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GUY ABERCROMBIE ELLIOTT BEQUEST Manuscripts & Archives University of Cape Town Libraries
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bequeathed
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THE
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN LIBRARIES |
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from
the estate of |
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PROFESSOR
G.A. ELLIOTT |
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LIST COMPILED BY |
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L.
TWENTYMAN JONES |
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University
of Cape Town Libraries 1976 |
BIOGRAPHICAL
NOTE
Guy
Abercrombie Elliott was born in 1905, and educated at SACS and the University of
Cape Town. From 1932 to 1934 he did postgraduate work in Britain and the U.S.A.,
specializing in haematology. From 1934 to 1938 he was a consultant physician in
Cape Town, and returned to London in 1938 in order to undertake research for
which he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine at U.C.T. in 1941.
During World War II he served in the S.A. Medical Corps earning an O.B.E.
In 1946 he was appointed Professor of Medicine at Wits, a post which he held
until his retirement in 1967.
In
1943 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London. He was a
Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa and in 1956 became the first
President of the S.A. College of Physicians and Surgeons.
He was a Fellow of the World Health Organization on three occasions.
After his retirement he was awarded honorary doctorates by Wits and U.C.T. He
died in 1975.
THE
COLLECTION
The
Guy Abercrombie Elliott Bequest of 1646 books and manuscripts was bequested to
the University of Cape Town Libraries in 1975, from the estate of Professor G.A.
Elliott.
The
manuscripts bequeathed consist of two travel journals and a children's story
written by Professor Elliott, as well as several items relating to
Field-Marshall and Mrs J.C. Smuts, whose doctor and confidant Professor Elliott
was.
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A1 |
Personal
diary W.H.O. Tour, 1953, by G.A. Elliott. TSS of day to day personal
experiences and impressions of the tour. 135 leaves. |
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A2 |
TSS
of a letter to Clive ( from G. Elliott). |
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A3 |
MSS
notes on Communism and Russia ( by G. Elliott ) 2p. |
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A4 |
MSS
references and notes ( G.Elliott ) 3p. |
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B1 |
The
day of the monster, a Karoo fable. A day in the family lives of some
little animals and birds of the Karoo. Words Lyot. Pictures Rosemary.
(Stories written for Clive Prouse's children by G. Elliott). |
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C1 |
Landrover
through Africa 1959, by G.A. Elliott. TSS of an account of a journey
through Africa. 276 leaves. |
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C2 |
Postcard
from Jacqueline. 20.1.68 |
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C3 |
TSS
copy of a letter to Mr. Wilfrid Knapp, Oxford. 18.1.71 lp. |
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C4 |
MSS
notes on Tunisia. lp |
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C5. |
Miscellaneous
letters found in books donated by Professor Elliott. |
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D1 |
Black
notebook belonging to Isie K. Smuts, 2 Nov.1901. P.M.B. titled 'Belangryke
stukken op Kommando geschreven'. Includes newspaper clippings
re Boer War, MSS poems and proclamations. |
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D2 |
Black
folder containing article 'Louis Botha: soldier, statesman, patriot' by
Sir Roderick Jones reprinted from The Observer 31.8.1919. |
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D3 |
Letter
from Sir Roderick Jones to J.C. Smuts 9.9.1919. |
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D4 |
Photograph
of Isie K. Smuts. MSS note on the reverse describing her
death 26.2.1954 by G.A. Elliott. |
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D5 |
Album
entitled Africana Miscellany - listed in the album and 9 loose items |
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D6 |
Schreiner,Olive.
Closer union: a letter on the South African Union and the principles of
government, London, Fifield, 1909. Flyleaf inscription 'Jan Smuts from
Olive Schreiner, London, March 22,1917.' |
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D6.1 |
A
letter from Olive Schreiner to Smuts, 22.3. 1917, found in the book. |
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D7 |
Book
containing newspaper clippings re Anglo-Boer War. |
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D8 |
Buckton,
A.M. The burden of Engela. London, Methuen, 1904, and letter from the
author to General Smuts 16.8.1909. |
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E1 |
UCT
June 1963 2 copies |
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UCT
Dec 1968 1 copy |
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UCT
June 1973 2 copies and 3 letters re the article and 1 newspaper clipping.
All contain articles on Smuts by G. Elliott and J. van der Poel. |
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E2 |
Pamphlet
entitled 'Instead of tears' by Marie Carmichael Stopes with a letter to
J.C. Smuts from the author. 21.12.1942. |
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E3 |
Pamphlet
entitled 'The Flag and good faith', by Sir Percy FitzPatrick with a letter
to J.C. Smuts from the author, 11.1.1929. |
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F1
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Recipes. |
