Reference code
ZA UCT BC1225
Title
Mona de Beer Collection
Date(s)
- 2004 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
ca. 1880
Name of creator
(1928-2001)
Biographical history
Mona de Beer (born Schwartz) was born in 1928 in the Transvaal. She married Zach de Beer, who became the leader of the Democratic Party. She contributed to and edited various magazines. She wrote several books: King Kong – A venture in the theatre (1960), Lion Mountain (1987), Who did what in South Africa (1988) as well as A vision of the past – South Africa in photographs, 1843-1910 (1992), which she co-wrote with Brian Johnson Barker. Unpuzzled: a crossword dictionary (2003) was published posthumously.
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Scope and content
The collection consists of material, mostly graphic, collected for Mona de Beer’s publications on South African history, in particular, for a planned illustrated social history of Cape Town. The photographs are mostly copies (prints and photocopies) of photographs she sourced in many repositories in South Africa.
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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
Language(s)
- English