South Africa (nation)
Found in 3622 Collections and/or Records:
Letter on the Royal Visit to Natal, 1990
A copy of a letter from Sir David Gill describing the Royal Visit of 1901, 7 pages. The address and ending are missing from the letter. It includes reference to several vessels and persons of eminence. There are two accompanying letters regarding the gift of the letter to the R.C.S., and a memorandum by D.H. Simpson, R.C.S. Librarian, providing background information.
Letters, 1901 - 1963
Letters from Arnold Paice to his mother, father and sister Muriel Paice, and his correspondence with the Royal Commonwealth Society regarding their donation.
Letters, 1946-12-23 - 1967-09-10
Letters from Alison McBean in South Africa, 1911 - 1912
Two letters from Alison McBean to her school friend Diana Hartley describing her new home and way of life. One letter, from the Vaak River, is undated, but was probably written in November 1911 (3 pages). The second letter is from Kimberley, 15 January 1912 (4 pages).
Letters from Cecil Rhodes to S. Le Riche, 1894 - 1928
Two autograph letters on paper headed 'Kimberley Club' written to Mr Le Riche, apparently a political agent in Rhodes' constituency, with undated typescript copies. There is an accompanying letter from Evans Lewin, R.C.S. Librarian, 26 October 1928, thanking Mr Le Riche for his gift of the letters to the Society.
Letters of Edward Nicholas Kendall
[Lewis and others climbing over boulders]., 1969-01
The majority of these were taken in the north of the province; at Magoebaskoof (two visits); Tzaneen (including a sequence showing sisal growing and processing); Vendaland in the extreme north and a few coming south to Orhigstad and Graskop. A group taken at Mala Mala camp is assumed to be in the Transvaal, though the precise location has not been found. The section concludes with a visit to a fishing lodge at Dulstroom in December 1969.
Lewis Farm, 1969-01
[Presumably in Transvaal, as housed with slides on Dulstrom].
Lewis farm, 1969-01
[Examining branches from the tree].
Lewis farm, 1969-01
[General view].
Lewis farm, 1969-01
[Group by a river].
[Lewis Farm similar to 21], 1969-01
The majority of these were taken in the north of the province; at Magoebaskoof (two visits); Tzaneen (including a sequence showing sisal growing and processing); Vendaland in the extreme north and a few coming south to Orhigstad and Graskop. A group taken at Mala Mala camp is assumed to be in the Transvaal, though the precise location has not been found. The section concludes with a visit to a fishing lodge at Dulstroom in December 1969.
Lewis from Kaffirboom, 1969-01
[Blossoming tree].
[Lewis on rocks], 1969-01
The majority of these were taken in the north of the province; at Magoebaskoof (two visits); Tzaneen (including a sequence showing sisal growing and processing); Vendaland in the extreme north and a few coming south to Orhigstad and Graskop. A group taken at Mala Mala camp is assumed to be in the Transvaal, though the precise location has not been found. The section concludes with a visit to a fishing lodge at Dulstroom in December 1969.
Lieut. Col. Gildea, A.D.C. 2.21st R.S.F., Commandant of the Garrison, Pretoria, 1880 - 1881
84 x 108 mm. (oval print). A head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant Colonel George Fredrick Gildea (1831-98), Commander of the Pretoria Garrison. Gildea joined the 69th Foot in 1848 and served as adjutant to the Turkish contingent in the Crimean Campaign 1855-6. He was the Quarter-Master General at Aldershot from 1876-80 and later served in the Sudan Campaign of 1885.
Lieut.-Colonel Sitwell, 1900
178 x 68 mm. Captioned image taken from a periodical, showing Sitwell sitting his horse beside marching infantry, probably the Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the Second Boer War.
Lieutenant Colonel Apperley, Late Indian Remount Agent at the Cape of Good Hope, 1860
Lieutenant General Wynyard C.B ., 1859
A half length seated studio portrait of Sir Robert Henry Wynyard in uniform. Wynyard (1802-1864) was commissioned as an ensign into the 58th Foot in 1819 and later served in Māori War of 1845-47. He was stationed in Australia 1847-1851 and again in New Zealand from 1851-1858 (Lieutenant Governor, New Ulster Province 1851-1853). From 1859-1863 he was Lieutenant Governor of the Cape.
Lighter conveying passengers to East London, South Africa, 1902
76 x 99 mm. Showing a motor vessel in East London Harbour.
[Lighthouse], 1900 - 1910
191 x 244 mm. Location unidentified but possibly Durban.
Lighthouse and Memorial, Donkin Reserve, Port Elizabeth, 1865 - 1878
189 x 133 mm. Showing the stone pyramid erected by Sir Rufane Donkin in 1820 as a memorial to his wife Elizabeth Francis, who had died of fever in India in 1818 and after whom the town was named. Beside it stands the lighthouse keeper’s quarters and to the right of this building, the lighthouse completed in 1861.
Lighthouse at Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa, 1865
An engraving taken from a newspaper, dated in pencil 1865.
Limestone, Crocodile Valley, 1900 - 1910
210 x 153 mm. Showing eroded limestone formations in the valley.
'Limpopo River: at the bend near the junction of the Natuani River, 1877', 1877
Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.