South Africa (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3617 Collections and/or Records:
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(Untitled), 08 May 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/73
Scope and Contents
Telegram [from Dominions Office] to South African Government passing on a message from WSC to Acting Prime Minister [?Jan Hofmeyr] congratulating him on South Africa's role in the defeat of Germany; and anticipating victory over Japan.
Dates:
08 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 08 May 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/74
Scope and Contents
Telegram [from Dominions Office] to South African Government passing on a message from WSC to Acting Prime Minister [?Jan Hofmeyr] congratulating him on South Africa's role in the defeat of Germany; and anticipating victory over Japan.
Dates:
08 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), [May] [1945]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/75-76
Scope and Contents
Typed draft of telegram from WSC to Acting Prime Minister of South Africa [?Jan Hofmeyr] congratulating him on South Africa's role in the defeat of Germany; and anticipating victory over Japan. [annotated by Private Secretary ?John Peck and with sections crossed through].
Dates:
[May] [1945]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 29 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/216/137-138
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Prime Minister, WSC, to the Prime Minister of South Africa [Field Marshal Jan Smuts] in which he says that he is pleased that [Smuts] approves proposals for the the award of campaign stars; discusses the issue of service in the South Atlantic and qualification for the Atlantic star, the award of the 1939-1945 star to selected officers, service qualifications, and the new Defence medal. Typescript.
Dates:
29 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open (opened on instructions of Cabinet Office, March 2001)
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/217/22
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to acting Prime Minister of South Africa marked "Top Secret and Personal" congratulating him on the conduct of South African troops [throughout the war].
Dates:
30 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
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(Untitled), 03 May 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/217/65
Scope and Contents
Telegram from acting Prime Minister of South Africa to WSC thanking him for his telegram on the conduct of South African troops [throughout the war].
Dates:
03 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
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(Untitled), 04 May 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/217/90
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC thanking him for his telegram on the conduct of South African troops in Italy. Copy.
Dates:
04 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
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(Untitled), 08 May 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/44
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to Acting Prime Minister of South Africa congratulating him on South Africa's role in the defeat of Germany; and anticipating victory over Japan.
Dates:
08 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open.
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(Untitled), 23 May 1945 - 24 May 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/219/118
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] (San Francisco [United States]) to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" agreeing to the use of the 6th South African Armoured Division [in the dispute with Yugoslavia (later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia) over Venezia Guilia, Italy] if necessary. Received on 24 May. Carbon copy.
Dates:
23 May 1945 - 24 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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(Untitled), 04 May 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/229C/332
Scope and Contents
Letter from [George] Heaton Nicholls [High Commissioner for South Africa in Great Britain] (South Africa House, Trafalgar Square) to WSC passing on a telegraphed message from [Field Marshal Jan] Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] thanking WSC for his telegram on the conduct of South African troops in Italy. [signed and stamped by WSC's Private Office].
Dates:
04 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/229C/333
Scope and Contents
Telegram from the Dominions Office to the South African Government passing on a "Top Secret and Personal" message from WSC to acting Prime Minister of South Africa [?Jan Hofmeyr] congratulating him on the conduct of South African troops [throughout the war].
Dates:
30 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 14 May 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/219/22
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] (San Francisco [United States]) marked "Top Secret and Personal" stating that as a South African Division is in Italy he should see WSC's communications with President Harry Truman [on the dispute with Yugoslavia (later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia) over territories in north-east Italy and southern Austria]; and expressing his enthusiasm for Truman's...
Dates:
14 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open.
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Unveiling of Boer War Memorial, Grahamstown, March 9 1906, 1906-03-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059W/1
Scope and Contents
295 x 241 mm. A view looking across Church Square at the junction of High Street with Bathurst Street. In the foreground crowds of spectators are gathered round the raised podium from which Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson (Governor of Cape Colony 1901-10) surrounded by civic dignitaries, is giving the opening speech. Behind this group is the statue itself and in the background commercial premises on whose flat roofs are more spectators. The Town Hall and Settler's Tower are visible at the...
Dates:
1906-03-09
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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Vaal diggings, 1969-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/114
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The early photographs in this section were taken during two visits to Kokstad in the east of the province; the first at the end of 1965 followed John Ewart Marnham's visit to Lesotho; the remainder dated August 1967. A number of purely family photographs have been removed. Following these are a number of scenes in the vicinity of Cape Town and along the southern coast - Somerset West, George, Knysa, Hermanus, the ostrich farm at Oudstchoorn, the mouth of the Storms River and nearby...
Dates:
1969-01
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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Vaal diggings, 1969-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/115
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The early photographs in this section were taken during two visits to Kokstad in the east of the province; the first at the end of 1965 followed John Ewart Marnham's visit to Lesotho; the remainder dated August 1967. A number of purely family photographs have been removed. Following these are a number of scenes in the vicinity of Cape Town and along the southern coast - Somerset West, George, Knysa, Hermanus, the ostrich farm at Oudstchoorn, the mouth of the Storms River and nearby...
Dates:
1969-01
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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Vaal diggings, 1969-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/118
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The early photographs in this section were taken during two visits to Kokstad in the east of the province; the first at the end of 1965 followed John Ewart Marnham's visit to Lesotho; the remainder dated August 1967. A number of purely family photographs have been removed. Following these are a number of scenes in the vicinity of Cape Town and along the southern coast - Somerset West, George, Knysa, Hermanus, the ostrich farm at Oudstchoorn, the mouth of the Storms River and nearby...
Dates:
1969-01
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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Vaal diggings, 1969-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/119
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The early photographs in this section were taken during two visits to Kokstad in the east of the province; the first at the end of 1965 followed John Ewart Marnham's visit to Lesotho; the remainder dated August 1967. A number of purely family photographs have been removed. Following these are a number of scenes in the vicinity of Cape Town and along the southern coast - Somerset West, George, Knysa, Hermanus, the ostrich farm at Oudstchoorn, the mouth of the Storms River and nearby...
Dates:
1969-01
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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Vaal diggings- no prize!, 1969-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/117
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The early photographs in this section were taken during two visits to Kokstad in the east of the province; the first at the end of 1965 followed John Ewart Marnham's visit to Lesotho; the remainder dated August 1967. A number of purely family photographs have been removed. Following these are a number of scenes in the vicinity of Cape Town and along the southern coast - Somerset West, George, Knysa, Hermanus, the ostrich farm at Oudstchoorn, the mouth of the Storms River and nearby...
Dates:
1969-01
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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Vaal near Ulco, 1969-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/111
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The early photographs in this section were taken during two visits to Kokstad in the east of the province; the first at the end of 1965 followed John Ewart Marnham's visit to Lesotho; the remainder dated August 1967. A number of purely family photographs have been removed. Following these are a number of scenes in the vicinity of Cape Town and along the southern coast - Somerset West, George, Knysa, Hermanus, the ostrich farm at Oudstchoorn, the mouth of the Storms River and nearby...
Dates:
1969-01
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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Vaal near Ulco, 1969-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/112
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The early photographs in this section were taken during two visits to Kokstad in the east of the province; the first at the end of 1965 followed John Ewart Marnham's visit to Lesotho; the remainder dated August 1967. A number of purely family photographs have been removed. Following these are a number of scenes in the vicinity of Cape Town and along the southern coast - Somerset West, George, Knysa, Hermanus, the ostrich farm at Oudstchoorn, the mouth of the Storms River and nearby...
Dates:
1969-01
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).
Item
Vaal near Ulco, 1969-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham X/113
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The early photographs in this section were taken during two visits to Kokstad in the east of the province; the first at the end of 1965 followed John Ewart Marnham's visit to Lesotho; the remainder dated August 1967. A number of purely family photographs have been removed. Following these are a number of scenes in the vicinity of Cape Town and along the southern coast - Somerset West, George, Knysa, Hermanus, the ostrich farm at Oudstchoorn, the mouth of the Storms River and nearby...
Dates:
1969-01
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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Vaal River and Bridge at Veruniging, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 195/303
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A series of watercolours commissioned from the Rhodesian artist Mrs Gilbert Stephenson to be used in colouring lantern slides to illustrate the fifth handbook, A.J. Sargent, 'South Africa: seven lectures (London, 1914). Stephenson had been recommended by the British South Africa Company.
Dates:
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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Vaal River, near Potchefstroom, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/74
Scope and Contents
191 x 124 mm. A view from a hillside looking down on to the Vaal River, with a drift across the stream in the centre of the photograph leading to small farms and ciltivated land on the farther bank.
Dates:
1888
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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Valley of Desolation - Graaf Reinet [Graaff-Reinet], Cape, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/43
Scope and Contents
139 x 182 mm. Showing the eroded spurs and cliffs in the Valley of Desolation near Graaff-Reinet.
Dates:
1925
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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Valley of Desolation, near Graaff Reinet, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/22
Scope and Contents
330 x 235 mm. A view looking out over the eroded rock formations to the valley beyond.
Dates:
1888
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).