Reference code
ZA UCT BC319
Title
Spilhaus Family Papers
Date(s)
- 1890-1970 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
95 archive boxes and oversize material
Name of creator
Biographical history
Margaret Whiting Spilhaus was a children's writer and artist. Her daughter, Patricia Ashby Spilhaus (1912-1969) was an architect and librarian. Her younger daughter, Marian Robertson (1922-2004), was a radio journalist, freelance researcher, and historian.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Mrs Margaret Whiting Spilhaus and her daughters, Miss Patricia Ashby Spilhaus and Mrs Marian Robertson, as well as Mrs Margaret Lindsay.
Scope and content
Family correspondence, photographs albums and memorabilia.
Children's literature, drawings and maps by Margaret Whiting Spilhaus.
Business correspondence and contracts of Margaret Whiting Spilhaus.
Letters from Sir Carruthers Beattie (UCT Vice-Chancellor) to Professor Lawrence Crawford, 1909-1910.
Children's literature, drawings and maps by Margaret Whiting Spilhaus.
Business correspondence and contracts of Margaret Whiting Spilhaus.
Letters from Sir Carruthers Beattie (UCT Vice-Chancellor) to Professor Lawrence Crawford, 1909-1910.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions governing access
Contact University of Cape Town Libraries: Special Collections for information about accessing this collection.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Only a high-level description of the collection is maintained in AtoM. For a list of contents, go to http://atom.lib.uct.ac.za/pdfs/BC319.pdf
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Alternative identifier(s)
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Spilhaus, Patricia Ashby, 1912-1969 (Subject)
- Robertson, Marian (Subject)
- Beattie, Carruthers (Sir) (Subject)
- Crawford, Lawrence (Subject)
- Grant, Marie Lydia (Subject)
- Alston, Madeleine (Subject)