BC
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Manuscripts & Archives
University of Cape Town Libraries
Mary
Maytham Kidd was born on 24 January 1914 in East London. She attended Roedean
School in the Transvaal and went to Paris, France in 1930. She attended the
Sorbonne and thereafter the Royal Academy School. London.
In
May 1948 she married Hubert John Kidd, the headmaster of the Diocesan College,
Rondebosch. On 21 November 1950, her well-known and definitive book ‘Wild
flowers of the Cape Peninsula’ was published, with a foreword by Field Marshal
J C Smuts.
Mrs
Kidd has been responsible for designs for both china crockery and Christmas
cards and calendars; and for illustrations of particular types of fungi growing
in the Cape Peninsula, published in Miss E L Stephens' two field guides: ‘Some
South African edible fungi’ and some ‘South African poisonous and inedible
fungi’.
The
Collection comprises personal papers, general memorabilia, diaries, travel
notes, designs, sketchbooks and some publications by other artists. Also
information regarding Mrs Kidd's book ‘Wild flowers of the Cape Peninsula’
Included
is a scrapbook containing original botanical watercolours by Ethel May Dixie.
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A
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PERSONAL |
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A1 |
Diaries
1936, 1938-42, 1947-88 (1963 and 1987 duplicated) (50v) |
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A2 |
Travel
diaries |
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A2.1
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1931/32
Paris |
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A2.1
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1936
Danube canoe trip A2.3 1943 Nyasaland - Zomba A2.4 1973/74 Suffolk |
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A2.5
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1987
Aconfeira and Acoansil A2.6 No year recorded - Garden Route |
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A3 |
Shopping
notebooks |
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A3.1
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1962
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A3.2
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1976 |
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A4 |
Letter
records 1961-1969, 1972-1981 (4v) |
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A5 |
Account
Books 1962-1980 (4v) |
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A6
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Correspondence |
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A7
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Miscellaneous |
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A7.1
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Passport
(with photographs of Papenboom and Millar's Point House) |
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A7.2
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Menu
notebook |
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A7.3.1
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Nature
and Botany school books - 1929 |
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A7.3.2
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Holiday
competition sketches and explanation. See oversize. |
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A7.4
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Various
publications A7.5 Press clippings |
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B
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SKETCHBOOKS |
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B1.1
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England
and Scotland (8 + 8 small books) |
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B1.2
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Large
sketchbook. Scotland, 1974. See oversize. |
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B2.1
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South
Africa. Portraits and watercolours |
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B2.2
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Further
portraits. See oversize |
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B3.1
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Designs |
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B3.2
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Further
designs. See oversize |
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B4
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Miscellaneous |
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B4.1
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Sketchbook.
London, Oct 1935 |
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B4.2
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Sketchbook.
Paris, Jul 1938 |
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B4.3
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Sketchbook.
Nyasaland, June 1943 |
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B4.4
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Various
sketches (loose) |
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B4.5
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Fungi
sketches |
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B4.6
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Wildflower
sketches |
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C |
OTHER
ARTISTS |
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C1 |
Wild
flower sketches by other artists |
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C2 |
Scrapbook
- wildflowers painted by Ethel May Dixie and belonging to Patricia Ashby
Spilhaus; with letters to Mary Maytham Kidd from Margaret Spilhaus. See
oversize. |
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C3 |
A
portfolio of 4 colour prints of indigenous South African flora by Thalia
Lincoln. See oversize. C4 |
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C5 |
Two
further sketches and engravings by various artists. See oversize |
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D
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PHOTOGRAPHS |
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D1 |
Photographs
of Mary Maytham Kidd |
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D2
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Other |
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JS/02.03.90
Rev LH 5/96 |
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