membership, constitution of Magaliesberg section, rules of MCSA (Cape Town Section), entrance requirements of MCSA Johannesburg Section, constitution of Eastern Cape Section, constitution of the Amajuba Section, 1997-1999

 Minutes, correspondence, reports, etc. BC1578_A_A2 1991-2002

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 Minutes of the National Executive Committee meeting and a report to the Central Committee (CENCOM) meeting BC1578_A_A2_A2.1 1991

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 Training and Safety Subcommittee minutes of meetings and reports BC1578_A_A2_A2.2 1995-2000

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 Central Committee general training Correspondence BC1578_A_A2_A2.3 1998-2000

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 Invitation to a conference “Future of mountain sports”, The mountain code (a draft), newspaper cuttings on South African Everest expedition, a handbook on international climbing competitions (2002), notes on Utah and Alaska by A O’Corroll and S Steytler BC1578_A_A2_A2.4 1996-2002

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 Conservation – Environment subcommittee BC1578_A_A2_A2.5

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 Constitution of MCSA BC1578_A_A2_A2.5_A2.5.1

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 Minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, etc. BC1578_A_A2_A2.5_A2.5.2 1987-1993

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 Conservation – Environment Subcommittee BC1578_A_A2_A2.5_A2.5.3

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Official souvenir and guide of the Table Mountain aerial cableway, [1930?], The MCSA (Central Committee) submission to the Council for the Environment on land use zoning proposals to create an effective mechanism for the conversation, use and management of the mountains of South Africa by P E Blignaut (1988) and motivation for mountain land use zonings over the following mountains: Hex River, Bainskloof – Hawequas, Winterhoek – Witzenberg, Western Koue Bokkeveld prepared by P E Blignaut

 Correspondence BC1578_A_A3 1914-2008

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 Correspondence re nomination of office bearers, purchase of property, agreement with South African Airways BC1578_A_A3_A3.1

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Correspondence re nomination of office bearers, purchase of property at Watervan Boven, South African Airways exchange agreement and diary proposal. (Includes report on The Tyrol Declaration, veld fire, invest in the future of the MCSA and minutes of meetings, 1998-2002)

 Correspondence re nomination of office bearers, reports, minutes, notarial deed of servitude, etc. BC1578_A_A3_A3.2 1997

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Correspondence re nomination of office bearers, central committee levies, reports, UIAA council meeting, transfer duty form – Susan Martha Gelderblom, notarial deed of servitude – Harry James Barker, land and servitude registration form, Central Committee Action list, draft of the second 1997 issue of ‘From the Summit’, etc. 1997

 Search and Rescue Subcommittee (Correspondence, correspondence and minutes of meetings) BC1578_A_A3_A3.3 1996-1999, 2002-2003

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 MCSA correspondence BC1578_A_A3_A3.4 1987-1988

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 Letters from Sandra Steytler to Mrs Nora Harris (3 postcards) BC1578_A_A3_A3.5 1997

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 The Clanwilliam Cedar (correspondence) BC1578_A_A3_A3.6 2008

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 Mountain Club circulars (there are gaps) BC1578_A_A3_A3.7 1914-1965

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 War Memorial Dedication Service (brochures, fliers, dinner cards, reports, maps, ballot papers, etc.) BC1578_A_A4 1914-1960

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 MCSA Properties BC1578_A_A5

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 Mountain Club of South Africa properties handbook. BC1578_A_A5_A5.1

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Mountain Club of South Africa properties handbook. Cape Town and other section in the Western Cape (unpublished copy 61 pages, maps and photographs)

 Notarial deed of servitude over various portions of Doornhoek BC1578_A_A5_A5.2 1996

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 MCSA property BC1578_A_A5_A5.3 2007-2009

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MCSA property Steenbokberg, Bain’s Kloof Mountains and Biodiversity Stewardship and MCSA (Cape Town Section) properties, Table Mountain Hut request (correspondence and minutes of meetings, 2007-2009)

 Deed of trust BC1578_A_A5_A5.4

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Deed of trust of the South African Mountaineering Development and Training Trust entered into between Lester John Andre School and Douglas Graham Scott and Brian deLacy Figaji and Peter Bruyns

 Corporate agreement between South African Airways and MCSA BC1578_A_A5_A5.5 2002

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 Expeditions Subcommittee Mount Everest Expeditions (Minutes of meetings, reports, correspondence) BC1578_A_A6 1996-2002

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 Articles on plants, reports, theses, etc. BC1578_A_A7

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 Alien plant control BC1578_A_A7_A7.1

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 Cape Flora: some of the lectures given on this theme at the University of Cape Town’s Public Summer School BC1578_A_A7_A7.2 1972

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 Cycads of Africa (correspondence re plants, articles, photographs, etc. ) BC1578_A_A7_A7.3 1989-1993

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 Koen, J.H. 1989. The ecology of the southern Cape / die ekologie van die Suid-Kaap. Lectures presented during the Ecology Summer School BC1578_A_A7_A7.4

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 Articles on pollination of the podocarpus, includes photographs BC1578_A_A7_A7.5

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 Report on the future control and management of Table Mountain and Southern Peninsula mountain chain BC1578_A_A7_ A7.6 1978

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 A study of the pollen collection efficiency of the podocarpus elongatus by Hans Nieuwmeyer BC1578_A_A7_ A7.7

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 Utah’s rock art: a picture essay by Gary Smith with Michael E. Long BC1578_A_A7_A7.8

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 A review of the veld fires in the Western Cape during 15 to 25 January 2000. Report to the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry and Premier of the Western Cape by the Task Team: toward improved veld fire management in South Africa. BC1578_A_A7_ A7.9

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 Shaughnessy, Gwennyth L. 1980. Historical ecology of Cape Town, South Africa UCT Thesis BC1578_A_A7_A7.10

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 Management of invasive alien plants in the fynbos biome, edited by I A W Macdonald et al BC1578_A_A7_A7.11

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 Steytler, S. 2006. Invasive alien plants: the role of the Mountain Club of SA in the battle against the aliens BC1578_A_A7_A7.12

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 Speeches BC1578_A_A8

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 Notes for a talk to the MCSA on ‘Trees of the fall’, May BC1578_A_A8_A8.1 2003

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 Herschel High Farewell speech, photograph, letter from Pamela, abstracts, etc. BC1578_A_A8_A8.2 1996

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 Talk to Sunday school re MCSA, His People Church, Dec BC1578_A_A8_A8.3 2001

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 Mountain Club journal BC1578_A_A9 1996-2010

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 Articles to the editor. Includes obituaries BC1578_A_A9_A9.1 1997-2000

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 Bio-control – articles for MCSA journal. Includes correspondence BC1578_A_A9_A9.2 1980-2010

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 Reports and correspondence re MCSA journal BC1578_A_A9_A9.3 1996-2003

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Reports and correspondence re MCSA journal, The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation / Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme (UIAA environmental objectives and guidelines), etc. 1996-2003

 Biographical memoir of John Montagu and Nigel Penn’s article – ‘Close and merciful watchfulness’ BC1578_A_A10 2008

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 Bain’s Kloof BC1578_A_A11

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 Bain’s Kloof Pass: gateway to the north, Andrew Geddes Bain (1797-1864) BC1578_A_A11_A11.1

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Bain’s Kloof Pass: gateway to the north by Sandra Steytler and Hans Niuwmeyer, Andrew Geddes Bain (1797-1864) – notes on Andrew Bain and Bain’s Kloof Pass, probably drafts of a book

 Bain’s Kloof Mountains: a partial list of genera and species found in Steenboksberg, birds list, reports, etc. BC1578_A_A11_A11.2 1989-1997, 2001-2004

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 Notes on the MCSA property, Steenboksberg in Bain’s Kloof BC1578_A_A11_A11.3

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 Articles on Bain’s Kloof Pass, eradication of alien plants, etc. BC1578_A_A11_A11.4

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 Bainskloof Station records BC1578_A_A11_A11.5 2003-2008

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Monthly report on the conduct and qualification of the overseers and constables at Bainskloof Station during December 1849, records of convicts sent to Bain’s Kloof (1850-1852), death recorded and persons most likely buried at the neck or at the outstations, Friends of Bain’s Kloof newsletter (no.1, 2003), review of ‘Bain’s Kloof Pass: gateway to the north’ by Kevin Wall, Andrew Geddes Bain short biography by A S Murray, Hans Niuwmeyer’s notes on Bain’s Tunnel and correspondence, 2003-2008

 Other sources and material BC1578_A_A11_A11.6

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 “Bain’s Kloof biography” (Articles arranged according to authors’ surnames - A to V) BC1578_A_A11_ A11.7

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 Volunteer (Groups) Award Certificate issued by The Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa, Western Cape, to The Friends of Bain’s Kloof, 2004 BC1578_A_A11_A11.8

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 Steenboksberg, Bain’s Kloof, Bailey’s Peak (notes, map, correspondence, reports, etc. ) BC1578_A_A11_A11.9 1998-2004

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 Bain’s Kloof Pass: the gateway to the north 1853-2003. National Monument – Provincial Heritage Site BC1578_A_A11_A11.10

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Bain’s Kloof Pass: the gateway to the north 1853-2003. National Monument – Provincial Heritage Site by Sandra Steytler and Hans Nieuwmeyer (also have the following title: Bain’s Kloof: National Monument – National Disgrace) - (photographs, some with captions) see also D3

 Steenboksberg BC1578_A_A12 1984-2011

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 A certificate of ownership issued by South African Natural Heritage Programme, 1999 and a map of Meiringspoort: a scenic gorge through the Swartberg Monutains, OS) BC1578_A_A12_A12.1

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 Notebooks (contains notes, photographs, abstracts, newspaper cuttings, etc.) BC1578_A_A12_A12.2 1984-2011

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 Richtersveld (a notebook contains notes, abstracts, newspaper cuttings, etc.) BC1578_A_A13 1988-1991

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 Books BC1578_A_A14

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 Mountaineering in South Africa BC1578_A_A14_A14.1

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 National and other Parks by A.N.T. Perry BC1578_A_A14_A14.2

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 Table Mountain guide: walks and easy climbs on Table Mountain, Devil Peak and Lion’s Head BC1578_A_A14_A14.3

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 The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation / Union Internationale des Associations D’Alpinisme (UIAA) BC1578_B 1991-2003

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 Proposals for co-operation and peace, protection of the environment and sporting excellence BC1578_B_B1

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 Report of the symposium access, mountaineering and climbing: a sustainable approach to freedom of access to mountain and cliffs, 1995 (includes correspondence) BC1578_B_B2

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 UIAA journal, applications for funding, constitution on PE section BC1578_B_B3 1991-1997

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UIAA journal, MCSA – KwaZulu Natal Section (correspondence), application by the Magalisberg Section for funds from the UIAA, application by the Stellenbosch Section, proposal for outreach development from Cape Town Section, application by the Transvaal Section, development and outreach proposal for MCSA Transvaal Section, etc. MCSA constitution – Port Elizabeth Section, 1991-1997

 New UIAA standards for mountaineering and climbing equipment BC1578_B_B4 1998

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 Minutes, notes, survey of members, court-case BC1578_B_B5 1997-2002

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UIAA general assembly meetings, notes, annual survey of members, Court Case – respondent: The Minister of local Government and Development Planning, Western Cape, The African Heritage Resources Agency; South African National Parks, report of the legal working group on current liability issues relating to mountain sports, etc. 1997-2002

 UIAA – model training standards for voluntary leaders and instructors BC1578_B_B6

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 The journal of the UIAA mountaineering and climbing, (1) BC1578_B_B7 2003

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 Guidebooks and maps BC1578_C 1983, 2003

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 Guidebooks and map of Southern Africa, 5th edition BC1578_C_C1 1983

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 Maps of South Africa: index to the maps published by the Chief Directorate: surveys and mapping BC1578_C_C2 2003

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 Guidebooks: overseas countries BC1578_C_C3

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 Miscellaneous BC1578_D

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 United School Sport Association of South Africa (USSASA) BC1578_D_D1 1996

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Constitution of USSASA, correspondence re South African Junior Competition Climbing Team, minutes of the national and regional schools competition climbing meeting, 1996

 International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) (notes re ICIMOD) BC1578_D_D2

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 Bain’s Kloof Pass by S Steytler and H Nieuwmeyer, 2003 (3 floppy disks) see also A11.10 BC1578_D_D3

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 Mountain passes, roads and transportation in the Cape: a guide to research by Graham Ross (Fifth edition: 2013) CD BC1578_D_D4

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 Robert’s multimedia birds of Southern Africa. (Version 2) by Guy Gibbon and Gordon Maclean (CD) BC1578_D_D5

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 Integrated fire management in South Africa. Working on fire programme (2 CDs) BC1578_D_ D6

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 Photographs BC1578_D_D7

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