Clara Joyner Anderson papers

MS Title: 
Clara Joyner Anderson papers
MS Date: 
1946
MS Extent: 
1 file + 1 file (unsorted mss.)
MS File list: 
Available at KCAL
MS Scope and Content: 

Collection comprises extracts from the memoir of Mrs Clara Joyner Anderson, read by Mary C. Dick, from Broadcast House, Durban, 1946.
An additional file containing material that has not been listed or sorted is housed with the Unsorted Manuscripts

MS Shelf: 
AND
MS Provenance: 
Original collection
MS Local system number: 
KCAL309350

Manuscript Inventory:

William Anderson papers

MS Title: 
William Anderson papers
MS Date: 
1985
MS Extent: 
1 file
MS Historical note: 

William Anderson came to Natal from Scotland with his wife and family as Byrne settlers in 1850. They were passengers on the 'Ina'.

MS File list: 
Available at KCAL
MS Scope and Content: 

Collection comprises one item : 'William Anderson (1790-1873) and his descendants' compiled by Robert Watt Anderson

MS Shelf: 
AND
MS Local system number: 
KCAL309356

Manuscript Inventory:

William K Anderson papers

MS Title: 
William K Anderson papers
MS Date: 
1940
MS Extent: 
1 file
MS Historical note: 

As a young man, in the 1890s, William Anderson became a transport rider, travelling throughout Natal and the Transvaal. Later he purchased land near Donnybrook, Natal, calling his farm 'Maxwell'. He was well known in the district as a successful farmer

MS File list: 
Available at KCAL
MS Scope and Content: 

Collection comprises: l. 'Tales of the road in old Natal', reminiscences by W K Anderson of his early days as a transport rider, as told and written by C.J. Offord, one photograph - 2. Newscutting dated 1982

MS Shelf: 
AND
MS Provenance: 
Donation
MS Local system number: 
KCAL309354

Manuscript Inventory:

Jane Arbuthnot papers

MS Title: 
Jane Arbuthnot papers
MS Date: 
1897
MS Extent: 
1 file
MS Historical note: 

James and Jane Arbuthnot came from Scotland to Natal in 1850 on board the 'Unicorn' as Byrne settlers. They farmed sugar at Umzinto

MS File list: 
Available at KCAL
MS Scope and Content: 

The collection comprises 'Autobiographical Sketch' by Jane Arbuthnot. This appears to be a typed copy of her autobiographical sketch which was published in 1897

MS Shelf: 
ARB
MS Provenance: 
Original collection
MS Original collection number: 
6073
MS Local system number: 
KCAL309340

Manuscript Inventory:

James Archbell papers

MS Title: 
James Archbell papers
MS Date: 
[1819?]-1934
MS Extent: 
1 file
MS Historical note: 

James Archbell, b. England, 1798, d. Pietermaritzburg, 1866. Wesleyan missionary, Voortrekker minister, printer, journalist, businessman, politician. He came to the Cape with his wife Elizabeth in 1819

MS File list: 
Available at KCAL
MS Scope and Content: 

Collection comprises family correspondence and documents, notebook, biographical notes and 2 photographs: 1. Natal Legislative Council - 2. Tempest Archbell

MS Shelf: 
ARC
MS Provenance: 
Original collection
MS Local system number: 
KCAL309338

Manuscript Inventory:

91/01

MS Title: 
Thomas Baines papers
MS Date: 
1869-1872
MS Extent: 
7 files
MS Physical description: 
manuscripts, typescripts, photocopies
MS Historical note: 

Thomas Baines, artist, explorer, born in Norfolk, England, in 1820, died in Durban 1875. Baines spent 3 different periods in South Africa. In October 1868 he was offered, and accepted, the leadership of the South African Gold Fields Exploration Company's expedition to Matabeleland

MS File list: 
Available at KCAL
MS Scope and Content: 

Collection comprises 50 letters, 1869-72, by Baines, mostly to Carl Behrens, Manager of the Natal Land and Colonization Company in Durban, and Agent to the London-based South African Gold Fields Exploration Company. The correspondence describes Baines' experiences and his increasing concern with the Company's sluggishness in paying debts he had incurred on its behalf.

MS Shelf: 
BAI
MS Provenance: 
Original collection
MS Local system number: 
KCAL309072

Manuscript Inventory:

89/12

MS Title: 
George Adams papers
MS Date: 
[1926?]
MS Extent: 
1 file (3 items)
MS Physical description: 
manuscript, typescript, photocopies, photographs
MS Historical note: 

George Adams and his wife Elizabeth (born Dunlop), with children, emigrated from Hertfordshire to Natal in 1850. They sailed on the 'Emily' under arrangement with W. J. Irons Christian Emigration and Colonization Society. The Adams family settled at Umhlanga where George farmed intermittently, although he also worked as a government surveyor. After the death of his first wife in 1867 he married Mary Ann Henderson a year later. George Adams died at Verulam in 1900.

MS File list: 
Available at KCAL
MS Bibliography: 

Clark, J. Natal settler-agent. Cape Town: Balkema, 1972

Spenser, S. O'B. British settlers in Natal 1824-1857, vol 1.Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1981

MS Shelf: 
ADA
MS Provenance: 
Donation
MS Local system number: 
KCAL265177

Manuscript Inventory:

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KCM Papers of John William Akerman 1901 - 1928 1 file      

Historical note
Claude Fuller was born in New South Wales, Australia in 1872. He worked from the age of 19 as an entomologist for the Australian government, and in 1898 accepted the post of Government entomologist in the Cape Colony. In 1899 Fuller became the first Government entomologist in Natal and was recognised as being a brilliant scientist. He died in Lourenco Marques on 6 November 1928 as the result of a car crash. At the time of his death he was employed as Chief Entomologist to the Government of Mozambique. He had four children, Roy, Gladys, Natalie (born 1901) and Ethel. One daughter died in Australia in her twenties. His daughter Natalie married John Wood [in 1930?]

Scope and Content
The collection comprises one file containing 3 letters dated 1909 from the Durban Club to his 3 small daughters Gladys, Natalie and Ethel and a letter dated 30 October 1928 to his daughter, Natalie. Included with these letters is Natalie's birth certificate dated 18 November 1901. There are also a few articles and newscuttings.

Historical note

Claude Fuller was born in New South Wales, Australia in 1872. He worked from the age of 19 as an entomologist for the Australian government, and in 1898 accepted the post of Government entomologist in the Cape Colony. In 1899 Fuller became the first Government entomologist in Natal and was recognised as being a brilliant scientist. He died in Lourenco Marques on 6 November 1928 as the result of a car crash. At the time of his death he was employed as Chief Entomologist to the Government of Mozambique. He had four children, Roy, Gladys, Natalie (born 1901) and Ethel. One daughter died in Australia in her twenties. His daughter Natalie married John Wood [in 1930?]

Scope and Content

The collection comprises one file containing 3 letters dated 1909 from the Durban Club to his 3 small daughters Gladys, Natalie and Ethel and a letter dated 30 October 1928 to his daughter, Natalie. Included with these letters is Natalie's birth certificate dated 18 November 1901. There are also a few articles and newscuttings.

Accession Number

Date

Extent
KCM 91/27/ 1901 - 1928 1 file

 

 

Date

 1901 - 1928

Extent

 1 file

Historical note

  
Claude Fuller

Zulu Tribal History Competition 1912 papers

MS Title: 
Zulu Tribal History Competition 1912 papers
MS Date: 
1912
MS Extent: 
2 files
MS Physical description: 
manuscripts
MS Historical note: 

Collection comprises 25 essays being entries submitted for a competition organised in 1911/1912 by Sir Marshall Campbell and his daughter, Killie.

MS File list: 
Available at KCAL
MS Scope and Content: 

Material relates to Zulu and Basotho tribal history. (Zulu = 8 essays; Basotho = 17 essays.) Except for 2 essays written in Sotho, all were written in English

MS Shelf: 
ZUL
MS Provenance: 
Original collection
MS Original collection number: 
6098
MS Local system number: 
KCAL308686

Manuscript Inventory:

Bishop Alpheus Hamilton Zulu papers

MS Title: 
Alpheus Hamilton Zulu papers
MS Date: 
1939-1989
MS Extent: 
72 files
MS Physical description: 
manuscripts, typescripts, photocopied, printed material, newscuttings, photographs
MS Historical note: 

Bishop Alphaeus Zulu (1905-1988) was the first black Anglican bishop in Southern Africa. He served as President of the World Council of Churches, was a Speaker of the KwaZulu Legislative Assembly and first National Chairman of Inkatha. He was also a founder member of the Iviyo Lofakazi movement of the Anglican Church.

MS File list: 
Available at KCAL
MS Scope and Content: 

This collection demonstrates Bishop Zulu's wide variety of interests and his involvement in many different organisations and includes speeches, addresses, sermons and notes.

MS Shelf: 
ZUL
MS Provenance: 
Donation
MS Local system number: 
KCAL309370

Manuscript Inventory:

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