UCT Libraries

BC 1079 PROFESSOR WILLIAM J TALBOT PAPERS

Manuscripts & Archives

University of Cape Town Libraries

 

 

List updated July 2000

A

PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

A.1

Family correspondence     01/12/1931 - 01/01/1950

A.2

Personal correspondence  (general) 04/10/1931 - 09/12/1936

A.3

Personal correspondence  (June) 07/02/1949 - 30/12/1949

A.4

Personal correspondence  (Dorothy) 1930(?) - 1942

A.5

Personal correspondence between Anna Marie Boschen (later Talbot), and William Talbot, 1931-1948

B.

PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE

B.1

A - E    06/11/1950 - 12/02/1957

 

(Includes Prof. Broom, Prof. Crawford, Raymond Dart and Dwight Eisenhower L Bolus in separate folder)

B.2

G - L    24/04/1951 - 20/10/1957

 

(Includes Dr Haughton, Prof. James and Robert Leslie)

B.3

M - R    15/10/1951 - 16/10/1957

 

(Includes Royal Society material)

B.4

S - Z    21/04/1951 - 11/11/1957

C

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

C.1

Commission on World Land Use Survey

C.1.1

Correspondence with Loxton, Hunting &Associates (authors of SA contribution)    1967 - 1972

C.1.2

Guidelines for taking surveys

C.1.3

Surveys        1-38

C1.4

Correspondence and notes re Land Use Survey

C.2

Research and notes by WJT

C.2.1

Notes on L W Lyde's UCT lectures "Europe"

C.2.2

Small handwritten notebooks

C.2.3

Loose-leaf handwritten sheets

C.2.4

1 exercise book containing hand-written draft of WJT 1936 inaugural lecture

C.2.5

3 exercise books containing hand-written notes on other geographer's addresses/lectures

C.3

Publications

C.3.1

by WJT

C.3.1.1

Dictionary of South African Biographies: entry on Andrew Young

C.3.1.2

Encyclopaedia Britannica contribution on Cape Province

 

correspondence and drafts  [1971]

C.3.1.3

Southern Africa [1955] by J H Wellington  -  review

C.3.1.4

Swartland and Sandveld  -  correspondence  [1948]

 

Soil Erosion Menaces the Grain Lands of the Western Cape  -  draft

 

Survey of Land Utilization and Soil Erosion in the Western Lowland  of the Cape Province [1945]

C3.1.5

Miscellaneous correspondence re WTJ publications and his opinion on others

C.3.2

by others

C.3.2.1

Anon:  Africa, historical

C.3.2.2

Dart, Raymond A  Africa's Place in the Emergence of Civilisation the first of the SABC Van Riebeeck lecture series

C.3.2.3

Keegan, George C R   A General Survey of the Geography of Nigeria [1948]

C.3.2.4

Talbot, A M   Botswana

C.3.2.5

Talbot, A M   Environmental awareness papers

C.3.2.6

Talbot, A M   Namibia

C.3.2.7

Talbot, A M   South Africa

C.3.2.8

Talbot, A M   Swaziland

C.3.2.9

Talbot, A M   Tuition in universities in the art of scientific writing…

C.3.2.10

Webb, E E   A Regional Study of Kenya Colony

C.3.2.11

Whitewright, Ian S   A Geography of Northern Rhodesia  [1948]

C.4

Atlases and maps

C.4.1

City tramways  -  route map and schedules  [1960]

C.4.2

Population Atlas of South Africa [1971]  - correspondence and draft

C.4.3

Rhodesia  -  undated map showing regions and tribal trust lands

C.4.4

Info and notes re maps on vegetation [1930s or 40s] and Cape dairies  [1945]

C.4.5

Miscellaneous notes & maps

C5

Reference material - information sheets etc.

C5.1

Southern African countries

 

Botswana, including 2 undated Bechuanaland Government stock registers

 

South West Africa

 

Swaziland

 

Zululand

C5.2

South Africa - provinces and areas

 

Cape - Eastern

 

Cape - Northwestern

 

Cape - Western

 

Cape south coast

 

Karoo

 

Natal

 

Orange Free State

 

Transvaal

C5.3

Agriculture in South Africa

C5.3.1

General

 

agriculture - land use

 

agriculture - economics & finance

 

agriculture - bibliographies

 

soil:  erosion & fertility

 

Swartland & Sandvelt soils

 

irrigation:  water resources, supply & schemes

C5.3.2

Specific

C5.3.2.1

Crops

 

General: fertiliser usage

 

Machinery

 

Pest & disease control

 

Barley

 

Beans

 

Buckwheat

 

Coffee

 

Cotton

 

Chicory

 

Essential oils

 

Flowers

 

Ground nuts

 

Kenaf fibre

 

Kaffir corn

 

Ley crops

 

Lucerne

 

Lupins

 

Maize

 

Melons

 

Oats

 

Oilseeds

 

Sisal

 

Soya beans

 

Sugar cane

 

Tea

 

Tobacco

 

Vegetables

 

Wheat

C5.3.2.2

Fruit growing

 

Citrus fruits

 

Deciduous fruit

 

Sub-tropical fruits

C5.3.2.3

Forests and plantations

C5.3.2.4

Pastures

C5.3.2.5

Vineyards

C5.3.2.6

Livestock

 

General:  livestock diseases

 

Cattle

 

Horses, mules and donkeys

 

Ostriches

 

Pigs

 

Poultry

 

Sheep

C5.4

Minerals and mining in South Africa

C5.4.1

General

C5.4.2

Specific

 

Asbestos and antimony

 

Beryllium, zirconium & other rare minerals

 

Coal, coke & carbide

 

Chrome

 

Copper

 

Diamonds

 

Gold

 

Iron ore, lead, lime

 

Platinum

 

Salt

 

Tin

 

Tungsten; uranium

 

Vanadium; vermiculite

C5.5

Industry in South Africa

C5.5.1

General

C5.5.2

Specific

 

Cement

 

Chemicals - heavy and organic

 

Clothing

 

Electrical goods

 

Electricity

 

Explosives

 

Fertilisers

 

Fish and marine products

 

Food

 

Forest and plantation products

 

Glass

 

Leather and footwear

 

Microbiological industries

 

Oils (vegetable) and soap

 

Plastics

 

Pottery and crockery

 

Rubber

 

Seed production

 

Textiles and fibres

C5.6

Product marketing

C5.6.1

General

C5.6.2

Specific

 

Control Boards

 

Co-operatives

 

Industrial Development Corporation

 

External trade relations

C5.7

Miscellaneous

 

Communications (roads, railway etc)

 

Conferences

 

Labour & economics

 

Public relations

 

Statistics

D

PERSONAL AND DEPARTMENTAL INFO AND MEMORABILIA

D.1

Miscellaneous personal items - telegrams; correspondence cards; invoices, CVs etc.

D.2

Personal and insurance papers (for household items)

D.3

Departmental info

D.3.1

Salaries; teaching schedules; some course outlines; photographs

D.3.2

Biographies of colleagues

D.4

Overseas travel souvenirs  1932-1966

D.5

Farewell speech  [1973]

D.6

Newsclippings

D.6.1

Commerce and overseas trade

D.6.2

Transportation and communication; railways, shipping, roads

D.6.3

Ports

D.6.4

Personalities

D.6.5

Union food supplies

D.6.6

Cape Province - regional description

D.6.7

Politics and national economic policy

D.6.8

Population, including labour and immigration

D.6.9

Miscellaneous clippings

D.7

Theatre programmes

E

GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

E.1

Association of American Geographers   01/09/1961 - 13/08/1976

E.2

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research   1962 - 1963

E.3

South African Geographical Society    1961 - 1975

E.4

World land Use Survey - correspondence  1969

E.5

20th International Geographical Congress (Trigonometrical Survey)   1964

E.6

Royal  Society

E.6.1

Anthenium Grant and other papers   1956 - 1958

E.6.2

Royal Society Council Affairs   1965

E.6.3

Voting papers; agendas; matters pending; reports; statements   1946 - 1958

E.6.4

Symposium on Research in the Natural Sciences at Saldanha   1976

E.6.5

Published histories - tercentenary of the Royal Society of London  [1660-1960]

E.6.6

Correspondence (mostly between Dr du Toit and Professor van der Horst (Wits)) re special publication to commemorate Robert Broom's 80th birthday  [1947]

E.7

UCT Geographical Society   [1960s]

F

PHOTOGRAPHS AND SLIDES

F.1

California   1932

F.2

Album, Part 1   1939

F.3

Album, Part 2   1939

F.4

ISCOR photographs  [annotated]

F.5

Miscellaneous photographs & lists of slides

F.6

Slides   [yellow container]

F.7

South African maps showing agriculture and land use

F.7.1

Atlas maps (slides from insurance negatives)

F.7.2

Swartland soil erosion (slides)

F.7.3

Maize, wheat, oats and barley (slides)

F.7.4

Tick survey (Dr Theiler) slides

F.7.5

Negatives of rainfall statistics (slides)

F.7.6

Negatives of atlas maps (Royal Society of South Africa. Charter of Incorporation, 25.01.1908)

F8

Small second prints of black and white photographs

G

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

G.1

Small pressure gauge

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