Fonds BC714 - JC Smuts Collection

Reference code

ZA UCT BC714

Title

JC Smuts Collection

Date(s)

  • 1895-1950 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

ca.1000 items

Name of creator

(1870-1950)

Biographical history

Prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Scope and content

Letters written by Smuts to a large number of people on a variety of subjects, incl. several on palaeontology and related matters to Dr Robert Broom. A group of letters and reports mainly from IB Pole Evans concerning the research on better grazing grasses, as well as photographs, press cuttings, a bust and two statues.

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No restrictions apply

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Language of material

  • English

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Dates of creation revision deletion

2013

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  • English

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  • Shelf: 69a