English translation by RF Ross of JL de Villiers' account of how he escaped from a British prisoner of war camp in India during the Anglo-Boer War ["Hoe Ik Ontsnapte", Amsterdam, H”veker and Wormser, c.1903].Biographical information...
Records of the Institute, formerly the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland. Cape Section, incl.minutes of meetings, papers read, correspondence, financial reports etc. Information on the Clubs Company Ltd.
The Rudner papers consist primarily of correspondence between the Rudners and other leading figures in the early history of archaeology in South Africa – John Goodwin, Alex Wilcox, Revil Mason and others. There are records of rock art sites and pa...
Personal papers, correspondence, TSS of articles, photographs, clippings, etc. Personal papers of Samuel and Esther Lieberman (Rufus Hoffman's sister) and Miss MM Swart.
The papers reflect the career and interests of Rupert Hurly. Subjects include the history of land surveying in South Africa, astronomy, military history and railway history and the history of Cape Town. There are records of conferences of South an...
5 portraits by Professor Rupert Shephard.Portraits of:Professor L M Thompson, 1959.Hon. A van der Sandt Centlivres, 1959.Dr J P Duminy, 1958.Dr William Fehr, 1963.Professor K R H Hall, 1953.Charcoal on white paper, 45cm x 33 cm.
The collection consists of material gathered and prepared by Ruth Sacks for her PhD thesis entitled ‘The Islamic Community in Cape Town’. She died very suddenly, in 1971, when she was working on the final draft of her thesis. Ruth Sacks was a lect...