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South Africa (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3624 Collections and/or Records:

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[Unidentified township], 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/69
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159 x 112 mm. A view looking down on a township situated on the bank of a river.

Dates: 1900 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Unidentified waterfall, ?KwaZulu-Natal], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/57
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190 x 139 mm. Showing a series of cascades, with three Europeans figures standing beside the pool at the bottom of the falls.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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(Untitled), 07 Oct 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/10/78
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Letter from Herbert Asquith [Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] to WSC, agreeing with his request for naval help from South Africa.

Dates: 07 Oct 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Jul 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/29/93-97
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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Mr Bourne, of the South African Government, on South Africa's desire to take a more effective part in South African and Imperial Naval Defence. [Carbon].

Dates: Jul 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Dec] [1913]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/22B/274-276
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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [? the South African Government] on the naval defence of South Africa. [Carbon copy].

Dates: [Dec] [1913]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Nov 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/66/45-46
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Letter from Matthew Nathan, Government House, Natal, South Africa, to WSC, sending details of the crew of the armoured train wrecked on 15 Nov 1899, Driver C Wagner and Fireman A J Stewart.

Dates: 10 Nov 1907
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Oct 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/29/39-40
Scope and Contents Letter from Joseph Chamberlain [Secretary of State for the Colonies], (Highbury, Moor Green, Birmingham), to WSC, urging him not to publicly criticise the Government and military authorities over the management of the war in South Africa. Chamberlain states that there should be a practical division of authority between civilians, soldiers and heads of individual departments, but adds that he agreed with much of what WSC said, and was working in the same direction. He comments that even if...
Dates: 15 Oct 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Feb 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/30/1-3
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of Natal, to WSC, on South African affairs and the post-war settlement.

Dates: 11 Feb 1901
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Feb 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/30/4-5
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Letter from Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of Natal, South Africa, to WSC, enclosing printed lecture by Hely-Hutchinson on "Natal: Its Resources and Capabilities", to the London Chamber of Commerce, 6 June 1898.

Dates: 12 Feb 1901
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Feb 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/30/6
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Letter from Harry Laing to WSC, thanks for cheque, and account of life as a prisoner of the Boers.

Dates: 25 Feb 1901
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 May 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/30/7
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Letter from Harry Laing to WSC, on life as a prisoner of the Boers.

Dates: 04 May 1901
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Feb 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/30/9-15
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Letter from Sir Alfred Milner to WSC, on South Africa.

Dates: 06 Feb 1901
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1901]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/30/16-17
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Letter from W L Rickard to WSC, enclosing 10s Mafeking Siege Note.

Dates: [1901]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [c 1912]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/30/18-32
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Account by WSC of his escape from the Boers [typescript with ms amendments by WSC, on Admiralty notepaper, probably drafted in connection with a libel action against William Blackwood & Sons, heard on 20 May 1912].

Dates: [c 1912]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Apr 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/30/33
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Leaflet advertising WSC's lecture, The [Boer] War as I Saw It, in the Assembly Rooms, Jarratt Street, Hull, on 24 April, containing biographical notes on WSC; a synopsis of the lecture; and extracts from reports in the national press on the lecture.

Dates: Apr 1901
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 May 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/47-57
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, South Africa to WSC, enclosing copy of letter to Lord Roberts, 18 May 1902, on the end of the Boer War.

Dates: 20 May 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 May 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/58-62
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC on South Africa.

Dates: 24 May 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 May 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/63-66
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton to WSC, on the peace Settlement in South Africa.

Dates: 31 May 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Jun 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/67-72
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, Enclosing extract from letter from Hamilton to Lord Roberts, on the peace settlement in South Africa.

Dates: 08 Jun 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Jan 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/73-79
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Letter from M Astley Shute to WSC enclosing photographs: Mr Howard's house, 4" x 3" b/w Mr Howard outside office, 3" x 4" b/w The Mine [where WSC hid from the Boers] 4" x 3" b/w.

Dates: 24 Jan 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Oct 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/33/53-54
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Particulars of eight watches presented by WSC to Dr James Gillespie, J R Addams, J D Dewsnap, Joe McKenna, Joe McHenry, Charles A Burnham, Ellen David and Ada Blunden, "in recognition of their timely help afforded him in his escape from Pretoria".

Dates: 02 Oct 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jan 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/5-14
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, South Africa, to WSC, on South Africa. Stating "if we could incorporate these Boers into the Empire, we should be doing a vast deal more for the future of our race and language, than by assimilating a million Johannesburg Jews. They have first class natural ability, and their brains, having lain fallow for about 200 years, will, like virgin soil produce magnificent crops".

Dates: 20 Jan 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Feb 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/15-19
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, on South Africa.

Dates: 23 Feb 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/30-31
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, on South Africa, and on Lord Kitchener "he disliked you as a soldier; as an MP or Pressman he would look on you without any sort of prejudice. You may, I know, rely absolutely on receiving no petty annoyance at his hands".

Dates: 23 Mar 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Mar 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/32-33
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, on South Africa,.

Dates: 30 Mar 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open