South african war (1899-1902)
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Diary of Agnes Wilson in South Africa
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 206
Scope and Contents
The diary, 100 x 120 mm, is comprised of two notebooks bound together totalling 374 pages, and is lettered 'A.M.W. South Africa 1901-2' on the front board. There are entries on most of the right-hand pages, and notes, photographs, passes, tickets, cuttings and other souvenirs on the left-hand side. The diary describes life on board ship, visits to the Cape, travels in the interior, and events of the period in South Africa, including comments on the ongoing Anglo-Boer war, or South African...
Dates:
1901-1902, 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Research papers of Valerie Parkhouse on Anglo-Boer War memorials
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 415
Content Description
Research material gathered by Valerie B. Parkhouse for the publication of 'Memorialising the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902: militarization of the landscape, monuments and memorials in Britain' (Matador, 2015). Comprises: correspondence with archive services and record offices in the United Kingdom and South Africa; collected publications; correspondence with publishers; manuscript drafts; photographs of memorials; annotated printout of the Imperial War Museum National Inventory of Anglo-Boer...
Dates:
1991-2015
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
The Papers of the Fairbank family
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10082
Scope and Contents
The papers consist principally of letters, journals and photographs relating to the service of Harold Arthur Thomas Fairbank in the South African War and First World War, and of Thomas John Fairbank in the Second World War.
Dates:
1899-1945
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for researchers using Cambridge University Library.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library