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94 THE C. LOUIS LEIPOLDT
PAPERS
Manuscripts & Archives
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Eberhard
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"The fire has flickered down; a film of grey Lies o'er its opal embers which but need The bland caress of the night wind to breed New flames its fulgent mastery to display." [The camp fire, by C L Leipoldt]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I
wish to thank my colleagues in the Africana and Special Collections Department
for their help and support, but particularly Miss Leonie Twentyman Jones and Mrs
Pam Stevens. I also thank Professor Harold Scheub for his advice and useful
discussion about Leipoldt's work, and Mr Jeff Leipoldt, Professor H M Robertson
and Professor C E L Allen for their help in identifying photographs and clearing
up problems and anomalies in the papers and for many illuminating reminiscences,
and Dr R F M Immelman for his encouragement and help, and for his efforts in
acquiring the Leipoldt Papers for the University.
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CONTENTS |
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INTRODUCTION |
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Biographical
note |
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The
Collection |
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A. |
PERSONAL
PAPERS |
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B. |
LETTERS
AND CORRESPONDENCE |
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C. |
LEIPOLDT
FAMILY PAPERS |
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D. |
ESSELEN
PAPERS |
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E. |
NOTES
AND REMINISCENCES ABOUT C L L |
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F. |
PHOTOGRAPHS |
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G. |
ADDITIONAL
MATERIAL |
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H. |
LETTERS
etc. FROM C L L TO THE ALLEN FAMILY |
INTRODUCTION
BIOGRAPHICAL
NOTE
Christian
Frederic Louis Leipoldt poet, playwright, journalist, chef, botanist and doctor
was born on 28.12.1880 at the Rhenish Mission House in,Worcester, C.P., the home
of his grandparents, Rev. Louis Frangois Esselen and his wife Catherine
Wilhelmine, nee Knobel.
His
paternal grandfather, Johann Gottlieb Leipoldt was trained as a Rhenish
Missionary in Germany before being sent to the Cape in 1829. He founded the
Mission Station at Wupperthal in 1830 and worked there until his death in 1872.
In 1835 he married Carolina Jacobs Maria Lind in Cape Town. Three sons and two
daughters were born of this marriage. Their son Christian Frederik was sent to
Barmen in Germany to be trained as a Rhenish missionary. In 1870 he went to
Sumatra to work among the Bata people. Anna Meta Christiana Esselen, second
eldest daughter of Rev. L F Esselen of Worcester, travelled to Sumatra in 1874
to marry him. A daughter and two sons were born there, the youngest of whom died
when only a few days old. Mrs Leipoldt's health broke down seriously and her
husband decided in 1879 to bring his family to the Cape. They settled in
Worcester at the Rhenish Mission House where Rev. Leipoldt assisted his
fatter‑in‑law in running the Mission school. It was there that their
fourth child, Christian Frederic Louis, was born.
In
1884, having left the Rhenish Mission field and joined the Dutch Reformed
Church, Rev. C F Leipoldt went to serve the congretation in Clanwilliam. He
worked in this community until his retirement in 1910. Leipoldtville in the
Clanwilliam district is named after him.
By
all accounts he was a scholarly man of gentle habits and was a talented
violinist. His wife, on the other hand, appears to have had a very uncertain
temper and her relationship with her family does not seem to have been a very
happy one. She would not allow her sons to attend school nor would she let them
mix freely with the children of the district. Their father took charge of their
education and C L L was encouraged at an early age to read widely on all
subjects and was given a grounding in several languages and in the natural
sciences, particularly botany and geology. Whenever the family visited Cape
Town, where Rev. Leipoldt attended the D R Church synod, C L L was sent to his
father's friends, such as Professor P D Hahn, for special instruction.
C
L L first made contact with Professor P MacOwan when he sent some dried plant
specimens to the latter for identification. (1) MacOwan exerted an important
influence on the youth and encouraged him to send more specimens. In his Report
for 1895(2 he stated "... More recently good contributions have come in
from Mr C L Leipoldt, of Clanwilliam, a district possessing a rich and somewhat
peculiar flora, which I hope by his instrumentality to illustrate largely in the
centuriae ..." In 1895 C L L was a boy of fourteen.
In
1893 C L L met the botanist Rudolph Schlechter who was travelling with a party
in the Clanwilliam district on a botanical and zoological collecting trip. At
Schlechter's request C L L was permitted to accompany the expedition into
Namaqualand as _a guide.
At
about this time C L L also met Harry Bolus and, despite a difference of nearly
47 years in their ages, a lasting friendship developed.
C
L L was without question a gifted child who showed early promise as a writer and
undoubtedly benefitted from the liberal, if somewhat eccentric, education he
received. He is said to have written a play when he was eight years old and when
he was eleven he won a prize of half a guinea and a merit award for a story he
entered in a competition run by the "Boys Own Paper". He was
encouraged to write, and from the age of 14 was contributing news items to Cape
Town newspapers on a fairly regular basis and a number of stories and sketches
he wrote while still a teenager appeared under various pseudonyms.
After
passing the matriculation and Civil Service examinations in 1897 and 1898
respectively, he worked as a journalist in Cape Town, at first on "De
Kolonist" and "Het Dagblad" and later on the "South African
News". He was also a correspondent for various overseas newspapers,
amongst
which were the "Manchester Guardian", "Chicago Herald",
"Het Nieuws van den Dag" (Amsterdam) and "Petit Bleu"
(Brussels). When Albert Cartwright, editor of the "South African
News", was imprisoned for political reasons in 1901, C L L took over the
editorship until the paper was closed down by the authorities later the same
year. When this occurred he decided to go to England to broaden his experience
as a journalist. He had always wished to study medicine but could not afford to
do so. Before he left South Africa in January 1902 Harry Bolus suggested lending
him money to enable him to study, and shortly after arriving in London he wrote
accepting Bolus' offer. He studied medicine at Guy's Hospital and throughout his
period as a student he augmented his financial resources by writing. During this
period he also for a time edited "The Hospital", a medical journal
owned by Sir Henry Burdett.
In
1907 he obtained the M.R.C.S. and the L.R.C.P. and was awarded gold medals for
both medicine and surgery. Later the same year he was appointed Assistant House
Surgeon at Guy's Hospital, an honorary post but one which carried great
prestige. This appointment came to an end in January 1908 and his work on
"The Hospital" in March, after which he was free to travel on the
Continent and to work in various hospitals and clinics in Berlin, Vienna, Graz
and Milan. At Sir Henry Burdett's suggestion he wrote articles assessing these
institutions for "The Hospital". He also went to Prague, Cracow,
Warsaw and Moscow, during these seven months.
In
October he was back in London and failed in his first attempt at the F.R.C.S.
examination. After this disappointment he accepted the post of medical adviser
to the American millionaire newspaper owner, Joseph Pulitzer, and spent four
months cruising on his steam yacht, the "Liberty". On his return to
London he once more wrote the F.R.C.S. examination, this time with success.
Except
for the first four months of 1912 when he travelled to the East, visiting Java
and Sumatra, as ship's doctor on the "Ulysses", he worked in hospitals
in London and also as a medical inspector of schools for the London County
Council.
He
returned to South Africa in 1914 to take up an appointment as Medical Inspector
of Schools in the Transvaal, the first such post in South Africa. Shortly
after his return. World War I broke out and C L L was drafted into the Army
as General Louis Botha's personal doctor. He is reported to have saved General
Botha's life when the latter was taken seriously ill during the South West
African campaign.
C
L L's interest in the School Journeys Association and school camps was kindled
in England and he was actively involved in the movement for many years in South
Africa. He also educated a number of boys over the years and often had several
staying in his home at the same time.
In
a letter to Mrs Eve Allen he makes the following comment which may throw some
light on his reasons for helping children all his adult life: "... My
position is simply this: when I was a youngster an old Englishman did far more
than that for me, and all he asked was that in my turn I should do something to
help an English boy or girl in
this
country. If they won't let me ‑ well, I can only burn one more joss stick
to the old man's memory ..."(3)
In
1928 while visiting England with a group of school children, he adopted a seven
year old orphan, Jeffrey Leipoldt, and brought him back to South Africa with
him. In 1932 another English boy, Peter Shields, came from Stellenbosch, where
his mother had settled after being widowed, to live at Arbury, C L L's home in
Kenilworth. Later C L L regarded him also as an "adopted" son and left
the residue of his estate in equal shares to Jeff and Peter.
C
L L was Medical Inspector of Schools in the Transvaal from 1914 until the end of
1922. During this time he travelled throughout the Transvaal and set up
permanent clinics in some of the larger centres. He also advised the Provincial
Councils of Natal and the Cape on the organisation of school Medical
Inspectorates in those provinces.
He
resigned from the Education Department at the end of 1922 in order to return to
journalism and was appointed assistant editor of "De Volkstem" and
worked under Dr F V
Engelenburg
who was at that time editor. In 1924 C L L accepted nomination as the South
African Party candidate for Wonderboom in the general election held that year
but was defeated. During the same year Dr Engelenburg relinquished the
editorship of "De Volkstem" and was succeeded by Gustav Preller with
whom C L L was unable to work. In 1925 he left the editorial staff and settled
in Cape Town, setting up in practice as a children's specialist. Shortly
afterwards in 1926 he became the first organising secretary of the Medical
Association of South Africa and the first editor of the "South African
Medical Journal", posts he held until the end of 1944. In December 1926 he
was appointed to the staff of the University of Cape Town Medical School as the
first lecturer in children's diseases. By mid‑1927 he wrote to a friend in
Johannesburg(4) that he had been given 18 children's beds in the hospital and
had about 20 students. The hospital referred to was the New Somerset Hospital
which was then used as the teaching hospital by the University of Cape Town
Medical School. He gave up lecturing in 1939.
Throughout
his life he wrote prolifically. He was almost constantly engaged in journalism,
submitting articles to overseas newspapers on a regular basis, wrote poetry,
plays and novels. He also wrote books on health matters, dietetics, food,
cookery and wine as well as on historical subjects. Very often his books and
poems were written in English and translated, by him, into Afrikaans before
being published in the latter language. In 1915 he was elected to the
Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde and an honorary DLitt. degree was
conferred upon him by the Witwatersrand University in 1934. That same year he
was awarded the Hertzog Prize for poetry and in 1944 he won the prize for drama.
Although
the greatest volume of C L L's writing was in English, his importance as an
Afrikaans writer was immense. The publication of "Oom Gert Vertel en ander
gedigte" in 1911 was a major event in the development of the Afrikaans
Language. There is no complete bibliography of his writing available although a
good deal of information can be obtained from the two existing bibliographies,
viz.:
1.Christiaan
Frederick Louis Leipoldt (28 Des, 1880 ‑ 12 April 1947). Bibliografie,
[saamgestel] deur S W R du Toit. Universiteit van Kaapstad, Skool vir
Biblioteekwese, 1947.
2.
C Louis Leipoldt, 'n Bibliografie van dr Christian Frederick Louis Leipoldt, 28
Des. 1880 ‑
12 April, 1947. Saamgestel deur NALN, 1979.
According
to his passport he was 5 ft. 11 inches tall and had neutral grey eyes and brown
hair. From photographs it is evident that his hair was always a little unruly.
In his home he spoke English and German, and, despite his missionary heritage,
asserted that he was a Buddhist. From his diaries and letters it is evident that
he suffered from heart damage following rheumatic fever which he had had as a
child, and from asthma which he appears to have developed during a visit to New
York during his late twenties.(5)
After
his death in Cape Town on 12th April 1947, his ashes were taken for burial to
the Pakhuis Pass where a simple ceremony was held by a few of his friends.
REFERENCES
1.
Leipoldt, C Louis. My Jubileumjaar. In: Huis 17.1.1947. p.21,
60‑62.
2.
Cape of Good Hope ‑ Department of Agriculture Report of the Government
Botanist and Curator of the Cape Government Herbarium for the year 1895. Cape
Town: W A Richards and Sons, 1896. [G.12‑'96]
3.
BC 94 H1.2 Letter to Mrs Eve Allen from C L L, from Pretoria Club, undated but
possibly ca. 1918‑1922?
4.
BC 94 H2.8 Letter to Alaric Allen from C L L, 5.8.1927
5.
BC 94 A4.4 Pocket diary entry 2.5.1912 "Slight asthma attack in night.
?Cold and
damp sea air.Not so bad as first attack at New York. This is the third
I've ever
had. Eased by chloroform inhalations. Lasted about 2 hour".
SOURCES
USED
BC
94 C Louis Leipoldt Papers. Manuscripts Division, University
of Cape Town Libraries.
Bolus, H M L Memoir. In: The Ballad of Dick King and other
Poems, by Pheidippides. Cape Town, Stewart, 1949. p.i‑ix.
Burgers,
M P 0 C L Leipoldt, 'n studie in stof‑keuse, ‑verwerking en
‑ontwikkeling. Kaapstad, Nas. Boekhandel Bpk., 1960..
Immelman,
R F M Introduction. In: The Ballad of Dick King ... Op sit p.x‑xviii.
Leipoldt,
C L Bushveld doctor. London, Cape, 1937,
Leipoldt,
C L My Jubileumjaar. In: Huis. 17.1.1947. p.21, 60‑62.,
Leipoldt,
C L Jeugherrinneringe., In: Huis. 30 (1311), 9.5.1947, p.17 +
Viljoen,
J M H Die mens Leipoldt; 'n veelsydige ... In:
Huisgenoot, ibid. p.5 +
Standard
Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, NASOU Ltd., 1972, 6, p.576‑579
Dictionary of South African Biography. Tafelberg, for Human Sciences Research Council, 1972, 11 p.387‑392
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PSEUDONYMS |
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Pseudonyms
known to have been used by C Louis Leipoldt: |
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Africanus |
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C
L L |
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F
W B |
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F
W Bancombe |
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F
W Baxter |
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F
W Baxcombe |
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G
M K |
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K
A R Bonade |
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Pheidippides |
THE
COLLECTION
The
C Louis Leipoldt Papers were donated over a number of years, from 1947, mainly
by Mrs H M L (Lulu) Bolus, Mr Jeff Leipoldt and Dr Peter Shields, but many of C
L L's other friends also donated letters and memorabilia. The most recent
contributions having been made by Emeritus Professor C E L Allen in 1981. There
are about 4 000 items in the collection.
The
papers fall into seven sections. The first and largest section comprises Dr
Leipoldt's personal papers amongst which are his school and medical
certificates, testimonials, letters of appointment and other documents. There
are also 29 pocket diaries, which are very informative and valuable, 19
notebooks in which he has written poetry in both English and Afrikaans, outlines
for plays and novels and character sketches. There are corrected TSS of
unpublished English novels and of poems which appeared in the posthumous volume
"The Ballad of Dick King and other Poems" (Cape Town, 1949), and notes
for books. Scripts for broadcasts and copies of some of his articles clipped
from newspapers and periodicals have also been included. There are papers
concerning medical inspection in schools, the S A Medical Association, the
School Journeys Association and menus collected from various,places from
1902‑1938 and other notes on food and wine. The letters, of which there
are over 1 500, form a very important part of this section. Nearly 400 of these
are written by Leipoldt to various people, including 207 to his adopted son Jeff
and 94 to Dr Harry Bolus. Most of the latter have been published in "Dear
Dr Bolus" (ed. E M Sandler, Cape Town, Balkema, 1979). The rest of the
letters are from Leipoldt's friends from various walks of life and clearly
indicate his wide interests.
The
second section contains the Leipoldt family papers and includes over 200 letters
1857‑1885 from Rev. J G Leipoldt and his wife from Wupperthal, the Rhenish
Mission Station he founded, mainly to their son Rev. C F Leipoldt. There are
also documents concerning Rev. C F Leipoldt's training in Germany, his career as
a Rhenish Missionary in Sumatra and later as Dutch Reformed Minister in
Clanwilliam, some 74 letters from his wife describing their life in Sumatra and
some documents concerning their daughter Louisa and her husband Robert Pattison.
The
third section contains the Esselen Papers. Three documents concern Rev. L F
Esselen of Worcester and the rest consist mainly of letters received by his son
Adv. Ewald Esselen. Most of the letters are from leading political figures of
the late 1800's and early 1900's.Ewald Esselen's diary for January ‑
September 1881 while he acted as secretary to President Kruger has also
survived, as has a notebook containing some
of his reminiscences.
The
fourth section contains some reminiscences about C L L` and notes of interviews
with him by Dr M P 0 Burgers and miscellaneous items. Several hundred photographs and negatives form the fifth
section and the sixth section contains material added to the collection by the
Library and consists mainly of photocopies of letters the originals of which are
in the collection, and items brought out in celebration of C L L's Centenary.
The
final section contains important new material presented by Emeritus Professor C
E Allen and includes 104 letters by C L L to members of the Allen family,
1918‑1946. The copyright of
all unpublished Leipoldt material is vested in the University of Cape Town. There are no restrictions on the use of the papers but
permission should first be obtained from the University Librarian.
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LIST
OF DONORS |
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Mrs
H M L Bolus |
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Mr
Jeff B Leipoldt |
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Dr
Peter Shelds |
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Dr
Elsie Chubb |
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Dr
and Mrs R Lane Forsyth |
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Miss
G Tibbs |
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Miss
Bergh |
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Mrs
Eve Allen through Dr Bolus |
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Dr
M P 0 Burghers, and also though his widow Mrs 0len |
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Professor
C E Lewer Allen, and through Professor J C de Villiers |
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Nasionale
Afrikaanse Letterkunsige Museum en Navorsing sentrum |
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LEIPOLDT
FAMILY ‑ GENEALOGY |
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JOHANN
GOTTLIEB LEIPOLDT |
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b.
Plohn, Saxony, Germany 17.3.1803. d. Wupperthal, |
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C.P.
5.1.1872. Married 9.9.1835 Lutheran Church, |
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Cape
Town, Carolina Jacoba Maria Lind b. ? |
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d.
Wupperthal 30.1.1885. 2 daughters, 3 sons. |
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1.1 |
ANNA
JOHANNA CHRISTINA LEIPOLDT |
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m.
J M Donges, a Rhenish Missionary, on 4.1.1861 |
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(Golden
Jubilee 1911). Dr T E Donges, politician |
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and
President elect of the Republic of S A, was their |
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grandson. |
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JOHANN
GOTTLIEB CHRISTIAN LEIPOLDT |
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followed
his father in the Rhenish Mission Field and |
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worked
at Wupperthal from 1868‑1874 and then at |
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Worcester,
C.P. No other information found. |
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1.3 |
CHRISTIAN
FREDERIK LEIPOLDT |
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b.
Wupperthal, C.P. 1844. d. Clanwilliam district, |
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1911.
Married Anna Meta Christiana Esselen (1848 |
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1903)
1874 in Sumatra. Went to Barmen in Germany to |
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train
as a Rhenish missionary, was sent to Sumatra |
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in
1870 where for a time he ministered to the |
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cannibalistic
Bata people. Returned to the Cape |
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1879
and settled in Worcester in the home of Rev. |
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LOUIS
FRANCOIS ESSELEN, his father‑in‑law. He |
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taught
in the school there until 1884 when he |
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answered
a call to the Dutch Reformed Church in |
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Clanwilliam.
He retired in 1910. He had six |
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children. |
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LOUISA
(ISA) born in Sumatra in 1875. |
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Married
Robert Pattisan. Died in Pretoria in 1932. |
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Not
able to trace the children of this marriage. |
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JOHANN
GOTTLIEB |
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b.
in Sumatra ca. 1877 ‑ d. ? Married ‑ 1 daughter, |
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later
Mrs Bruins. 1 son. |
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1.3.3 |
Son
‑ b. in Sumatra, died there in infancy, ca. 1879 |
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1.3.4 |
CHRISTIAN
FREDERIC LOUIS LEIPOLDT |
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b.
Worcester, C.P. 28.12.1880. d. Cape Town, |
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12.4.1947 |
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1.3.5 |
Child,
(son?), died in infancy. Born ? Worcester or Clanwilliam. |
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1.3.6 |
Katy
(?), b. Clanwilliam (?) 1878 (?). No further information. |
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ESSELEN
FAMILY ‑ GENEALOGY |
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2. |
ESSELEN,
LOUIS FRANCOIS |
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b.
Hofgeismarin, Hesse, Germany 15.3.1817 |
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d.
Worcester, C.P. 28.6.1893. |
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1840
he came to South Africa after training as a |
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Rhenish
missionary in Barmen, Germany. Married |
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Catherine
Wilhelmine Knobel on 18.2.1845. Worked |
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at
Worcester, C.P. There were several children born |
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of
this marriage, including: |
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ANNA
META CHRISTIANA ESSELEN |
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b.
Worcester 29.3.1848 ‑ d. Clanwilliam 1903. |
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Married
Rev. Christian Friedrich Leipoldt in |
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Sumatra,
1874 or 5. Mother of C Louis Leipoldt. |
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[see
1.3] |
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2.2 |
DANIEL
JOHANNES ESSELEN |
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b.
Worcester, 23.4.1851 ‑ d. Isipingo 10.8.1919 |
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Became
State Secretary of the Niewe Republiek, |
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Vryheid.
* Son Louis Esselen. b. Robertson 24.10.1879 |
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2.3 |
EWALD
AUGUST ESSELEN |
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b.
Worcester 27.9.1858 ‑ d. Cape Town 4.11.1918 |
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Advocate,
Judge and Attorney‑General of the Transvaal, |
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politician
and founder member of Het Volk Party. |
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2.2.1 |
LOUIS
ESSELEN |
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b.
Robertson, 24.10.1879 ‑ d. Pretoria 13.3.1945 |
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Son
of Daniel Johannes Esselen. Political expert and |
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A Party official. Founder member of Het Volk Party |
BC
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A. |
PERSONAL
PAPERS |
No.
of items |
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A1.1 |
Boys
Own Paper, Award of Merit, with prize, presented to Christian F L
Leipoldt, ca. 1892. Badly damaged |
1 |
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A1.2‑A1.4 |
Matriculation
and Civil Service examination certificates, 1897‑1898 |
3 |
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A1.5‑A1.7 |
Notes
introducing Leipoldt to various places in London, written on visiting
cards by J H Hofmeyr (Onze Jan), ca 1902 |
3 |
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A1.8‑A1.9 |
Account
from Guy's Hospital Medical School for fees for 1902, and sheet of
information for resident staff, 1899 |
2 |
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A1.10‑A1.11.1 |
Programme
from the Gallery Club, 1903, and an account from an hotel at Remagen,
April 1903, plus photocopy |
3 |
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A1.12‑A1.13 |
Leipoldt's
receipts and expenses for his medical training and journalistic work for
year ending June 1903 |
2 |
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A1.14‑A1.17 |
Tickets
for examinations for L.R.C.P. and M.R.C.S., March 1904 and May 1906, with
notes possibly referring to the exam. questions on the back, and Guy's
Hospital regulations for front surgery and operating theatres |
4 |
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A1.18‑A1.22 |
Ticket
admitting C Louis Leipoldt to Westminster Abbey, 17.5.1904, for the
funeral of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, which he reported for the S A News;
programme for concert at the Merchant Taylors' Hall, 1907; Guy's Hospital
Pupils' Physical Society, winter session lectures, 1907‑1908; an
invitation to Lyceum Club's Women's Convoy Corps dinner, ca 1907-14; and a
calling card for Dr C L Leipoldt |
1 5 |
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A1.23‑A1.24 |
Two
Certificates of Honour from Guy's Hospital awarding gold medals for both
clinical medicine and clinical surgery in 1907 to C L L |
2 |
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A1.25‑A1.27 |
Licence
to practise medicine, surgery and midwifery, 1907, awarded by the Royal
College of Physicians, and Licence to practise surgery issued by the Royal
College of Surgeons, 1907 and C L L's Medical Registration Certificate,
1907 |
3 |
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A1.28‑A1.32 |
Testimonials
from Dr Theodore Fisher, Mr Charles Symonds, Dr Frederick Taylor, Mr J A
Targett, and Mr L A Dunn, the last four of Guy's Hospital, dated September
1907 |
5 |
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A1.33 |
Entrance
card for final F.R.C.S. Diploma exam., 1908 |
1 |
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A1.34‑A1.35 |
Programme
of lectures for the Guy's Hospital Pupil's Physical Society, 1908‑9,
and an admission card to the Konigliche Bibliothek, Berlin, April 1908 |
2 |
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A1.36‑A1.37 |
Notes
abour C L L's activities while on holiday in Europe written on Avenida
Palace, Lisbonne, letterheaded writing paper, 18.4.1909, and on the back
of an advertisement in German, n.d. |
2 |
|
A1.38 |
F.R.C.S.
Diploma, 10.6.1909, awarded to C L L |
1 |
|
A1.39‑A1.40 |
Testimonials
from Mr F(?) J Steward and Dr N(?) Hale White, both of Guy's Hospital,
1910 |
2 |
|
A1.41 |
Letter
from the London County Council, 14.7.1910 appointing C L L as an assistant
school doctor in the Public Health Department |
1 |
|
A1.42 |
British
Museum Reading Room ticket, issued to C L L, from 1909‑1910 |
1 |
|
A1.43 |
Statutes
of "Die Afrikaanse Vereniging van Londen", founded 11.5.1911,
and of which C L L was a foundation member |
1 |
|
A1.44 |
Invitation
to the Coronation Meeting for Men issued by the Duke of Devonshire,
20.6.1911 |
1 |
|
A1.45‑A1.46 |
List
of books read on voyage out to America, dated 9.12.[1911?]. On R.M.S.
Teutonic letterhead, and a request card for a book at the Library of
Congress reading room |
2 |
|
A1.47 |
Account
of wages earned by C L L while ship's surgeon on S.S.Ulysses, 26.1.1912 |
1 |
|
A1.48 |
Letter
from the London County Council, 31.7.1912, appointing C L L as a medical
assistant for a period of one year |
1 |
|
A1.49 |
Letter
from the Department of Defence, Pretoria, 25.8.1913, offering C L L a post
as whole time medical officer in the Permanent Force, and C L L's draft
reply written on the back of p.2 of the above letter |
1 |
|
A1.50‑A1.52 |
Testimonials
from Dr Theodore Fisher, Dr James Kerr, and the Medical Officer of Health,
London County Council, Dr W H Hamer, all dated November 1913 |
3 |
|
A1.53‑A1.61 |
Documents
relating to C L L's appointment as Medical Inspector of Schools to the
Transvaal Education Department, 1914. Include his agreement with the
Transvaal Provincial Administration and his licence to practice medicine
in the Transvaal |
9 |
|
A1.62‑A1.63 |
Two permits issued under martial law to C L L, 9.11.1914 and 11.12.1914, and photocopy of one |
|
|
A1.64‑A1.65 |
Letter
signed E E [presumably Ewald Esselen] and a statement concerning a farm in
which C L L had an interest |
2 |
|
A1.66 |
Certificate
of membership of De Maatschappy der Nederlandsche Letterkunde to Leyden,
1915 |
1 |
|
A1.67 |
Account
from Savelkoul's, Pretoria, 27.7.1918 |
1 |
|
A1.68 |
Admission
card to the thanksgiving service held at the Union Buildings, Pretoria,
15.11.1918 |
1 |
|
A1.69 |
Martial
Law pass issued to C L L in March 1922 |
1 |
|
A1.70 |
Letter
accepting C L L's resignation from the Transvaal Education Department,
signed by J E Adamson, 9.10.1922 |
1 |
|
A1.71 |
Legal
opinion by Charles Barry on articles written by C L L, 10.10.1923 |
1 |
|
A1.72 |
Licence
to practise medicine in the Cape Province, 28.4.1925 |
1 |
|
A1.73 |
Letter
from the Registrar of the University of Cape Town, 21.12.1926, appointing
C L L to a part time lectureship in diseases of children |
1 |
|
A1.74 |
C
L L's passport issued 7.5.1928 |
1 |
|
A1.75‑A1.78.1 |
Documents
concerning adoption, July 1928. Includes small photograph of Jeff |
5 |
|
A1.79‑A1.79.1 |
Programme
issued by the Kultuurraad, Pretoria, 28.5.1931, which includes a
performance of C L L's play "Die laaste aand". 2 copies |
2 |
|
A1.80‑A1.83 |
Honorary
DLitt. awarded to C L L by Witwatersrand University, 9.10.1934, with 2
copies of the programme for the "Leipoldt Aand", 9.10.1934 [both
programmes autographed] and a report of the evening from the Transvaal
Educational News |
4 |
|
A1.84‑A1.85 |
Letter
from the British Paediatric Association informing C L L that he had been
nominated for election as a corresponding member of the Association,
7.1.1935, also the rules of the Association, 1936‑37 |
2 |
|
A1.86‑A1.89 |
King
George V silver jubilee medal with accompanying documents, 1935 |
4 |
|
A1.90‑A1.91 |
Two
accounts for school fees and books, etc., for Jeff |
2 |
|
A1.92‑A1.93 |
Travel permit issued to C L L, 24.4.1938, valid for travelling to various African territories, and a sheet of paper with his signature and the date, 6.9.38 |
2 |
|
A1.94 |
Licence
to practise medicine in the Cape Province for the period
12.1.1938‑31.12.1938. Note in C L L's handwriting on the back
stating that this was the last medical licence issued in the Cape Province |
1 |
|
A1.95‑A1.96 |
Documents
concerning car insurance, May 1939 |
2 |
|
A1.97 |
Letter
from the Cape Hospital Board, 14.12.1939, appointing C L L as Honorary
Visiting Paediatric Physician at Groote Schuur Hospital |
1 |
|
A1.98 |
Permit
to enter the Cape Town Harbour area, 18.4.1940, issued to C L L |
1 |
|
A1.99 |
Document
concerning money borrowed by C L L, 24.7.1941 |
1 |
|
A1.100‑A1.101.1 |
Letter
(and TSS copy) to a Scoutmaster at Worcester, guaranteeing certain funds
for the building of a Scout hall, written by C L L on behalf of himself
and some friends, and covering note |
3 |
|
A1.102 |
Motor
vehicle licence, 1942 |
1 |
|
A1.103 |
Letter
from Bisset, Boehmke and McBlain, concerning Jeffrey Leipoldt's affairs
while the latter was in the Air Force, 22.2.1943 |
1 |
|
A1.104‑A1.105 |
Last
will and testament of C L L, 14.4.1943, plus copy of a codicil (added by
UCT Libraries) dated 8.3.1946 |
2 |
|
A1.106 |
Invitation
to a reception at the Russian Consulate‑General, 23.2.1944 |
1 |
|
A1.107 |
Account
for rates from the Divisional Council of Caledon, 1.7.1944, for property
at Kleinmond |
1 |
|
A1.108‑A1.109 |
Letter,
with attachment from Witwatersrand University inviting C L L to accept
appointment as the Hofmeyr Foundation Lecturer for 1946, dated 12.10.1944 |
2 |
|
A1.110‑A1.111 |
Inventory
of furniture and antiques sold at auction when C L L gave up his home in
Kenilworth, in 1944, includes prices received and names of buyers. Also a
list of C L L's pictures, ca 1944? |
2 |
|
A1.112 |
Permit
to gather protected wild flowers, 14.2.1945 |
1 |
|
A1.113 |
Membership
card of the Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging, 1946 |
1 |
|
A1.114 |
Undated
account from Central News Agency for newspapers |
|
|
A1.115 |
Military
leather belt worn by C L L when he was on General Louis Botha's staff
during the S.W.A. campaign in 1914‑15 |
1 |
|
A2 |
Royalties
statements |
|
|
A2.1‑A2.49 |
From
J L van Schaik Ltd., Pretoria, 1930‑44 |
49 |
|
A2.50‑A2.55 |
From
Juta and Co., Cape Town, 1937‑41 |
6 |
|
A2.56‑A2.63 |
From
Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1936‑38 |
8 |
|
A2.64‑A2.69 |
From
Jonathan Cape Ltd., London, 1937‑1940 |
6 |
|
A2.70‑A2.72 |
From
Williams and Norgate, London, 1938 and Nationale Pers, Bpk., Cape Town,
1931 (1 item) |
3 |
|
A3.1‑A3.4 |
Bank
books for the following periods, 1905-1913, 1913‑1914,
1920‑1921 and 1928‑1930 |
4 |
|
A3.5‑A3.12 |
Statements
from the Standard Bank and some of C L L's cancelled cheques for the
period 1914‑1930 |
8 |
|
A4 |
Diaries |
|
|
A4.1‑A4.29 |
Pocket
diaries for 1909‑1913, 1915, 1917-1926, 1928‑1934 and
1939‑1944 |
29 |
|
A5.1‑A5.19 |
Notebooks
in which C L L kept notes on medical visits to children in the London area
and notes on other medical matters but for the most part these notebooks
contain English and Afrikaans verse, outlines for books and plays and
notes for books. No attempt has been made to date them as they do not
appear to have been used in sequence |
19 |
|
A6 |
Poetry |
|
|
A6.1 |
Ballad
of Dick King, TSS with changes and notes by C L L |
1 |
|
A6.2 |
Untitled
poem commencing "Slow as the dawn advances in the sky". TSS |
1 |
|
A6.3‑A6.5 |
Photocopy
of a draft of the "Memoir" by Mrs Lulu Bolus, and the corrected
TSS of the "Introduction" by R F M Immelman, which appeared in
"The Ballad of Dick King and other Poems" by C Louis Leipoldt,
Cape Town, Stewart, 1949. Also part of a letter concerning the above
publication from the Stewart Printing Co., to Dr Nortje [Nortier?] |
3 |
|
A6.6‑A6.41 |
TSS
of text used in "The Ballad of Dick King", Cape Town, 1949.
Lacks text for "Cape Town". |
36 |
|
A6.42‑A6.47 |
Poems
and drafts in C L L's handwriting: |
|
|
A6.42
|
"Summer
morn in the Bushveld" |
|
|
A6.43
|
"Lowveld
in Summer" |
|
|
A6.44‑45
|
"The
Pont de Garde" (2 versions) |
|
|
A6.46
|
"Sestina
of the Scientists" |
|
|
A6.47
|
"In
the Graveyard" and "The last shot" |
6 |
|
A6.48‑A6.51 |
Untitled
stanza in C L L's handwriting |
4 |
|
A6.52‑A6.85 |
Titled
TSS. some of which are duplicates of poems published in "The Ballad
of Dick King". Arranged alphabetically by title |
|
|
A6.52 |
The
Bakbakiri |
|
|
A6.53 |
The
Ballad of Dick King (carbon copy) |
|
|
A6.54 |
The
Baobab |
|
|
A6.55 |
Bayard's
Cell |
|
|
A6.56 |
The
Camp Fire |
|
|
A6.57 |
[Cape
Town) |
|
|
A6.58 |
Chant
of the Freed Peoples |
|
|
A6.59 |
Dominion
Status |
|
|
A6.60 |
The
Failure |
|
|
A6.61 |
[Fairies
at Zeekoevlei] |
|
|
A6.62 |
The
Flamingo |
|
|
A6.63 |
The
Future |
|
|
A6.64‑65 |
Grandmother's
Workbox [2 copies, one corrected by CLL] |
|
|
A6.66 |
Hitler
[English poem] |
|
|
A6.67 |
Hitler
[Afrikaans translation of above but with stanzas transposed] |
|
|
A6.68 |
Hitler
[Afrikaans poem different from above] |
|
|
A6.69 |
The
Itermagoel |
|
|
A6.70 |
The
Kaffirboom |
|
|
A6.71‑73 |
Leaving
for Libya [3 copies) |
|
|
A6.74 |
The
Mission Child |
|
|
A6.75 |
A
Mountain Tragedy |
|
|
A6.76‑77 |
Pelicans
on Ronde Vlei [2 versions] |
|
|
A6.78 |
[The
Salt Pan] |
|
|
A6.79‑80 |
Segregation
[2 versions] |
|
|
A6.81 |
Sorrel
City |
|
|
A6.82 |
[Spring) |
|
|
A6.83 |
To
any Mother in this War |
|
|
A6.84 |
To
Stalin |
|
|
A6.85 |
Twilight
in the Bushveld |
34 |
|
A6.86‑A6.92 |
Untitled
poems and fragments |
7 |
|
A6.93‑98 |
Poems
clipped from newspapers, etc., and one pull of "Holland, 10 Mei 1940
..." with note saying that it was wrongly set up. Includes "'n
Versieboord vir Kinders", by C L L, Cape Town, Nasionale Pers, 1944 |
6 |
|
A7 |
MSS
of books, articles and broadcasts and notes |
|
|
A7.1‑A7.3 |
The
Dwarf Wife, 23 Chapters. Two versions plus 8 pages of Chapter I |
3 |
|
A7.4‑A7.8 |
Synopses
of a trilogy called "The Valley", comprising "Gallows
Gecko", "Stormwrack" and "The Mask" |
5 |
|
A7.9 |
TSS
of "Gallows Gecko", with corrections by C L L |
1 |
|
A7.10 |
TSS
of "Stormwrack", script corrected by C L L |
1 |
|
A7.11 |
TSS
of "Stormwrack", different from above version |
1 |
|
A7.12 |
"Stormwrack",
Chapters I‑XLII. Third version |
1 |
|
A7.13 |
"Stormwrack",
Chapters I‑XLIII. Final version, c.1938 |
1 |
|
A7.13.1 |
"Stormwrack",
Chapters 1‑22, edited by Dr Stephen Gray for publication, 1980 |
1 |
|
A7.13.2 |
Corrected
page proofs of "Stormwrack", presented by the publisher |
1 |
|
A7.14 |
"The
Mask", Chapters I‑XXVII. Early version |
1 |
|
A7.15 |
"The
Mask", Chapters I‑XVIII. Later version |
1 |
|
A7.16 |
"Visit
to the East Indies" with possible chapter headings supplied by Dr M P
0 Burgers when lacking in the original |
1 |
|
A7.17‑A7.18 |
Notes
on Peter Elberfeld, i.e. outline for play and some verse, also photocopy
of "Elberveld in die Tronk", from "Die Huisgenoot",
August 1922, p.163‑165 |
2 |
|
A7.19 |
"My
Duodenal; the personal record of a sufferer", by F W Baxcombe
(pseud.). Chapters I‑XXI |
1 |
|
A7.20 |
Untitled,
incomplete novel, Chapters I‑XII |
1 |
|
A7.21 |
"Jeugherinreringe".
Part I of a proposed series of biographical articles intended for
"Die Huisgenoot" but never completed. This part is the only one
C L L completed and it was published posthumously in "Die
Huisgenoot", 9.5.1947 |
1 |
|
A7.22 |
"Illustrasies
van Beskermde Veldblomme", with a note in C L L's handwriting,
presumably addressed to Mrs Bolus, n.d. but after 1937 |
1 |
|
A7.23‑A7.24 |
Note
headed "Friday, May 10. 1940", about the invasion of Holland,
plus a newspaper clipping |
2 |
|
A7.25 |
Part
of a translation of Multituli (Dekker) |
1 |
|
A7.26‑A7.31.2 |
Broadcasts
by C L L 1940‑1946. Includes a debate with Professor Bon; Die
Kookkums, No.2; Cultural Roots of Afrikaans, and President Kruger and
Johannesburg |
10 |
|
A7.32‑A7.57 |
Notes
and newspaper clippings about President Kruger. Includes a letter from W J
Leyds, 11th March, 1936, about Kruger and some information about W J Leyds |
26 |
|
A7.58‑A7.70 |
Notes
on murder cases. Includes letters from Judge Melius de Villiers about the
Cox murder case |
13 |
|
A7.71‑A7.91 |
Miscellaneous
notes and other items. Some of the notes are not in C L L's handwriting |
21 |
|
A8 |
Poetry
and articles by C L L clipped from newspapers etc. |
|
|
A8.1‑A8.9 |
Poetry
and articles, clipped from newspapers |
9 |
|
A8.10‑A8.11.1 |
Ewald
Esselen, obituary and article by C L L |
3 |
|
A8.12‑A8.66 |
Articles
about the Leipoldt family and Clanwilliam and miscellaneous clippings.
Includes 1 album marked "Pers Snippers". |
56 |
|
A9 |
Medical
Papers |
|
|
A9.
1‑A9.66.1 |
Medical
inspection in Schools, 1910‑1930 |
66 |
|
A9.67‑A9.77.1 |
School
Journey Association, some letters and brochures, 1913‑1928 |
12 |
|
A9.78‑A9.79 |
Isipingo
Beach School or Home of Recovery. Articles of Association, Die Volkstem,
Pretoria, 1929 |
2 |
|
A9.80‑A9.147 |
Medical
Association, correspondence, agenda and Articles of Association and
By‑laws, 1933‑1944 |
76 |
|
A9.148 |
Notebook
containing notes of Executive Committee meetings, 1944 |
1 |
|
A9.149‑A9.164 |
Letters
mainly from Dr Alfred Cox, onetime Secretary of the British Medical
Association, 1926‑1943 |
16 |
|
A9.165‑A9.179 |
Miscellaneous
medical papers, 1919‑1942 |
14 |
|
A9.180‑A9.180.1 |
Jou
grootste skat, gesondheid, en hoe om dit to bewaar. Written for
Zuidafrikaanse Onderlinge Levensve rzering‑Genootskap, Cape Town. c
1940 [see BC 94 A9.189] |
2 |
|
A9.181‑A9.222 |
Newspaper
clippings on medical matters. [A9.165 is about food] |
42 |
|
A9.223‑A9.226 |
Two
articles by C L L on Aleiuresis in children and notes on the pancreas |
4 |
|
A9.227‑A9.229 |
"What
Anatomy owes to the Paloeontologist", by R Broom; "Johannesburg
Hospital in Pioneer Days (1887‑1890)", by G J M Melle;
"Reminiscences of an Old Fossil", by Herbert Carger. These MSS
may have been submitted to C L L for possible publication in the Journal
of the S A Medical Association |
3 |
|
A9.230 |
Pharmacopoeia
of Guy's Hospital with notes by C L L |
1 |
|
A10 |
Papers
on Food and Wine |
|
|
A10.1‑A10.41 |
Menus
from various places, 1902‑1938, including some from ships, railways,
clubs, and restaurants |
41 |
|
A10.42‑A10.47 |
Letter
concerning the Food and Wine Society and about cookery books |
6 |
|
A10.48‑A10.71 |
Newspaper
clippings about food and wine, and some notes |
25 |
|
B. |
LETTERS
AND CORRESPONDENCE |
|
|
B1.1‑B1.94 |
Letters
from C L L to Dr Harry Bolus, 1897‑1911. Most of these have been
published in "Dear Dr Bolus", edited by E M Sandler, C.T.
Balkema 1979 |
94 |
|
B2.1‑B2.73 |
Letters
from Dr Harry Bolus to C L L. These include TSS copies of letters,
1902‑1911 |
81 |
|
B3.1‑B3.24 |
Letters
from C L L to Mrs H M L (Lulu) Bolus, nee Kensit, greatniece of Harry
Bolus, for period 1911‑1946 plus 2 letters to C L L from Mrs Bolus |
24 |
|
B4.1‑B4.207 |
Letters
from C L L to his adopted son Jeffrey Bernard Leipoldt, 1936‑1947 |
207 |
|
B5.1‑B5.62 |
Letters
from Jeff to C L L |
62 |
|
B6.1‑B6.12 |
Drawings
and verses by Jeff, including one letter to Brian [Roberts] and some
letters to Jeff from friends, etc. |
12 |
|
B6.13‑B6.17 |
Jeff's
diaries and prayer book |
5 |
|
B7.1‑B7.2 |
Letters
from C L L to Peter Shields, 1945 |
2 |
|
B8.1‑B8.54 |
Peter
Shields to C L L 1941‑1946 |
54 |
|
B9.1‑B9.2 |
Album
containing medical and school reports concerning Pieter J Schrooder and
photographs of groups of people including some with C L L and Pieter
Schrooder, and 1 letter from Schrooder to C L L 22.10.1931 |
2 |
|
B10.1‑B10.17 |
Letters
from F V Engelenburg to C L L, 1919‑1933 and copies, by J M H van
Aardt, of C L L's letters (1924‑1937) to Dr Engelenburg, made for Dr
M P 0 Burgers from the originals in the Engelenburg Papers in the State
Archives, Pretoria. Includes notes by Dr Burgers |
17 |
|
B11.1‑B11.20.1 |
One
letter, 13.7.1936, from T J Haarhoff to C L L and TSS of letters from C L
L to T J Haarhoff, 1932‑1944, plus copies |
39 |
|
B12.1‑B12.16 |
To
Dr P le F Nortier from C L L 1938‑1947 and 2 undated notes |
16 |
|
B13.1‑B13.5 |
Miscellaneous
letters to Dr P le F Nortier, including one from P C Schoonees, 30.9.1950,
with attachments |
|
|
B14.1‑B14.681 |
Letters
and postcards received by C L L, arranged in alphabetical order, including
letters from the following: Sir Abe Bailey, Alfred Bodkin, W J Boonzaier,
D B Bosman, Dr J A H Brincker, Dr Robert Broom, N E Brown (of Kew
Gardens), I Bud‑M'Belle, Sir Henry C Burdett (owner of "The
Hospital"), Jonathan Cape, Albert Cartwright (editor of the
"South African News"), Jan F E Celliers, Albert and Fred
Centlivres,Dr W Darley‑Hartley,Judge J E R de Villiers, Professor M
R Drennan, various members of the Esselen family, H A Fagan, Dr E Barnard
Fuller and his wife, Sir Thomas Lyndoch Graham, J Greshoff, Emily
Hobhouse, J H Hofmeyr, J E Holloway, Arthur and Edward Hughes, Sir James
Rose Innes, Dr L S Jameson, Professor Jolly, Monsignor F C Kolbe, A C G
Lloyd, Ramsay MacDonald, Malcolm MacDonald, Dr D F Malan, D F Malherbe,
Violet Markham, R Marloth, John X Merriman, Hugo Naude, Dr A Pijper, Lady
Isabella St John
and her nephew Valentin, J M Salter, Professor J J Smith, Mrs Isie K
Smuts, Sir Herbert J Stanley, Alys Fane Trotter, G B van Zyl,A G
Visser, Eric Walker and many others |
681 |
|
B14.682‑B14.684 |
Miscellaneous
letters by C L L to Professor Godee‑Molsbergen (unsigned but
probably by C L L), one addressed "Susanna dear" from Lorenco
Marques, and one to "Dear Peter" |
3 |
|
|
[Item
B14.174 is a TSS of a letter from C L L to "Erlank", possibly W
J du P Erlank (Eitemal?), giving important biographical information about
himself, dated 18.1.1935] |
|
|
B15.1‑B15.16 |
Funeral
oration and letters about C L L's grave site |
15 |
|
B16.1‑B16.33 |
Obituaries
and memorial fund. Includes a reprint from "Die Volkstem", of a
biographical article by C L L, published in "Die Burger"
24.4.1947 [B16.331 |
33 |
|
B17.1‑B17.182 |
Letters
about C L L's funeral and memorial fund,1947‑1957. Includes minutes
of the meetings of the C L Leipoldt Memorial Fund Committee |
182 |
|
B17.183 |
Leipoldt
Memorial Fund rubber stamp |
1 |
|
B18.1‑B18.5 |
Letters
to Mrs Bolus from the Allen Family re C L L's death |
5 |
|
C. |
LEIPOLDT
FAMILY PAPERS |
|
|
C1.1‑C1.101 |
Letters
from Rev Johann Gottlieb Leipoldt, ?1803‑1872,C L L's grandfather to
his children, mainly to Rev C F Leipoldt, 1857‑1871 |
101 |
|
C2.1‑C2.102 |
Letters
from Mrs Leipoldt, mother of Rev C F Leipoldt, to her children,
1858‑1885 |
102 |
|
C3.1‑C3.12 |
Letters
mainly to Christian Friedrich Leipoldt from his sisters and brothers, and
fragments of family letters, 1860‑1904 |
12 |
|
C4.1‑C4.11 |
Certificates
and other official documents, etc., concerning C F Leipoldt,
1844‑1911, and his wife, Anna Meta Christiana Esselen,
1848‑1903 |
11 |
|
C5.1‑C5.86 |
Documents
concerning C F Leipoldt's training as a Rhenish missionary in Germany and
his work in Sumatra, 1861‑1881 |
86 |
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C6.1‑C6.65 |
C
F Leipoldt's papers re Clanwilliam, 1884‑1911 |
65 |
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C7.1‑C7.16 |
Pastoral
letters, Clanwilliam, 1894,1902-1910 |
20 |
|
C8.1‑C8.19 |
Letters,
to Rev C F Leipoldt, 1882‑1909, from Sumatra, possibly written in
the Toba-Batak dialect of the Malay language |
19 |
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C9.1‑C9.25 |
Miscellaneous
papers in German, Dutch, English and one possibly in Malayan, also
pamphlets re centenary celebrations at Clanwilliam, 1826‑1926, and
Wupperthal 1930 |
25 |
|
C10.1‑C10.2 |
Genealogical
notes of the Leipoldt family by Dr M P 0 Burgers |
2 |
|
C11.1‑C11.5 |
One
watercolour painting of a church, possibly in Sumatra, and 4 notebooks
which belonged to Rev C F Leipoldt, one of which C11.5 also contains
copies of letters written by him 1895‑1903 |
5 |
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C12.1‑C12.74 |
Letters
by Anna Meta Christiana Leipoldt (nee Esselen) 1848‑1903, mother of
C L L, written to family and friends mainly from Sumatra, 1874‑79,
and 1901 |
74 |
|
C13 |
Diary
kept by Mrs Leipoldt, 1875‑1876 |
1 |
|
C14.1‑C14.21 |
Correspondence
between C L L and his sister Louisa and her husband Robert Pattison,
1905‑1914 |
24 |
|
C15.1‑C15.25 |
Papers
of Louisa Pattison, C L L's sister, includes a certificate, letters,
testimonials and prize notices, ± 1900‑1931 |
55 |
|
C16.1‑C16.58 |
Papers
of Robert Pattison, C L L's brother‑in‑law, 1882‑1932 |
58 |
|
D. |
ESSELEN
PAPERS |
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|
D1.1‑D1.3 |
Papers
pertaining to Rev L F Esselen, C L L's grandfather, 1890‑1893 |
3 |
|
D2.1‑D2.3 |
Drafts
of letters from Ewald Esselen, C L L's uncle, to President Paul Kruger.
All in poor condition and badly damaged. Includes one letter from
President Kruger, 29.5.1895 |
3 |
|
D3.1‑D3.93 |
Letters
received by Ewald Esselen. Includes letters from Louis Botha,
1906‑1909; C Borckenhagen, 1888; Albert Cartwright, 1898; George
Cory, 1911; Lord J H de Villiers, 1895; J H H de Waal, 1910: F J Dormer,
1898; Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, 1895; Lord Gladstone, 1912; Professor P D
Hahn, 1888; General Hertzog,1911‑12; J H Hofmeyr (Onze Jan),
1887‑1902(?); H C Hull, 1895; J G Kotze, 1888; J W Leonard,1909; W J
Leyds, 1897‑1911; Eugene Marais, 1895; John X Merriman, 1915; P A
Molteno, 1903; R J Pakeman, 1895‑1904; W P Schreiner, 1895‑96;
J C Smuts, 1897; E Solomon, 1897‑1912; Richard Solomon, 1909? and
1912?; George M Theal, 1888; Ralph C Williams, 1888 |
93 |
|
D4.1‑D4.4 |
Document
appointing Ewald Esselen to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the
causes of the Indian Strike in Natal, 1913; biographical details written
by him; an obituary, 1918 and an undated clipping about the Transvaal
deputation ca 1880's |
4 |
|
D4.5 |
Diary
for January‑September 1881 kept by Ewald Esselen while working with
President Kruger |
1 |
|
D4.6 |
Notebook
belonging to Ewald Esselen containing some of his reminiscences |
1 |
|
E. |
NOTES
AND REMINISCENCES ABOUT C L L |
|
|
E1.1‑E1.10 |
Reminiscences
of Miss C Bergh, translations of C L L's preface to "0om Gert
Vertel" and a short article from "Die Volkstem" by Miss
Georgie Tibbs and some letters to her from Dr M P 0 Burgers and various
publishers about "Stormwrack" and "My Duodenal",
1947‑1950 |
10 |
|
E2.1‑E2.13 |
Letter
to Dr M P 0 Burgers from Nasionale Boekhandel Bpk., and his reply, 1959;
notes by Dr Burgers of his interviews with C L L and some radio scripts
for interviews and programmes about C L L |
14 |
|
E3.1‑E3.3 |
Small
watercolour painting of the Lutheran Church, Luderitzbuch, possibly by
Johannes Blatt, and 2 pencil drawings of Leipoldt, artist unknown,
signature possibly "J E du P"? |
3 |
|
E3.4 |
Bid
en Werk, Obadja Excelsior Oranje Vereeniging. Rotterdam,
18 Maart 1884. 16p. Ex Libris C L L |
1 |
|
F. |
PHOTOGRAPHS |
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|
F1.1‑F1.42 |
Portraits
of C L L and other photographs of him |
55 |
|
F2.1‑F2.23 |
Leipoldt
and Esselen family groups, and Clanwilliam and Wupperthal, also P 0 W camp
on Ceylon, during Anglo‑Boer War |
29 |
|
F3.1‑F3.47 |
Portraits
of Jeff Leipoldt, Peter Shields, Peter Schrooder, etc., and some group
photographs including them |
56 |
|
F4.1‑F4.16 |
Friends
of C L L, portraits and group photographs |
19 |
|
F5.1‑F5.166 |
Photographs
of picnics, and other groups, buildings and people, mostly unidentified |
186 |
|
F6.1‑F6.79 |
Photographs
of School Journeys and camps |
102 |
|
F7 |
Album
of snapshots, some of which are duplicates of photographs in the sections
above |
1 |
|
F8.1‑F8.10 |
Ten
envelopes of negatives |
135 |
|
F9.1‑F9.19 |
Photographs
of the Leipoldt centenary display August‑October 1980, in the UCT
Libraries |
19 |
|
G. |
ADDITIONAL
MATERIAL |
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|
G1.1‑G1.2 |
Special
first day cover issued by the Post Office commemorating C L L's centenary
and a small pamphlet containing a selection of his poems made to fit the
envelope |
2 |
|
G2.1‑62.40 |
Photocopies
of TSS made by Dr M P 0 Burgers of some of the letters from C L L to Dr
Harry Bolus. These copies were made by H.S.R.C., Pretoria, from TSS copies
in the M P 0 Burgers Papers, the original letters are in B1.1‑B1.94 |
40 |
|
G3 |
CAPAB
Ballet Festival programme, 1977, which included "Kami", a
ballet, commissioned by Oude Libertas, which is based on a play "Die
Laaste Aand" by C L L |
1 |
|
G4.1.1‑G4.1.25 |
Leipoldt‑Studiemateriaal
vir Laerskole, published by the Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkundige Museum,
1980, which consists of photocopies of articles from printed sources |
25 |
|
G4.2.1‑G4.2.34 |
Leipoldt‑Studiemateriaal
vir Hoerskole, published by the N.A.L.M., 1980. Similar to above |
34 |
|
G5.1‑G5.3 |
Three
photographs of C L L's poem "Pelicans on Rondevlei", which was
transcribed and illuminated by Mrs Eve Allen. Original owned by Dr Keith
Allen |
3 |
|
H. |
LETTERS,
etc., FROM C L L TO THE ALLEN FAMILY |
|
|
H1.1‑H1.75 |
Letters
to Eve and Alf Allen, a schoolmaster of Johannesburg, from C L L,
1918‑1946 |
75 |
|
H2.1‑H2.18 |
Letters
to Alaric Allen, later a medical doctor, from C L L, 1918‑1936 |
18 |
|
H3.1‑H3.8 |
Letters
to Colin Allen, later first professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCT, from
C L L 1928-1937 |
8 |
|
H4.1‑H4.3 |
Letters
to "Dear Worm", (Keith Allen?), later a Neuro‑surgeon,
1928, from C L L, and one from Professor W A Jolly about a tie‑pin
made by Keith |
3 |
|
H5.1‑H5.23 |
Letters
from Mrs L Bolus to Mrs Eve Allen 1930, 1942‑1952, plus newspaper
clipping |
23 |
|
H6.1‑H6.6 |
Four
letters to C L L: A E Allen, 20.6.1922, re Dr Anne Cleaver's health; Dr
Elsie M Chubb, 14.9.1922, re Dr Anne Cleaver's death; Dr I W Brebner
minimal basal requirements, 25.6.1935; Mr A C G Lloyd, 4.12.1938. Copy (in
Mrs Bolus' writing?) of "The Return of the First Division" by
"Pheidippides", first published in the "Cape Times",
March 10, 1943, and a portrait of C L L |
6 |
|
H6.7‑H6.9 |
"Die
Huisgenoot", deel XXXI, No.1311, 9.5.1947, includes many articles by
and about C L L, and "Libertas", December 1944, includes article
on C L L on p.41‑50. The fire irons in the photograph on
p.42‑43 were forged by Keith Allen, later a neuro‑surgeon.
Also a clipping about the Buchenroder family |
3 |
|
H6.10‑H6.21 |
Dinner
Menus and invitations to banquets, etc., addressed to C L L mainly for
functions during a visit to England in 1928 |
12 |
|
H7.1‑H7.8 |
Letters
from various people to Mrs Eve Allen, and notes, etc., 1923‑1952 |
8 |
|
|
'LATER
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FROM MR JEFF LEIPOLDT, RECEIVED THROUGH KATINKA HEYNS
AND CHRIS BARNARD OF SONNEBLOM FILMS |
D
81/146. |
|
J1 |
Group
photograph which includes C L L, Peter Shields and Ungerer Bergh |
1 |
|
J2 |
Leipoldt,
C Louis, 'n Versieboord vir Kinders. Cape Town, Nasionale Pers, 1944.
Binding in bad repair |
1 |
|
J3 |
Forum,
vo1.10(7), May 17, 1947. Contains Leader: The Significance of Leipoldt,
p.31‑32; and, The Poet with two tongues, from Bushveld Medicine to
Art, by M P O Burgers, p.42‑46 |
1 |
|
J4 |
Cape
Times, 14.4.1947, containing the announcement of C L L's death p.l, with a
portrait of him; a notice about his death and funeral arrangements, p.2; a
Leader and obituary, p.6 |
1 1 |
|
J5 |
Article
on C L L by Hastings Beck, Jan. 1965, torn from Die Wynboer Shields.
Peter, "Life with Louis Leipoldt", copied from S A Med Jnl,
30.10.1976, p.1877‑79 |
1 |
|
J7 |
Article
about Miss Elsabe Raath one‑time secretary to C L Leipoldt, clipped
from "Die Vaderland", 29.5.1979 |
1 |
|
K1 |
Interview
with Mrs Despina King,daughter of Helen Burton A friend of Dr
Leipoldt.23.09.97 On audio-cassette. |
|
|
BC
94 |
C.
Louis Leipoldt Papers
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL From
Colin Lewer Allen |
D
84/217 |
|
H8.1 |
Reminiscences
by Mrs Eve Allen of a journey by car with C.L.L., in December 1931, from
Cape Town via Caledon, Mossel Bay, Knysna, Outeniqua, etc. MSS. pencil.
17p. |
1 |
|
H8.2 |
"Journey
to Pietersburg by Motor Car (Reo)", with Dr Anna Cleaver, Miss
Hassell, Mrs Allen and Charlie. Started on Empire Day, 24 May 1919. By Mrs
Eve Allen. MSS. p.1 ‑ 18, p.27 ‑ 28. |
1 |
|
H8.3 |
Letter
from Mrs Stobart Greenhalgh (Mrs St. Claire Stobart) to C.L.L., 10.7.1914.
TSS |
1 |
|
D84/215 |
From
Keith Lewer Allen |
|
|
H9.1‑H9.10 |
Letters
from C.L.L. to Alf and Eve Allen, 1939 ‑ 1946. 9 TSS, 1 MSS. |
10 |
|
H9.11 |
Tribute
to C.L.L. by Keith Allen. TSS |
1 |
|
H9.12 |
"Medicine
and Faith", by C. Louis Leipoldt. Reprinted from "The
Lancet", 25.12.1935, |
1 |
|
H9.13 |
Clipping
from the "Star", 18.6.1979. |
1 |
|
BC
94 |
PRESENTED
BY PROFESSOR C.E. LEWER ALLEN
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D86/255 |
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A. |
Leipoldt
material |
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Photographs |
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|
1.1 |
C.L.
Leipoldt in his kitchen at Arbury, talking
to his cook. |
1 |
|
1.2 |
Leipoldt
with his pipe in his left hand, looking at a portrait of a woman by Hugo
Naude |
1 |
|
1.3 |
Leipoldt
in his garden looking at succulents. |
1 |
|
1.4 |
Leipoldt
on the front steps of Arbury. |
1 |
|
1.5 |
Reading
by the fire in his study at Arbury. |
1 |
|
1.6 |
Leipoldt
with pipe and book, seated,in his at Arbury. |
1 |
|
1.7 |
Playing
billiards at Arbury. |
1 |
|
1.8 |
Leipoldt
seated in front of his typewriter. |
1 |
|
1.9 |
Photograph
of Dr Anne Cleaver. |
1 |
|
1.10 |
Colour
slides of the Leeukop, later renamed the J.D. Gilchrist and 1 of the Vena. |
4 |
|
2.1 |
Copy
of "The Ballad of Dick King"which contains a loose note from Mrs
Lulu Bolus. |
2 |
|
2.2 |
Note
in Afrikaans written by Prof C.E.Lewer Allen's elder brother (also an
Orthopaedic surgeon) on the night that C.L. Leipoldt died. |
1 |
|
B. |
C.E.
Lewer Allen material |
|
|
1. |
Allen,
Colin Ernest Lewer. Electromyography with synchronised photography used in
the study of human movement. Johannesburg, Cape Times Ltd., n.d. |
1 |
|
2. |
Letter
from C.J. Konig, dated 20.2.1950. |
1 |
|
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