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.
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AGRICULTURAL
IMMIGRANTS |
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A1 |
General correspondence regarding project. |
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A2 |
Working folder containing notes and lists of material to be consulted at the time of her death. |
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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 |
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A4-A9 |
Sources |
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A4 |
Notes taken from groups of records in the Cape Archives Depot. |
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A4.1-.3 |
Notebooks containing notes from Public Works Department (PWD) 2/290, 1880-2 |
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A4.4 |
Notebook containing notes from PWD 2/66, 1880 |
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A4.5 |
Notebook containing notes from PWD 2/326, 1882-6 |
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A4.6 |
Notebook containing notes from PWD 2/286, 1882 |
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A4.7 |
Notebook containing notes from PWD 2/485 and 2/187, 1881-2 |
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A4.8 |
Notebook containing notes from various PWD files, 1883-6 |
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A4.9 |
Various notes from other groups in the Cape Archives Depot |
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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Notes taken from other sources including extracts from other unpublished sources, including a microfilm of extracts from a letterbook of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church Mission in Kaffraria,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) |
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A6 |
Extracts and notes from published sources including the Gonubie Presbyterian Church history, 1886-1986 |
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A7 |
Government reports, 1877-1885 |
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A8 |
Daily Despatch, extracts re settlers, 1881-1883 |
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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 |
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A10-A12 |
Settlers |
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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 |
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A14 |
Emigration agents : John Hellier (see also Ring binder), John Walker and John Laing. Rough draft of an article |
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AURET FAMILY |
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B1 |
Research notes and photocopies of source material |
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B2 |
Miscellaneous genealogical information |
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CAPE TOWN STREET DIRECTORY PROJECT |
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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. |
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D |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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Includes general items on librarianship. |
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LTJ/rh |
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8.01.93 |
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