UCT Libraries

 BC 625 THE LEVYNS FAMILY PAPERS

  Manuscripts & Archives

     University of Cape Town Libraries

 

donated to

The University of Cape Town Libraries

by Mr. J.E.P. Levyns

A List

compiled by Sue Lydall and Margaret Curran

1982 Addenda 1985

CONTENTS              

INTRODUCTION

 

 

 

Biographical Notes

 

 

The Collection

 

A.

PERSONAL DOCUMENTS

 

B.

NOTEBOOKS and DIARIES

 

C.

CORRESPONDENCE

D.

WRITINGS

E.

INTERESTS

F.

BOOKLETS, PROGRAMMES, INVITATIONS etc.

G.

MISCELLANEOUS

H.-O.

ADDENDA

H.

PERSONAL PAPERS and DIARIES

J.

CORRESPONDENCE

K.

JEPL's CAREER IN SA CIVIL SERVICE

L.

INTERESTS

M.

PHOTOGRAPHS

N.

NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS

O.

MISCELLANEOUS

INTRODUCTION

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

MARGARET RUTHERFORD BRYAN MICHELL was born at Sea Point, Cape Town on 24 October 1890.     She was first educated at home, by her mother and then at Ellerslie Girls' School, where she matriculated lst class and won two bursaries. In 1908 she proceeded to the South African College to study for a B.A. degree, her subjects including mathematics, geology and chemistry, with Botany for her 4th year Honours degree.

She was awarded the Queen Victoria Scholarship as well as an 1851 Exhibition Memorial Scholarship, which enabled her to enrol at Newnham College, Cambridge, in 1912 for botanical research.     After three years, she worked at the John Innes Horticultural Institution at Merton Park, London, returning to South Africa in 1917 to take up an appointment in the Botany Department of the South African College.

For 54 years she was on the staff of the College, later the University of Cape Town,. or closely associated with it and became the first woman staff member to retain her post after marriage, establishing an import-ant precedent.  In 1932 she became the first woman to receive the degree of D.Sc. from U.C.T., awarded for her thesis 'A taxonomic study of Lobos-temon and Echiostachys' and she was also the first woman to become president of the Royal Society of South Africa.

In 1923 Margaret Michell had married J.E.P. Levyns, who was later to become Assistant Provincial Secretary for the Cape.  Although not him-self a botanist, her husband appreciated the importance of her research work and was her companion to many parts of Southern Africa and other countries, enabling her to reach places that would have been inaccessible to her alone.  Together they hunted for plants, on foot and by wagon and cart, over veld and mountain, as well as making a memorable trip across Australia by motorcar in 1959.

During her long career, Dr Levyns published numerous papers and 8 monographs; after her retirement in 1946 much of her time was spent working on contributions to the Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa.     An earlier publication called 'A Botanist's Memoirs' was combined with notes recording events of her life, discovered by her husband after her death, and published as 'Insnar'd with Flow'rs' by the Botanical Society of Southern Africa in 1977.     She died in Cape Town in 1975 aged 85.        

JOHN EDWARD PHILPOTT LEVYNS was born in Johannesburg on 2 October 1897, the elder son of John Levins Kuhlmann, who adopted his mother's name (misspelt Levyns on her marriage certificate) because of anti-German feeling during the 1914-18 war.

JEPL attended the Johannesburg College, afterwards King Edward VII School, from 1907-11 and completed his schooling at the Diocesan College when the family moved to Cape Town in 1912.     After a short period at the South African College in 1916, he joined the S.A. Scottish Regiment, served in the trenches in France, was invalided back to England and ended the war as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps.

When he returned to South Africa in 1919 his father's health had broken, his brother had died and JEPL was the sole support of his mother and two minor sisters.     He joined the Public Service as a minor clerk at 7/6 per day, in what he thought was a temporary capacity, but rose in the service over the next 38 years to become chief clerk, Provincial Accountant and finally Assistant Provincial Secretary for the Cape, from which post he retired in October 1958.

After an extended overseas trip to England, Europe and Australia in 1959 the Levyns' pursued their individual activities - Dr Margaret with her botanical research and contributions to the Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa and JEPL with many interests including writing for the South African Broadcasting Co. school programmes (1960-61); as treasurer of the Ecan Group (1962-64); the Committee of Friends of the South African Library and, until the very end of his life, he assisted at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Society office.

 

JEPL and Dr Margaret Levyns lived for most of their long married life in Linkoping Road, just below the University of Cape Town. After she died in 1975, he moved to Sheldon Park in Pinelands, where he lived until his death in 1954, aged S7.

THE COLLECTION

The first part of the Levyns Family Papers was donated to the University of Cape Town Libraries by Mr J E P Levyns in 1976 and is material mainly connected with Dr Margaret Levyns.     These papers have been sorted and listed and number 1707 items.

They comprise personal documents, notebooks, diaries and correspondence as well as drafts of her writings.     The latter include "Guide to the Flora of the Cape Peninsula", and the original TS of her memoirs 'Insnar'd with Flow'rs', with Chapter XI - the account of the Levyns' motor trip across Australia in 1959 - in manuscript form.     Of particular importance to botanists is her account of the evolution of the University of Cape Town Botany Department, the complete list of her publi-cations in Addendum I on p.193 of 'Insnar'd with Flow'rs' and the list of her collection of dried and mounted botanical specimens, now in the care of the University of Cape Town, and which exceeds 11,000 in number.

As John Rourke says in his foreword to 'Insnar'd with Flow'rs', there was an almost lifelong association from the beginning of the 20th century until recent times between this extraordinarily accomplished woman and the University of Cape Town. It is also the record of a woman's struggle for acceptance in a male-dominated world and we are given glimpses into the leisurely life of the Cape 100 years ago.       

The second part of the collection was added in October 1984, after Mr J.E. P. Levyns' death and is mainly connected with him and his activities. These papers have been sorted into categories and number ca3325 items.    

They comprise personal documents and diaries (both MRL and JEPL) 1918-1984; correspondence 1917-1984; JEPL's career in the S.A. Public Service 1920-1958; details of overseas trips 1933/34 and 1959; his interest in Genealogy, particularly the history of the Kuhlmann-Levyns family; many photographs of family, places visited and botanical subjects; newspaper clippings 1882-1983 etc.       

JEPL kept up a voluminous correspondence with family members and friends, in many cases for over thirty years. He commented on the South African social and political scene during the period 1920-84 and letters to and from his family during the 1914-18 war make interesting reading, as do the changes in the S.A. Public Service from 1920-58.   

There is no restriction on the use of the papers but permission should first be obtained from the University Librarian.

             THE LEVYNS FAMILY PAPERS BC 625         

    PERSONAL DOCUMENTS

              

                 

                 

A

 

No. of items

Al.1-A1.14

Margaret Rutherford Bryan Levyns - Certificates, including confirmation, degree and examination certificates. Dec.1903-Dec.1932

14

A2.1

Certificate honouring M.R.L. as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa 13.10.1930.

1

A2.2

Graduation Day Programme, Dec. 15 1932, when M.R.L. received her D.Sc.

1

 

 

 

B

NOTEBOOKS AND DIARIES

 

B1.1

Motor Car Register - includes details of types of cars used by the family, mileages, costs, etc. Jan. 1930 - May 1976.

1

B1.2-B1.4

Invoice 21.8.69. 2 pages of sketches.

3

B2.1-B2.2

Diaries of the Levyns' trip to Europe, 1950, during which M.R.L. continued her studies in different European cities they visited. Diaries include the sea journeys from S.A. to England and back. Feb.1950 - August 1950.

2

B3.1-B3.2

Diaries of a trip to the United Kingdom and Europe(Italy to Sweden inclusive) made in Jan. 1959 - Sept. 1959 by M.R.L. and Mr. J.E.P. Levyns. Last section of B3.2 is a diary of a sea journey to Australia Sept. 1959.

 

B3.3

Diary of botanical journey through Australia made by M.R.L. and J.E.P. Levyns Sept.-Dec. 1959.

1

B3.4-B.3.5

Botanical notes made during Australian tour 1959.

 

B4

Autograph book 24.10.1909.

 

 

 

 

C

CORRESPONDENCE

 

C1.1-C1.15

Correspondence between M.R.L. and various people1937-1968 (in alphabetical order).

15

C2

Correspondence in connection with the Levyns' house in Linkoping Rd.., Rondebosch. (In chronological order).

 

C2.1-C2.109

Accounts, receipts, and other documents connected with the building and maintenance of the house 1931-1956.

109

C3

Correspondence re articles written for the Standard Encyclopaedia for Southern Africa 1958-1975 (in chronological order).

 

C3.1-C3.106

1958-1968. Includes correspondence with Editor-in-Chief of SESA, D.F. Potaieter and Editor, P.C. du Plessis. Also a ms. list of M.R.L's publications 1968 (C3.74)

106

C3.107-C3.258

1970-1971. Includes correspondence with Editor P.C. du Plessis and T.L. van Zyl.

152

C3.259-C3.408

1972-1975. Includes correspondence with

          Editor Johan Spies, T.L. van Zyl and S. Vivier.

150

C4     

Correspondence with the Research Grant Board (afterwards the National Research Council and

National Research Board). In chronological order.

 

C4.1-C4.60

Includes Annual Reports on work carried out by M.R.L. and returns of expenditure and letters from the Research Board, 1931-1944

60

C4.61

Notebook recording travelling expenses incurred during this project.

1

C5     

Correspondence about Rhenoster Bush, between M.R.L. and various people interested in its eradication.

In alphabetical order.

 

C5.1

Article for 'Farmers' Weekly' on Rhenoster Bush, by M.R.L. Undated. Newsprint.

1

C5.2-C5.19 

Between M.R.L. and J.F. Burger, Principal of Oakdale Agricultural Training College, Riversdale. 18.10.28 - 9.9.1930. MSS. & TSS.

19

C5.20

From P.J.S. Coetzee, a farmer in the Cradock area. 3.9.1929. MS.

1

C5.21

From W_E. Cursons, editor of the Midland News, Cradock. 22.8.29. TS.

1

C5.22

From A.J. Jooste, farmer from Ceres district, 10.10.28. MS.

1

C5.23-C5.27

Between M.R.L. and D.J. van Rensburg, farmer of Cradock area. English and Afrikaans with translations. 27.8.29 - 28.9.29. MSS.

5

C6

M.R.L's correspondence with Dept. of Agriculture re. the publication of a paper on Veld Burning.

 

C6.1

'Veld Burning' by E.P. Phillips and M.R. Levyns. TS.

1

C6.2-C6.15

Letters to and from the Department of Agriculture 16.11.27 - 14.6.1930. TSS.

14

C7

M.R.L's correspondence with publishers.

 

C7.1-C7.4

With A.A. Balkema about a book on early botanical travellers, which M.R.L. had proposed writing. 2.12.1963 - 8.11.66. TSS.

4

C7.5-C7.117

With Juta and Co. Ltd. about the publishing of the 2nd edition of 'Guide to the Flora of the Cape Peninsula' and some queries about the 1st edition. 13.6.1929-19.4.74. MSS & TSS. .

115

C8

Testimonials written by M.R.L.(in alphabetical order).

 

C8.1-C8.19

Miss G.L. Bosenberg, John Chisholm, Mr. Cuthbert, Miss E. de Wet, Miss E. Esterhuysen, Miss E.J. Eyre, Miss A.H. Franceys, Rev. J. Gerstner, Miss E.A. Gie, Miss A.S.L. Gray, Miss G.J. Lewis, Miss G. Lipschitz, Miss P. McKenzie, Miss D.K. van der Byl, Miss M.M. Walgate, Miss E.A. Waterston, Miss W. Wilson.

19

C9

Correspondence presented by Mrs. Enid du Plessis re publication of M.R.L's "Memories of 50 Years in the U.C.T. Botany Dept." 1968.

 

C9.1-C9.70

Includes letters sent out by Mrs. du Plessis informing possible buyers of the intended publication, their replies and orders and their comments after receipt of the book.

72

 

 

 

D

WRITINGS

 

D1

Original corrected TS. of 'Insnar'd with Flow'rs' by M.R.L.

 

D1.1-D1.2

List of contents of maroon folder. Rough donation note written by J.E.P. Levyns.

2

D1.3

Proof of the dust jacket of the popular edition.         

1

D1.4

Errata slip. TS.

1

D1.5

End papers map.

1

D1.6-D1.228

TS, with MS. corrections of 'Insnar'd with Flow'rs' by M.R.L. Includes title pages, dedication, illustrations, foreword by John Rourke, preface by

J.E.P. Levyns. Annexures and Addenda include tributes    

to M.R.L. (D1.204, D1.206), main published works with         

dates and places of publication (D1.209), particulars

of M.R.L's collection of dried, mounted and named

specimens (D1.219) and index (D1.221).

223

D1.229-D1.260

MS article by M.R.L. called 'Australian Interlude'   

(Chapter XI of 'Insnar'd with Flow'rs'). Introductory                                                 

note by J.E.P. Levyns.                                    

32

D1.261-D1.274

Photographs considered for inclusion in 'Insnar'd with Flow'rs', but not finally selected.

14

D2

Article by J.E.P. Levyns                                   

 

D2.1-D2.24

"A Motor Tour of Australia", written by S.E.P. Levyns     

in 1965 - his account of their 1959 trip. TS.  Not published. 

                                                                    

24

D3

Assorted articles by M.R.L. for Standard Encyclopaedia for Southern Africa.                    

                                                                    

2

D3.1-D3.2

Angiosperms. TSS.

2

D3.3-D3.4

Bibliography MS. & TS.

2

D3.5

H.M.L. Bolus TS.                                            

1

D3.6

Botany in South Africa

1

D3.7-D3.9

Botany of Southern Africa. MSS & TS.

3

D3.10

Fruit and Seed Dispersal. TS.

1

D3.11

John Hutchinson. TS.

1

D3.12

Oleander. TS.

1

D3.13

Phytogeography. TS.

1

D3.14

The Protea Family. TS.

1

D3.15

Spices and Scents. TS.

1

D3.16-D3.18

Welwitschia Mirabilis. MSS. & TSS.

3

D4

Additional notes for S.E.S.A.

 

D4.1-D4.227

Botanical plant descriptions - notes for SESA,in alphabetical order                                          

228

D4.228

List of 'more or less completed' cards 9.3.64,MS.

1

D4.229

List of genera to be described for SESA. TS. & MS.

1

D4.230-D4.232

Rough botanical notes. MS.                             

3

D5

Flora of the Hottentots Holland area.                 

 

D5.1-D5.36

Lists in alphabetical order. TS.                         

36

D5.37

Erica thomae - pencil sketches.                     

1

D6

Drawings and Notes for 'Veld and Flora'              

 

D6.1-D6.3

A Revision of Trianoptiles with original illustrations.

3

D6.4

Restionaceae -drawings

1

D6.5

Schoenosciphium lanceum - drawings

1

                         

D6.6

Schoenosciphium Lehmanii - drawings              

1

D6.7

Sch. Thunbergii - drawings

1

D6.8-D.6.24

Assorted botanical sketches                        17

17

D6.25

Cyperaceae - Notes with sketches

1

D6.26

Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Reeds - notes & sketches

1

D6.27

Oxalis flora - labelled drawings

1

D6.28

Rhenosterbush - notes

1

D6.29

Latin alphabet -use in botanical names            

1

D7 D7.1-D 7.8

Cotyledon reticulata - notes. MSS

8

D8

Miscellaneous Botanical Articles

 

D8.1

A possible Antarctic Element in the South African Flora by M.R. Levyns. TS.

1

D8.2

Past plant migration in South Africa by M.R. Levyns. TS.                                                

1

D8.3

The Plants of Southern Africa (for Eric Rosenthal's              

Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa) by M.R.Levyns. TS.

1

D8.4-D8.4.1

The Common Names of Australian acacias established

in South Africa by M.R. Levyns. TSS.                 

2

D8.5

A species of Senecio new to the Cape Peninsula -paper MEL read to a meeting of the Royal Society               of South Africa. 19.4.33. MS.

1

D8.6

Notes on Senecio rigidus L. etc ... MS.

1

D8.7

Illustrations of Senecio

1

D8.8

Royal Society of South Africa –Programme of meeting held on 19.4.33.                                 

1

D8.9

The Cape Element of the African Floras and The Problem of its origin.                                       

1

D8.10-D8.22

Plant distribution statistics and maps

13

D9

Reports, Character references, History of the U.C.T. Botany Dept., etc.                                

 

D9.1-D9.1.2

Report on Dr. van Zinderen Bakker's pollen        

               analysis. MS. & 2 TS. Copies.

3

D9.2

Pollen analysis - Hopefield

1

D9.3-D9.5

Correspondence about and report on Prof. Adamson's paper on the Phytogeography of the Cape Peninsula. 26.4.55, 30.4.55.

3

D9.6

Report on A Revision of the Genus Agrostie Linn in South Africa with special reference to leaf anatomy, by A.P. Goossens and M.C. Papendorf. TS.

1

D9.7

Report on Some investigations into the water relations of Cape Proteas by K.H. Schutte. 2.5.55.TS.

1

D9.8

A statistically designed experiment to test the effects of burning on a sclerophyll scrub community. 2.5.46. TS.                                   

1

D9.9

International Rules of Botanical Nomenclature ... MS          

1

D9.10

List headed 'Kirstenbosch' - August 1956. TS.

1

D9.11

Origins of S.A. Plant Names, Nov.1961, by MRL. MS.         

1

D9.12

Plant Names and their origin by Dr. Margaret R. Levyns.    

Article reprinted from the Journal of the Botanic Society of South Africa. 1955/56.                     

1

D9.13

History of the Dept. of Botany, U.C.T. by Enid du Plessis. 1911.                                                

1

D9.14-D9.20

Correspondence about and report on a thesis submitted                                          

by Miss C.M. de Vos for the degree of D.Sc. (Stellen-bosch) 14.2.40-13.6.40. MSS. & TSS.

7

D9.21

Letter from J.P. Duminy (Principal, UCT) to MRL re appointment to Chair of Botany. 22.9.61.

1

D9.22-D9.24

MRL's reply 23.9.61, and other relevant correspondence. 19.5.61-21.5.61. TSS.

3

D9.25

Curriculum vitae of Prof. W.J. Lutjeharms. TS.

1

D9.26

Publications - W.J. Lutjeharms. TS.

1

D9.27

List of theses prepared under direction of Prof. W.J. Lutjeharms                                             

1

D9.28-D9.29

Letter to MRL from UCT Registrar concerning the application  of Dr. E.A. Schelpe to post of Chair of Botany and her reply: 24.5.61 - 25.5.61. TSS.

2

D9.30

Nomination of T.M. Salter for Hon. DSc. TS.

1

D9.31 

Research carried out in the Botany Dept. of UCT. TS.

1

D9.32-D9.36

Professor R.S. Adamson - biographical notes and obituaries. TSS and Press cuttings.                   

5

D10

Reviews    

 

D10.1-D10.2

Request from Juta & Co. Ltd. for MRL's opinion of the accuracy of a new Biology textbook and rough draft

of her reply. 16.10.29. TS & MS.                    

2

D10.3-D10.22

Correspondence with Prof. Herbert P. Riley and the          

University of Kentucky about his book on the flora of Southern Africa. 16.3.62 - 23.2.63. TSS.& MSS.

20

D10.23

Foreword (to his book, by M.R.L.) TS.

1

D10.24

Chapter 1. Introduction. TS.

1

D10.25

Report of Chapters 16-25. TS.

1

D10.26

Species in Kodachromes - list. TS.

1

D10.27

Rough notes. MSS.

1

D10.28

T.M. Salter. The Genus Oxalis in S.A. TS.

1

D10.29

Botany for Medical Students by Edward R. Roux.

1

D10.30

The Origin, Variation,. Immunity and Breeding of Cultivated Plants, by N.I. Vavilov. TS.

1

 

 

 

E

INTERESTS

 

E1.

ROYAL SOCIETY

 

El.1-E1.18

Correspondence 24.5.62-21.3.72. TSS.

20

E1.9-E1.24

Lists of members and fellows, with addresses. TSS.

6

E1.25

Statutes of the Royal Society of South Africa

1

E1.26

Yearbook to June 30, 1949

1

E1.27

Orange River Project - phases. Compiled from

the White Paper.     

1

E1.28-E1.30

Printed stationery with Royal Society and U.C.T. Botany Dept. headings. Membership application form for S.A. Association. for the Advancement of Science    

5

E1.31-E1.77 

Minutes of Ordinary Meetings, Council Meetings and notifications of lectures, 16.3.62-15.3.67. Includes a directive from the Dept. of Education, Arts and Science re 'mixed' membership. 1962. (E1.44-E1.48,

E1.50)      

47

E2

ATHENAEUM TRUST

 

E2.1

Memorandum and articles of association of the Athenaeum Trust     

1

E2.2-E2.8

Notices of A.G.Ms. 1962 and 1963 with Reports for these years and Treasurer's reports.

7

E2.9

Athenaeum Extension Fund.

1

 

 

 

F

BOOKLETS, PROGRAMMES, INVITATIONS, ETC.

 

Fl

'Patience or Bunthorne's Bride' - libretto of Gilbert & Sullivan operetta.

1

F2

Science Research scholarships awarded by the Royal

Commission - (1891-1921). List.

1

F3

Order of proceedings at the installation of E.R.H.

the Prince of Wales as Chancellor of U.C.T., 1 May 1925.

1

F4

Order of proceedings at the laying of the foundation stone of the new buildings at Groote-Schuur -

1 May 1925

1

F5

The Research Position in the Universities of South

Africa, 1940. Booklet.

1

F6

The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants - 2nd S.A. National Conference. April 1958. Paper by J.E.P. Levyns.                                           

1

F7

Invitation to the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of  the Medical School, U.C.T. Jan.1963.

1

F8

The Order of Procedure and the Order of Procession at the opening ceremony of above.    

1

F9

South Africa's Floral Year 1963- . Brochure with map.        

1

F10

The College of Arts & Sciences -University of Kentucky by Herbert P. Riley - booklet 1965.

1

F11

Memorandum - The late Professor Pearson's intentions with regard to the scientific development of Kirstenbosch (by M.R.L.) MS. No date.

1

F12.1

Notice of Meeting of the Board of the Faculty of  Science, 26 Aug. 1932. No.5 on Agenda : Candidate for D.Sc. - Mrs. M.R. Levyns.

1

F12.2

Report by examiner (Prof. D. Thoday) on M.R.L's thesis: "A taxonomic study of Lobostemon and Echiostachys".                                              

1

F12.3

No. 10 on Agenda: Copy from letter of the Rector, Rijksuniversiteit, Leiden. dd. 4 May 1932, in Dutch.

1

F12.4

English translation of above, re granting of exemptions in S.A. Universities to holders of degrees from Dutch universities.                       

1

F13

Request from S.A. Association for the Advancement of Science to members for personal biographies. Example given - Prof. C. van Riet Lowe        

1

F14

Personal biography M.R.L. Incomplete rough draft.MS.

1

F15.1

NUSAS questionnaire for lecturers.                    

1

F15.2

M.R.L's answers to NUSAS questionnaire. TS.      

1

 

 

 

G

MISCELLANEOUS                                            

 

G1

Botanist's tools in case.

1

G2.1-G2.7

Films on reels.                                               

7

G2.8

Manicure set.                                                

1

 

 

 

 

LEVYNS FAMILY PAPERS BC 625

 

 

(Additions October 1984)

 

 

 

No of items

 

 

 

H.

PERSONAL PAPERS and DIARIES – Margaret Rutherford Levyns and John Edward Philpott Levyns.

 

H.1

Personal papers include curricula vitae, certificates etc of MRL and JEPL 1897-1982        

55

H.2.1.1-H.2.1-27

Diaries of MRL for 1934, 1949, 1951-75

27

H.2.2.1-H.2.2-23

Diaries of JEPL for 1917, 1919, 1950, 1956-84

23

 

 

 

J.

CORRESPONDENCE

 

J.1

JEPL's letters home from active service in Europe, 1916-19

95

J.2

To JEPL from his family and others Jan 1917 -November 1920

105

J.3

Between JEPL and MRL 1922-67

85

J.4

On MRL's behalf during her last illness August - December 1975

75

J.5

Re publication of 'Insnar'd with Flow'rs'October 1976 - February 1980

60

J.6

Cowling, E.H. Active service letters 1940-45

14

J.7

Craven, Lt Col C.E.P. (Cecil). Also Tom and Esme Craven-Philips 1960-84

52

J.8

Damant, Derek - re Damant family history 1983-84

20

J.9

Eisenhammer, Patricia (JEPL's niece) and her mother Aileen Ward (JEPL's sister) 1959-83

138

J.10

Elliott, William H: (Alice & Bill) 1953-84

42

J.11

Knowles, George & Vivienne 1942-83

142

J.12

Kuhlmann, Keith & Margaret 1965-84

16

J.13(a)

Kuhlmann, John Levyns (JEPL's father) - Papers, certificates, correspondence. 1865-1920.

Includes correspondence between the Kuhlmann brothers, Jack and Bertie (Barch?). May 1912 - May 1919

54

(b)

Account Book of JLK 1901-04                           

1

(c)

Letter book of JLK 1910-17

1

(d)

Old share certificates of JLK 1892-1908

42

J.14

Ledermann, H.G. 1960-1983                             

110

J.15

Mayewska, Eileen and her sons Stefan & Remy 1959-84                                                       

69

J.16

Riley, Prof. H.P. 1963-84

43

J.17

Smith, Warwick & Judy 1959-83

60

J.18

Sorrie, J.R. Active Service letters 1941-43

10

J.19

Storey, H.R. 1958-75

51

J.20

Van Oordt, G.A. 1958-82. A few to and from Dr D. van Binnendyk                                               

60

J.21-J.28

General Correspondence:

 

J.21

February 1904 - October 1958 Includes Jeanette Matthews, Kirsty Jamieson and Lydia, Basil Walker, Bill Elliot, M. Courtenay-Latimer of the East London Museum, Kaffrarian Museum Kingwilliamstown etc.                                                                   Lydia, Basil Walker

117

J.22

1958-1967 Includes Jamieson family, Bernard James, D.S. Humphries, Sir Edmund Playfair, W.J.B. Slater, H.G. Ashworth, George Knowles, Douglas Varley etc.                                        

146

J.23

1968-1978 Includes: Sir Edmund Playfair, Bernard James, B. Broomhead, Messrs Purnell & Sons (re JEPL's Memoirs) , Lorna Slater, Cape Peninsula Welfare Organization for the Aged, Kirsty Jamieson, David Philip - publisher (re JEPL's Memoirs, S.A. Library Cape Town, David Rawdon (re Matjes -fontein ore deposits), re Old Deanery (Disa House - Orange Street) etc.                    

145

J.24

1980-1981 (March) Includes Enid du Plessis, Kirsty Jamieson, A.L. Borain M.P., Mavis Kittow, Nimmo Allen, Cape Peninsula Welfare Organization for the Aged, etc

92

J.25

1981 (to December) Includes Enid du Plessis, Mavis Kittow, Kirsty                                                                   Jamieson, Eric Rosenthal etc

62

J.26

1982 Includes Enid du Plessis, Mavis Kittow, W.E.Isaacs, University of Cape Town, Kirsty Jamieson, Maisie Allan, A. Woods, R.F.M. Immelman

88

J.27

1983 Includes Enid du Plessis, Kirsty Jamieson, W.M.Allan, Jeanette Mathews,.University of Cape Town, Frances Isaacs etc

54

J.28

1984 Includes Kirsty Jamieson, L. McLaren, Jeanette Mathews, Rhoda Barry etc.

24

 

 

 

K.

JEPL's CAREER IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL SERVICE                                                       

 

 

 

 

 

Correspondence relating to appointments and promotions - July 1920 to retirement on lst October 1958. Also programmes of official functions, conferences and matters related to his career.

86

 

 

 

L.

INTERESTS                                                   

 

L.1-L.2

Travel

 

 

Details of overseas trips - records of finances, accommodation, transport etc. See also photograph albums M

 

L.1

England 1933/34

58

L.2

England, Europe, Australia 1959, 2 folders of material (1) England& the Continent(2) Return to England and then to Australia

354

L.3-L.6

Genealogical Research and Heraldry

 

L.3

Kuhlmann/Levyns family. Photographs, family trees,certificates, correspondence (3 folders)

138

L.4

Philpott family - research in connection with JEPL's mother, Ella Levyns (formerly Ella de Grey Philpott) includes their connection with Cradock Place, Port Elizabeth.

58

L.5

M.R. Levyns (formerly Margaret Michell), showing descent from John Brown of Haddington. Compiled by Dr and Mrs Eric Nobbs.

30

L.6     

Eoan Group History, correspondence 1962-64, finances

47

L.7

School Broadcast Talks - JEPL 1960/61

35

L.8

Radio Society - Correspondence 1920-22, lease to establish private wireless telegraph station etc

19

L.9

Motor car purchases 1933-65. Brochures, notes on comparative prices, specifications                 

32

 

 

 

M.

PHOTOGRAPHS

 

M.1-M.5

Individual photographs

 

M.1

JEPL, MRL, family, friends

64

M.2

Botanical

96

M.3

Scenes and buildings

 

M.4

Staff of Provincial Administration 1925 (oversize)

1

M.5

Miscellaneous

11

M.6-M.10

Albums

 

M.6 -M.10

Assorted photographs of family, friends, botanical subjects, overseas travel, early University of Cape Town campus etc.

5

M.11 - M.15

5 fitted containers of slides - same subjects as M.6-M.10 (Nos. 13, 14, 15 oversize)

5

M.16 -M.23

Negatives of photographs M.6-M.10, in 8 negative containers. (M.16 oversize)

8

M.24 - M.25

Glass negatives - scenes, people, houses. 2 boxes

2

M.26 - M.28

Photographic notebooks

3

M.29

Splicing machine (oversize)

1

 

 

 

N.

NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS

 

N.1

1 folder assorted 1882-1983

47

N.2

Album - current events, 1914-18 war, 1922 strike, 1939-45 war

1

 

 

 

O.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

O.1

Programmes - UCT graduation 1926, 1966, 1981 Royal visits 1925, 1947. Sketches. Wallet. Publications includes"Battle Orders"- a General Montgomery souvenir and 'On Duty' – Rondebosch Boy's High School war memoirs, etc

37

O.2

Midgleyana - a miscellany about the Midgley family by John Franklin Midgley.

1

O.3

The Damants and their Party - by D.G. Damant publ. 1984

1

O.4

The Illustrated London News - Victory Number 12 May 1945 - contains pictures of all the main military& political figures of the 1939-45 war (oversize)

1

O.5

The Illustrated London News - 4 August 1945 (oversize)

1

O.6

The 1820 Settler National Monument - a set of prints issued at the opening 13 July 1974 (oversize)

1

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