South Africa -- History -- Frontier Wars, 1811-1878
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
"Attack on Fort White, 3 January 1851.", 1851 January
Item — 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4 [39002106196117], Folder: 5c(2)
Call Number: MSS 11, Series IV
Scope and Contents:
Watercolor sketch showing an encampment of Xhosa/"Kaffir" warriors in foreground, with the British Fort White seen in the middle-distance in a grassy valley floor. The warriors, who appear to be naked, hold rifles and are clustered in small groups here and there on a flat dusty area. There are no British troops seen in this image, done presumably sometime after the attack. Labeled in graphite on reverse. Unsigned.
Dates:
1851 January
Diary, 1847 September 1-1850 May 9
Item — 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4 [39002106196117], Folder: 1
Call Number: MSS 11, Series I
Scope and Contents:
Holograph diary, including personal accounts of Norris' daily activities and observation of life in South Africa.Several pages at various intervals appear to have been torn out of the diary. It is not clear whether they contained any portion of text.The fly-leaf features a pen and ink drawing of a barking dog, along with Norris's name and regiment. It is dated August 22, 1846. "Cork Barracks" is listed as the location. Four graphite sketches, including one labeled "Cape...
Dates:
1847 September 1-1850 May 9
Diary, 1848 September 8-1851 October 9
Item — 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4 [39002106196117], Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 11, Series I
Scope and Contents:
Holograph diary, including an alphabetical roll of British squads, personal entries and notes about Norris' debts and expenditures, some graphite sketches, and one pen and ink sketch.The diary's fly-leaf has pen and ink drawing of a barking dog and the inscription "R.P. Norris." It contains various types of entries, the first being an alphabetical roll of "No. 2 Squad of 'B' or Captain E. Staunton's Company, 22nd Sept. 1847." Soldiers' vital statistics (age, height, marital status,...
Dates:
1848 September 8-1851 October 9
Arnold More Knight papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1386
Overview:
The papers consist of nine journals documenting the military career of Arnold More Knight in India and South Africa. Also included is a volume of Sikh scripture, written in Panjabi, and captured by Knight after the Battle of Aliwal.
Dates:
1845-1854
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Arnold More Knight papers
"Meeting of Kaffirs on 21 Dec[ember] 1850 at Fort Cox...to Meet Sir H. Smith.", 1850 December
Item — 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4 [39002106196117], Folder: 5c(5)
Call Number: MSS 11, Series IV
Scope and Contents:
Watercolor depicts assembly of Xhosa/"Kaffir" people outside the Fort Cox buildings. Inside, presumably, is Sir Harry Smith, the colonial governor, who held a meeting with Xhosa leaders in late December, 1850. The watercolor is loose in style, with people depicted as vertical dashes of brown paint with darker brown dots for heads. The sketch is labeled in graphite. This meeting was to be the last of its kind before war again broke out within days.On the reverse is a loose graphite...
Dates:
1850 December
Robert Provo Norris Collection
Collection
Call Number: MSS 11
Overview:
The collection comprises personal diaries, watercolors, and drawings by Robert Provo Norris, most of which were created while he was a soldier stationed on the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa during the Frontier ("Kaffir") Wars of the 1840s and 1850s.
Dates:
1846-1854