UCT Libraries

BC 1038 LABURN  COLLECTION

Manuscripts & Archives

University of Cape Town Libraries

 

A collection of research material started by Claire Laburn for a UCT History Honours Research essay on Scottish and English agricultural immigrants in the East London district, 1877-1883, subsequently expanded but still in progress at the time of her death 5.4.1991.

A

AGRICULTURAL IMMIGRANTS

 

A1

General correspondence regarding project.

 

A2

Working folder containing notes and lists of material to be consulted at the time of her death.

 

A3

Draft outline for UCT History Honours research essay on Scottish and English agricultural immigrants, divided into 5 chapters, each containing source material for the writing of each chapter.   Chapter headings:-1. Scotland; 2. To 1876; 3. Select Committee and Government perceptions; 4. 1877/8 immigrants and the Gqika Gcaleka War; 5. 1879/82 immigrants; appendices; photographs

 

A4-A9

Sources

 

A4

Notes taken from groups of records in the Cape Archives Depot.

 

A4.1-.3

Notebooks containing notes from Public Works Department (PWD) 2/290, 1880-2

3

A4.4

Notebook containing notes from PWD 2/66, 1880

1

A4.5

Notebook containing notes from PWD 2/326, 1882-6

1

A4.6

Notebook containing notes from PWD 2/286, 1882

1

A4.7

Notebook containing notes from PWD 2/485 and 2/187, 1881-2

1

A4.8

Notebook containing notes from various PWD files, 1883-6

1

 

 

 

A4.9

Various notes from other groups in the Cape Archives Depot

 

A5

Notes taken from other sources including extracts from other unpublished sources, including a microfilm of extracts from a letterbook of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church Mission in Kaffraria, 1851-1931. Originals in the National Library of Scotland (MSS 7638-89)

 

A6

Extracts and notes from published sources including the Gonubie Presbyterian Church history, 1886-1986

 

A7

Government reports, 1877-1885

 

A8

Daily Despatch, extracts re settlers, 1881-1883

 

A9

Maps of East London area (see also oversize) Includes general plans of farms in various locations, including Brakfontein, Dove Rock, Gonubie, Lilyfontein, Vanderkemp, 1876-1882.  Also modern maps in the 1:250 000 series of Aliwal North, Grahamstown, Kei Mouth, Kingwilliamstown, Queenstown and Umtata; and the 1:50,000 series of Cambridge, East London, Gonubie, Kei Mouth, Kidds Beach, Mpetu, Toleni

 

A10-A12

Settlers

 

A10.1-.6

Ring binders containing information on each settler family, arranged alphabetically, including correspondence with descendants, copies of documents, photographs

6v

A11.1-.6

Lists of settlers (use in conjunction with information in Ring binders) some lists are computer generated

6v

A12

Index to death notices of settlers in the Cape Archives Depot

1v

A13

Names and addresses of descendants including card index

 

A14

Emigration agents : John Hellier (see also Ring binder), John Walker and John Laing.  Rough draft of an article

 

B

AURET FAMILY

 

B1

Research notes and photocopies of source material

 

B2

Miscellaneous genealogical information

 

C

CAPE TOWN STREET DIRECTORY PROJECT

 

 

Notes, overhead transparencies etc for talk given at 5th UCT Workshop on the History of Cape Town,in 1985 and an article written for Jagger Journal, no. 6, 1985/86 entitled `Microcomputers, street directories and Nineteenth century Cape Town.

 

D

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

Includes general items on librarianship.

 

LTJ/rh

 

 

8.01.93

 

 

 

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