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 from Arnold Paice to his mother, father and sister Muriel Paice, and his correspondence with the Royal Commonwealth Society regarding their donation.

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).

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.

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.

[Presumably in Transvaal, as housed with slides on Dulstrom].

[Examining branches from the tree].

[General view].

[Group by a river].

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.

[Blossoming tree].

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.

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.

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.

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.

76 x 99 mm. Showing a motor vessel in East London Harbour.

191 x 244 mm. Location unidentified but possibly Durban.

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.

An engraving taken from a newspaper, dated in pencil 1865.

210 x 153 mm. Showing eroded limestone formations in the valley.

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.