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Transvaal (South Africa)

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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South Africa historical collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1556
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence; journals and diaries; government documents; reports and printed material of various organizations, political parties, and individuals; ephemera; and photographs which document various aspects of the history of South Africa and its political, economic, social, and cultural conditions from the colonial period of the 1800s to 1948, the year which marks the legalization of apartheid. The bulk of the collection focuses on the South African War, more...
Dates: 1802-1961
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > South Africa historical collection

Howell Wright collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 565
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and printed material relating to the history of Rhodesia and South Africa, with specific focus on Jameson's Raid, 1895-1896, the Johannesburg Reform Committee, and Cecil John Rhodes. Correspondence includes letters with numerous individuals active in the government and military forces in South Africa and Rhodesia, and with friends, relatives, and associates of those individuals. These letters were solicited by Wright and...
Dates: 1868-1977
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Howell Wright collection