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BC 770 THE SAMMY
MARKS PAPERS Manuscripts & Archives University of Cape Town Libraries
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Obtained via |
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The Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies |
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A List |
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compiled by |
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Leonie Twentyman
Jones |
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1987 |
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CONTENTS |
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INTRODUCTION |
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A. |
PERSONAL |
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B. |
CORRESPONDENCE |
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C. |
PROPERTY AND FARMING
INTERESTS |
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D. |
OTHER BUSINESS
INTERESTS |
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E. |
POLITICAL AND OTHER
INTERESTS |
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F. |
FINANCIAL RECORDS - S
MARKS |
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G. |
FINANCIAL RECORDS -
LEWIS & MARKS |
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H. |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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BC 770 SAMUEL MARKS
PAPERS |
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A. |
PERSONAL |
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A.1 |
S
M's marriage settlement, naturalization papers, medical prescriptions
(some unidentified Yiddish documents) notebooks (Yiddish). |
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A.2 |
Marks
children's birth certificates, school reports, fees and addits. |
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A.3 |
Lists
of documents belonging to S M -
Bonds, Cape properties, shares and debentures, farms, insurance policies,
erven, promissory notes, sundry - list of S M's collection of Greek, Roman
and foreign coins. (See
also specific sections for
more details). |
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A.4 |
Botha
Marks Personal papers, diaries etc for letters see B8. |
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B. |
CORRESPONDENCE |
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B.1 |
Explanatory list of
code names used in telegrams. |
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B.2 |
Letterbooks
(Mostly in English but Yiddish scattered throughout). |
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B.2.1. |
December
1880 - January 1882. Index. |
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All
written from Kimberley. Many
letters to John Richardson of Robey and Co., Lincoln, re
supply of equipment to the mines; and Isaac Lewis. |
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B.2.2 |
January
1882 - September 1882. No
index. |
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All
written from Kimberley. Mostly
to Isaac and Barnet Lewis in London; several to John X Merriman re
immigrants; a few to the wives of
Cornish miners re immigration to South Africa.
Includes statements of the Phoenix Mining Company. |
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B.2.3. |
May
1882 - November 1882. No
index. |
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May
- July, October - November written from Pretoria, August - September
written from Kimberley. Letters
to and re A H Nellmapius, Barnet Lewis in Kimberley; Isaac Lewis in
London; G Bulman, Vaal River Coal Mines; H W Steeds, Kimberley Mining Co. |
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B2.4. |
December
1882 - May 1883. Index. |
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All
written from Pretoria. Mostly letters to G Bulman, R W H Giddy, Du Toits
Pan; Barnet Lewis, Kimberley; Isaac Lewis, London; Joe Marks, Kimberley. |
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B.2.5. |
May
1883 - June 1884. Index. |
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Mostly
to R W H Giddy, Du Toits Pan; Leopold Herz, Kimberley; Barnet Lewis,
Kimberley. |
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B.2.6. |
March
1885 - 4 November 1886, 27 November 1888 (Error?) No letters for 1887 and
most of 1888. No Index. Much
Yiddish. Adler Bros., Durban, President Kruger re
Railway from Kimberley - Pretoria; Isaac Lewis, London; Joseph
Lewis, Kimberley |
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B.2.7. |
December
1888, September 1889 - April 1894. Index.
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Albert
Mine (George Mayler); H Crawford, Pretoria; J T Guttman, Pretoria, S L
Heymann, Johannesburg; Isaac Lewis, London; Ellia Marks, Johannesburg; A H
Nellmapius, Pretoria; T R Price, Traffic Manager, Cape Govt. Railways; Sir
J Sivewright, Cape Town; Secretary, Fabrieken. |
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B.2.8. |
June
1891 - December 1893. Index. |
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D
Haumann, Zwartkoppie; S L Heymann; F Heritier; Isaac Lewis, Johannesburg;
A Levy, Kimberley; Ellia Marks, Johannesburg;
T R Price; Sir J
Sivewright; H W P Steeds, Barberton. |
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B.2.9. |
December
1893 - January 1895. Index. |
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S
L Heymann; Ellia Marks; T R Price; Sir J Sivewright |
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B.2.10. |
April
1894 - February 1895. Index. |
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Isaac
Lewis; Joe Lewis; E Marks; T R Price; Sir J Sivewright |
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B.2.11. |
January 1895 -
January 1896 Chesterton & Steeds, Barberton; S L Heymann; Isaac Lewis;
E Marks; L Marks; Sir J Sivewright |
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B.2.12. |
August 1895 -
February 1897. No index. |
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Isaac and Joe Lewis; Harry Levy (nephew); Sir
J Sivewright; Marks children |
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B.2.13. |
January 1896 -
February 1897. Index |
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A A Blow, General
Manager Sheba General Mining Co.; J H de la Rey;
J Jansen & Co., Cape Town re property; E Marks; T J O'Reilly,
Cape Town re property; Sir J Sivewright. |
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B.2.14. |
12 April 1896?
No Index. |
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One letter only to J
G Fraser, Bloemfontein |
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B.2.15. |
February 1897 -
November 1898. Index |
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Isaac
Lewis, containing references to Barnatos, Eerste Fabrieken, Sheba General
Mining Co., Schuller Diamond Mines, Vereeniging Estates, Vaal River Water
Scheme; P Levy (nephew);
N G Soper, London; Sir J Sivewright |
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B.2.16. |
November 1898 -
September 1900. Index |
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J
N de Jongh; Isaac Lewis,
containing references to the Dynamite royalty, Eerste Fabrieken Grootvlei
and Palmietkuil, the political situation, Sheba, Schullers
Diamond Mine, Vereeniging Estates; P
Levy (nephew); Sir J
Sivewright |
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B.2.17. |
September 1900 - June
1901. Index |
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W
F Bailey; Isaac Lewis; Bertha Marks and children |
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B.2.18. |
July
1901 - April 1903. Index |
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Abe
Bailey; P Levy;
Isaac Lewis, containing references to Delagoa
Bay Land Syndicate, Eerste
Fabrieken, Transvaal
Consolidated Coals, Vereeniging
Estates; Bertha Marks and
children |
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B.2.19. |
July 1902 - May 1905. No index. |
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All
to Bertha Marks and children |
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B.2.20. |
April
1903 - May 1906. Index.
No correspondence for May - October 1903 and very little for 1905.
Dr B
F Cabral; Isaac
Lewis, containing references to
Chinese labour, Delagoa Bay Lands Syndicate, Hamilton & Co. tender,
Imperial Cold Storage, South Rand Exploration Co., Sheba,
Vereeniging Estates; Sir
J Sivewright. Includes
accounts of S Marks. |
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B.2.21. |
March 1904 - January
1906. Index |
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C
H Albers, Managing Director C F L M, Lourenco Marques;
O Brandmuller, Vereeniging
Estates; H
Crawford; Dr B
F Cabral; L Cohen, Lourenco Marques;
J H de la Rey; J P H
Faure; I Goldinger;
Johan Jansen & Co., Cape Town;
I M Kok, Vereeniging Estates;
J G Luyt, Attorney, Heilbron;
A H Rogers, Vereeniging Brick & Tile Co. Ltd.;
H F Strange; J Smith, Dept. of Agriculture, Pretoria;
Sir J Sivewright; J G Torrance, Vereeniging Estates; Julius Weil. |
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B.2.22. |
March 1904 - December
1906 Index. |
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All
to Isaac Lewis,
containing references to African
& European Investment Co.,
H Crawford, J N de Jongh, Sir E H Dunning,
Dr Hatch,
Delagoa Bay
Lands Co.,
Eerste Fabrieken, Imperial
Cold Storage,
Sheba, South
Rand Exploration Co.,
Schuller Diamond
Mine, Schoongezicht
Syndicate, Transvaal
Estate and
Development Co.,
Vereeniging Estates. |
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B.2.23. |
May 1905 - August
1906. No index. |
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All
to his children, nephews and nieces. |
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B.2.24. |
January 1906 -
November 1906. Index |
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L
Cohen & Co., Lourenco Marques; Dr
B F Cabral; Ben Cohen; G Durao;
Howard Hill, Sheba; I
M Kok; H
F Strange; J Smith;
Lord Selbourne |
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B.2.25. |
May 1906 - July 1907. Index |
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Dr
B F Cabral; Isaac Lewis,
containing references to Great Eastern Collieries,
Imperial Cold Storage, electric
power transmission scheme,
Roberts Victor
Diamonds; Sir
J Sivewright. |
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B.2.26. |
August 1906 - October
1907. No index |
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All
to children, nephews and nieces |
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B.2.27. |
November 1906 - May
1908. Index |
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O
Brandmuller; L Cohen &
Co.; Dr B F Cabral; C R de Wet; I Goldinger;
Howard Hill; Sheba;
Krieger and Retief; I
M Kok; W H Lewis, General
Manager, Vereeniging Estates; W
M Martin, Cape Town; Lord Selbourne |
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B.2.28. |
December 1906 - June
1908. Index (not very
detailed) |
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All
to Isaac
Lewis, containing
references to Sir
E H Dunning, Roberts
Victor Diamonds, Vereeniging Estates.
Also balance sheets. |
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B.2.29. |
July 1907 - June
1909. Index |
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Dr
B F Cabral, Isaac Lewis, containing references to Sir E H Duning, East Rand
Extension G M Imperial Cold
Storage, Victoria Falls
Power Scheme,
Roberts Victor
Diamonds, Vereeniging Estates;
Barnet Lewis, Sir Hugh Gilzean Reid, London. |
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B.2.30. |
May - June 1908.
Index. |
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Only
24 pages of letterbook used. I
M Kok, Vereeniging Estates |
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B.2.31. |
June
1909 - November 1914, November 1916.
Index. Only 148 pages
used. |
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Isaac
Lewis; Sir Hugh Gilzean Reid,
London |
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B.2.32. |
July 1909 - April
1910. Index |
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All
to Isaac Lewis |
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B.2.33. |
October - December
1910. Index. |
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All from Muizenberg.
Mainly to George Falcke and Isaac Lewis |
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B.2.34. |
May 1910 - January
1911. Index |
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Mainly
to Isaac Lewis |
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B.2.35. |
January - July 1911. Index |
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All
to Isaac Lewis |
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B.2.36. |
February - August
1911. Index. All
from Muizenberg |
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Mostly
to Isaac Lewis, George Falcke and G D Massey |
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B.2.37. |
July 1911 - June
1912. Index |
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All
to Isaac Lewis |
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B.2.38. |
September - November
1911. No index.
From Edinburgh |
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Castle
and London |
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B.2.39. |
November
- December 1911, December
1912. No index. |
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From
Walmer Castle and Cape Town. |
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B.2.40. |
July 1912 - October
1915. Index |
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Mostly
to Isaac Lewis |
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B.2.41. |
October 1915 -
November 1919. Index (not
very detailed) |
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Mostly
to Isaac Lewis |
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B.3 |
Correspondence
between S M and Isaac Lewis, 1880
- 1915 (There is much Yiddish between 1880 - 1890);
and IL and Louis Marks, 1919-1921. |
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B.4 |
Letters
from the firm Lewis and
Marks, 1882
- 1927. Letters
between 1882 - 1919 to S M, continued to IL and LM. |
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B4.1 |
Lewis and Marks,
Kimberley, 1882 - June 1887 |
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B4.2 |
Lewis and Marks,
London, 1880 - 1887, 1895 - 1928 |
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B4.3 |
Lewis and Marks,
Pretoria, 1882, 1886, 1902 - 1910 |
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B4.4 |
Lewis
and Marks, Johannesburg, 1889 - September 1890, August 1891 - December
1892, April 1895 - 1927 |
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B4.5 |
Letters to S M
Estate, 1920-1927, 1951-1953, 1959-1960 |
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B.5 |
Letters
to S
M, some with
copies of
his replies,
arranged alphabetically A-Z (See
detailed list) |
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B.6 |
Letters
to Lewis and Marks, after 1920, arranged alphabetically A-Z (Continuation
of B5) |
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B.7 |
Letters
from and to others than SM, 1884 - 1904 (Including many in Yiddish to be
identified) Incl. letterbook
of J W Heymann, mostly to Lloyd, November 1988 - May 1889, Barberton |
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B.8 |
Letters to Bertha
Marks, arranged alphabetically A-Z |
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C. |
PROPERTY AND FARMING
INTERESTS |
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C.1 |
Lists
of properties,
title deeds to
property in
Cape Town, Pretoria,
Ladybrand and Lourenco Marques. |
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C.2 |
Property agreements,
1881 - 1911 |
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C.3-C.7 |
Farming |
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C.3 |
Lists of farms.
Register containing lists of farms |
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C.4 |
Title deeds to farms |
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C.5 |
Activities
of specific farms including Zwartkoppies, Pienaarspoort, Hatherley poultry
Farm, 1884, 1909-1910 |
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C.6 |
Farm tax receipts and
miscellaneous oddments |
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C.7 |
Interest
in Canadian farms - letters, pamphlets and map, ca1902 |
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C.8 |
Various maps |
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D. |
OTHER BUSINESS
INTERESTS |
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D.1 |
Agreements |
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Lewis
and Marks partnership and other agreements, 1889-1911 |
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Share agreements, and
various concessions. |
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Powers of attorney |
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Swaziland
concessions, 1888-1890 |
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Miscellaneous
business agreements |
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D.2 |
Hatherley Distillery |
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Agreements, 1882-1891, Societe Francaise
de Distillerie de Lourenco Marques, 1903. |
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Receipes and
processes used in distilling |
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Notebooks
containing stock lists,
receipes, descriptions of
distilling processes, expenses etc |
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Insurance and finance |
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Miscellaneous
notes etc |
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For correspondence,
see Section B5 Hatherley Distillery |
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D.3 |
Railways |
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Railway treaties
between OFS and SAR, 1854-1897 |
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OFS railway, 1885-86 |
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Statement
of through traffic from Cape and Natal to Transvaal, 1893 - 1906 |
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Carriage rates,
delivery notes, maps etc |
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Petitio
re railway line from Gold fields to Kaap River.
Unsigned and undated |
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D.4 |
Reports on various
mines |
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Albert Silver Mine,
25.11.1901 |
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Anglo-African Diamond
Mining Co., 1.11.1882 |
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Blue Duck Mine, 1910 |
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Boschkop Copper
Mines, 11.10.1905, 24.10.1905 |
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Artificial stone
"carron" n.d. |
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Carolina Coal Mining
Co. Letterbook, Sept 1910 - Sept 1918 |
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Christiana diamond
deposits, 1890s |
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Du
Toits Pan Mine, 2.6.1881 |
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East Rand Mining
Estates, 17.9.1908 |
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George Goch
Amalgamated Gold Mining Co., 30.9.1891 |
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Hope Valley Diamond |
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Oriental
Mine, 27.7.1882 |
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Sabi
Mine, n.d. |
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Reports on various
mines |
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Schullers Diamond
Mine |
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Vereeniging -
Bedworth Shaft |
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Witwatersrand. Main
Reef series, 1887, 1901-2. Includes |
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notes
of the gold mines, Johannesburg, 9.11.1896 |
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Zwartkoppie, Eureka
City, 28.11.1896, 1.3.1897 |
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Miscellaneous mining
matters |
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D.5 |
Reports on various
subjects |
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Coal shipped from
Lourenco Marques. n.d. |
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Lourenco
Marques revenue, 1904-05 |
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Madagascar. n.d. |
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Water supply to
Johannesburg. n.d. |
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Analysis of spring in
Vaal River Bank, 30.1.1905 |
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Lewis
and Marks' Jam Factory, Pretoria, Statement, 1896-1899 |
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Transvaal Leather Co.
Ltd statement, 1897-1899 |
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Report on manufacture
of corn starch and glucose |
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Notes
re Albatoirs, Johannesburg, 1901 |
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D.6 |
Specifications for
machinery etc |
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E Bazin. A dredger
1880 |
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Clayton, Howlett and
Co. Sewage pipes. 1896 |
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J W Cushing.
Lighting plant for Swartkoppies. 1893 |
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B Dawson.
Glass plant extension 1896 |
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B Dawson. Forge
plant. 1896 |
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B Dawson. Blast
furnace. 1896 |
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T
C Fawcett. Clay grinding pan.
1896 |
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C Hahn and Co.
Chimney pieces |
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W Johnson & sons. Machine for making drain pipes. 1896 |
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Messrs Pullan &
Mann. Sanitary pipe
machinery. 1896 |
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Robey and Co., Mining
engine. 1880 |
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Reunert & Lenz. Steam ploughing engines.
1897 |
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Ruston,
Proctor and Co. High pressure
engines & winding gear. 1880 |
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D.7 |
Plans, diagrams etc |
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Incl.
Swartkoppies waterfurrow; foundations for E P Dynamo; general plan
of Vereeniging showing ground required
by ISCOR;
foundations for turbine |
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E. |
POLITICAL AND OTHER
INTERESTS |
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E.1-E.3 |
Ango-Boer war,
1899-1902 |
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E.1 |
Copies
of correspondence showing S M's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war,
1899-1902. (originals in Section B5) |
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E.2 |
Copies
of various documents, proclamations etc |
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E.3 |
Permits,
passes, receipts etc, 1899-1902 |
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E.4 |
Miscellaneous
political and labour documents |
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E.5-E.9 |
Other interests |
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E.5 |
Miriam Marks School,
ca1903 |
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E.6 |
Victoria Cottage
Hospital Fund Committee, 1904 |
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E.7 |
Jewish Synagogue,
17.9.1892 |
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E.8 |
Botanic and
Zoological Gardens |
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E.9 |
Jewish
Guild War Memorial Building. Correspondence re bricks between the
Secretary, S M Estate, Vereeniging Brick and Tile Co., M J Harris,
Architect, March 1922 - February 1926 |
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F. |
FINANCIAL RECORDS - S
MARKS |
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F.1 |
Cashbooks |
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F1.1 |
March 1884 - November
1886 (more detailed) |
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F1.2 |
May 1884 - December
1891 |
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F1.3 |
October 1897 - August
1903 |
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F1.4 |
August 1903 - January
1906 |
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F1.5 |
February 1906 - April
1909 |
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F1.6 |
May 1909 - December
1914 |
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F1.7 |
January 1912 - May
1921 |
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F1.8 |
January 1915 -
December 1921 |
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F1.9 |
May 1921 - June 1924 |
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F.2 |
Ledgers
(roughly alphabetical arrangement of expenditure. Indexed) |
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F2.1 |
April 1884 - December
1886 |
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F2.2 |
September 1886 -
August 1887 |
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F2.3 |
June 1887 - June 1893 |
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F2.4 |
December 1888 -
December 1896 |
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F2.5 |
December 1896 - June
1899 |
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F2.6 |
June 1899 - January
1906 |
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F2.7 |
January 1906 - July
1912 |
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F2.8 |
July 1912 - June 1919 |
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F2.9 |
July
1919 - February 1920/June 1921 (contains list of bad debts outstanding at
30 June 1919) |
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F.3 |
Journals
(chronological arrangement of expenditure) |
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F3.1 |
1887 - 1893 |
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F3.2 |
1892 - December 1902 |
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F3.3 |
January 1903 -
December 1905 |
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F3.4 |
January 1906 - May
1914 |
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F3.5 |
June 1914 - June 1921 |
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F3.6 |
April 1912 - June
1924 |
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F.4 |
Balance sheets,
expenditure etc S M's balance sheets, 1889-1903,
1907-1919, including ledger
balances, some
profit and
loss accounts;
statements of expenditure, 1903,
1918; private and special accounts with Lewis and Marks, 1880s,
1907 - 1916 |
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F.5 |
Promissory
notes, 1880-1912. Bonds, 1880s. Insurance
policies, 1880s - 1908. |
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F.6 |
Finances of others,
including E Mendelssohn |
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F.7 |
Miscellaneous
financial documents |
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F.8 |
Household receipts,
A-Z |
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F.9 |
Cancelled cheques |
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G. |
FINANCIAL RECORDS -
LEWIS AND MARKS |
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G.1 |
Cashbooks |
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G1.1 |
1887 - 1893 |
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G1.2 |
1893 - 1899 |
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G1.3 |
1899 - 1908 |
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G1.4 |
1908 - 1926 |
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G.2 |
Ledgers |
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G2.1 |
January 1890 -
December 1892 |
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G2.2 |
December 1893 - June
1901 |
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G2.3 |
July 1901 - June 1909 |
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G2.4 |
1909 - 1914 |
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G2.5 |
1912 - 1916 |
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G.3 |
Journals |
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G3.1 |
June
1893 - August 1898 |
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G3.2 |
September 1898 -
October 1904 |
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G3.3 |
November 1904 -
December 1911 |
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G3.4 |
January 1912 -
December 1925 |
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G.4 |
Balance
sheets, 1882-1886, 1900s; including
partners' drawing accounts, 1902-1907, licences |
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G.5 |
Journal
vouchers, 1920-1924 |
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G.6 |
Cash vouchers, April
1921 - August 1922 |
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G.7 |
Lewis
and Marks Flats, Market Street, Pretoria.
Monthly statements of account, December 1921 - December 1923 |
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H. |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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H.1 |
Miscellaneous
documents and unidentified photographs |
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H.2 |
Pamphlets |
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H2.1 |
Manufacturers
catalogues |
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H2.2 |
Agriculture |
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H2.3 |
Finance |
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H2.4 |
Property auctions |
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H2.5 |
Government
publications and periodicals |
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H2.6 |
Pamphlets by specific
authors |
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H2.7 |
Miscellaneous
pamphlets, incl Vereeniging (plus photos) and the White River Estates |
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H.3 |
Miscellaneous
newspaper clippings, 1893-1910, and undated. |
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H.4 |
Miscellaneous
oddments, including leather cartridge case |
