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BC 543 BAIN FAMILY PAPERS

Manuscripts & Archives

University of Cape Town Libraries

Material presented to the U C T Libraries by Miss M.H.Lister, 23.5.1979. D 79/220

 

 

 

 

A.

Andrew Geddes Bain

 

1.

Photocopy of a map of the farm which had belonged to A.G.Bain, on whisks the town of Alice was laid out.

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2.

Two letters to Sir Thomas Maclear from A.G.Bain, dated from Cape Town, 1st December 1851, and Bain's Kloof, 24th Jan. 1852.

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3.

Two letters to E.L.Layard, Curator of the South African Museum from A.G.Bain, dated Grahamstown 29th December 1857 and 30th November 1858.

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4.

Article by Andrew Geddes Bain : VI - On the Geology of Southern Africa (Communicated by the President.) [Read Nov. 17th 1852.] In Vol.VII - Second Series [Communications of the Royal Society?] Photocopy.

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B.

Thomas Bain

 

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Two letters to Thomas Bain concerning the 2nd visit to South Africa by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, one from the Prince's equerry (?), crated 27.9.1867 from H.M.S.Galatea and one from sir Philip Wodehouse, dated 3.10(?) 1867.

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2.

Two letters by Thomas Bain, dated 2.6.1863 and 17.4.1865, addressed to "My dear Sir", concerning the cutting of. wood from the Knysna forests.

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3.

Five letters from Thoras Bain to Dr Atherstone, 1871-1892

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C.

J.S. Lister

 

1.

One letter from E.S.C.(?) Eliott from Lahore, 3.2.1872, to Col. Osborn regarding J.S.Lister

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2.

Two letters from G.G.F(7) Baden Powell(?) or Poole(?) to J.S.Lister, dated 6.7.1874 and 19.9.1874, both from London

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3.

Letter with attachments to Mr D.Hutchins, Conservator of Forests, King Williams Town, 27.8.1885, from F.A.McNaughton

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4.

Extract from a letter by J.S.Lister concerning travelling on inspection during the Boer War. (?)

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5.

Letter from J.S.Lister to his son Joe, from Kalk Bay, 11.9.1918, about the latter's engagement

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D.

Thomas Pye

 

 

Letter from Thomas Pye, from Worcester, dated 2.5.1876, to ?

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E.

Joseph Crowe

 

1.

Extracts from the journals of Joseph Crowe for the period16.2.1811 - 1866. TSS

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2.

Three portraits of Col. Joseph P.H.Crowe, V.C.

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F.

De Smidt family

 

1.

Journal of Abraham de Smidt. Handwritten extracts

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2.

Notes about the de Smidt family

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3.

Two letters from Miss M.H.Lister, one to Rupert de Smidt, 12.14.1964, and one to "Jack", 11.5.1965

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G.

One folder of correspondence, mainly with the Johannesburg Public Library concerning the Bain family

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H.

Rex family

 

 

Newspaper clippings, mainly about the Rex family

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BC 543 Additions to the Bain and Lister Family Papers presented by Mrs Nell Richards, 25.11.1983 D83/313

 

 

 

Additional Lister Family Papers

 

A

Joseph Storr Lister

 

A 1

Joseph Storr Lister - letters received, c.1890 - c.1926.

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A 2

Papers concerning Col. J M Hill (first Commander of Prince Alfred's Guard, founded in Port Elizabeth, (1856) and his estate, of which J Storr Lister and his father were, succes­sively, agents, c.1844 - 1889.

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A 3

Correspondence with the Lion Match Company, 1915 - 1919.

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A 4

Letters relating to a property bounded by Milner Road and Sandown Road, Cape, 1897 - 1921.

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A 5

Correspondence about Vyge Kraal, 1901 - 1926.

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A 6

Returns for expenditure incurred as a Forestry Officer, June - September 1882.

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A 7

Miscellaneous items.

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B

Mrs Georgina Lister and her children.

 

B 1

Georgina Lister to her husband and children, 1921 - 1935. Includes some personal documents.

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B 2

Letters from friends to Georgina Bain, later Lister, c.1883 - 1938.

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B 3

Margaret H (Minnie) Lister to her parents and sisters, c.1922. Includes some miscellaneous personal documents.

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B 4

Letters received by Minnie Lister, c.1921 - 1932. Includes early photograph of "Japonica garden" at U.C.7., c.late 1920's.

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B 5

Florence (Flo) Lister - to her family, 1921 - 1938.

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B 6

Revd. Joe Lister, one letter to his mother, 1937, and one to his sister Minnie, 1932, typed on his Braille typewriter.

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B 7

"Cuckoo" Lister, later Mrs Gordon Prynne - letters to her family, 1922 - 1938.

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B 8

"Katie" or "Kit" Lister, later Mrs Randles (?), to her family, 1921 - 1938.

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B 9

Nellie Lister to her sister Katie, 1906.

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C

  Miscellaneous newspaper clippings.

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