Scope and Contents
A manuscript journal, a copy, and the script of a broadcast based upon it, with associated correspondence.
Dates
- Creation: 1838-07 - 1967
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Captain (later Colonel) William Craig Emilius Napier (1818-1903) of the 25th Regiment, (later the King's Own Scottish Borderers), accompanied his father Sir George Napier (1784-1855) to the Cape on the latter's appointment as Governor in 1837. Sir George served until 1843.
Extent
1 volume(s) : paper
3 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 123-124.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased 1913.
Existence and Location of Copies
Available on microfilm: Reel 10.
Bibliography
Professor Winifred Maxwell, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, was supplied with a microfilm and produced a typed transcript and also broadcast a talk on the journal on the South African Broadcasting Corporation, 1 October 1957. An amended version of this was issued as ‘The Napier Journal’, The Royal Commonwealth Society, Library Notes, New Series no. 11 (November 1957), p.1-3.
General
This collection level description was created by WS and MJC.
Originator(s)
Napier, William Craig Emilius, 1818-1903, Major General
- Date
- 2007-02-02 12:28:12+00:00
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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