Amos Family /Papers

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MS Title: 
Amos family papers
MS Date: 
1897 - 1986
MS Extent: 
65 files
MS Physical description: 
manuscripts, typescripts, printed material, photographs
MS Historical note: 

Sidney Thomas Arundell Amos, a newly qualified veterinary surgeon from England, came to Natal in 1897. His appointment was for special rinderpest duty to the Natal Government. He became District Veterinary Officer of Durban and District and served during the South African War, 1899-1902, in the Natal Veterinary Corps. He established his own practice in Durban in 1911. In 1903 he married Jane Alberta Martin and they had two daughters. One daughter, Vera Amos, qualified as the first private woman veterinary surgeon in South Africa and joined her father's practice in 1934. She married Dr Leonard Morford, also a vet, when he joined the practice and they had five children

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

The collection comprises 65 files containing personal correspondence, diaries, a large selection of photographs, as well as official material relating to topics such as the Amos' veterinary practice and polo.

MS Shelf: 
AMO
MS Provenance: 
Donation
MS Local system number: 
KCAL310002

Manuscript Inventory:

Amos Family/Files 1-65

Contents

Files 1 - 65

MS Item Dates

1897 - 1986

MS Item Description

Files 1 - 16: Correspondence (personal & family), 1897 - 1903, 1914 - 1978, & undated

Files 17 - 19: Miscellaneous, 1901 - 1979 & undated

File 20: Invitations and cards, c1920s - 1940s

Files 21 - 28: Diaries and notebooks (personal & official), 1908 - 1928 & undated

Files 29 - 32: Family documents and certificates, 1902 - 1986, including Vera Amos's school and university reports (file 32)

Files 33 - 36: Material regarding polo, 1907 - 1938, including printed booklets and programmes

Files 37 - 40: Amos Veterinary Pratice material, 1903 - 1945

File 41: Rotary Club of Durban, 1934 - 1941

Files 42 - 45: South African politics, including documents regarding the Union of South Africa, material on the South African Service Corps, and an enquiry into a Union expeditionary base in Luderitzbucht (1915 - 1916)

Files 46 - 50: Printed material, 1908 - 1982 & undated

Files 51 & 52: Newscuttings, including on polo

Files 53 - 54: Postcards

Files 55 - 63: Photographs

File 64: Photograph album and negatives

File 65: Photographs and documents

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