Killie Campbell papers

MS Shelf: 
CAM
MS Date: 
1845 - 1965
MS Extent: 
73 files
MS File list: 
Online
MS Historical note: 

Killie (Margaret Roach) Campbell was born in Natal in 1881. Her name was Margaret Roach Campbell, but she preferred 'Killie', her grandmother's pet name for her, and adopted it as her official name when she was an adult. She was a daughter of Sir Marshall Campbell, pioneer of the sugar industry in Natal and a Natal parliamentarian, and Lady Ellen Campbell (nee Blamey). She was a granddaughter of Byrne settler, William Campbell.

Killie Campbell was educated in Natal and Scotland, and became an historian and a collector of Africana, with a particular interest in the history of Natal. She never married and died on 27 September 1965. Her well-known collection of Africana was bequeathed to the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, and is presently housed at 'Muckleneuk', the original family home in Durban, in which she lived for the last fifty years of her life.

MS Title: 
Killie Campbell papers
MS Scope and Content: 

The collection contains Killie Campbell's personal papers and comprises 73 files containing correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, and two bound unpublished manuscripts ' Early mission stations in South Africa' (files 72 and 73). Included is her diary 'My travels in British East Africa during the military campaign, 1916' (file 67); Miss Godswen's (her housekeeper) recipe book (file 68); and a file containing information on Voortrekker graves in Natal (file 70).

MS Provenance: 
Original collection
MS Local system number: 
KCAL310005
MS Physical description: 
manuscripts, typescripts, printed material

Manuscript Inventory:

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