BC
639 DAVID MARAIS COLLECTION
Manuscripts & Archives
University of Cape Town Libraries
David
Marais was born in Germiston in 1925 and educated at Grey College, Bloemfontein,
and Boksburg High School. He
spent one year at the University of the Witwatersrand and left to join the South
African Navy in 1942. After
the war he spent a brief sojourn on the staff of the Cape Times and then joined
the Saturday Post in Port Elizabeth.
He returned to the Cape Times in 1951, and later became political and
parliamentary correspondent. The
Cape Times began using the caricatures that he sketched during his hours in the
Press Gallery, and in due time he became both cartoonist and political Reporter
for the paper. He used his
cartoons to attack anything which degraded people or hurt their dignity, and
left a substantial collection of comments on the politicians of the 50s, 60s and
early 70s. His much lamented
early death occurred in January 1974.
The
collection comprises a few personal items, some sketch books and original
paintings, articles and serials by David Marais, a number of newsclippings,
including cartoons; and a few photographs, mostly unidentified. The bulk of the collection consists of original
cartoons and captions, both dated and undated.
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A |
PERSONAL |
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A1. |
Personal
Correspondence |
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A1.1 |
Letter
of recommendation - Grey College School |
19.01.1940 |
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A1.2 |
Letter
of recommendation - Boksburg High School (attached Junior Certificate of
Education) |
19.01.1942 |
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A1.3 |
Printed
letter re register of Grey College Old Boys who served in the war
08.05.1945 |
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A1.4 |
Cape
Times - rejection letter (no position available) |
15.10.1945 |
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A1.5 |
Cape
Times - possible appointment |
26.11.1945 |
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A1.6 |
Cape
Times - offer of position |
08.12.1945 |
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A1.7 |
Refusal
to release, from Navy |
17.12.1945 |
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A1.8 |
Request
for release from Navy |
24.12.1945 |
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A1.9 |
Refusal
to release, from Navy |
21.01.1946 |
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A1.10 |
Letter
explaining delay in demobilization |
29.01.1946 |
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A1.11 |
Dispersal/Application
for financial aid |
26.02.1946 |
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A1.12 |
Printed
de-mobilization letter from Minister of Defence (Jan Smuts) 27.02.1946 |
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A1.13 |
Permission
to wear uniform for not more than 10 more days |
27.02.1946 |
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A1.14 |
Pay
release form |
03.03.1946 |
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A1.15 |
Letter-voice
test for reading of scripts |
16.05.1946 |
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A1.16 |
Offer
of appointment from Port Elizabeth Saturday Post |
14.11.1946 |
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A1.17 |
Conditions
of Employment - Saturday Post |
22.11.1946 |
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A1.18 |
Letter
from Geoffrey Lumsden (Saturday Post) |
09.12.1946 |
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A1.19 |
Letter
from Stuart Tyfield (London) |
25.04.1947 |
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A1.20 |
Letter
from Stuart Tyfield (London) |
21.05.1947 |
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A1.21 |
Inter-Office
Memorandum |
22.04.1956 |
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A1.22 |
Letter
from Joseph Jones |
02.12.1960 |
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A1.23 |
Letter
about salary increase 14.12.1973 |
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A2 |
Letters
of Condolence |
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A2.1 |
From
`Madeleine' |
02.01.1974 |
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A2.2 |
From
A H Heard (editor-Cape Times) |
03.01.1974 |
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A2.3 |
From
Carl and Beryl Fobiau |
15.01.1974 |
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A2.4 |
From
A H Heard |
18.01.1974 |
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A2.5 |
From
Helen Barry |
20.01.1974 |
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A3 |
Miscellaneous |
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A3.1 |
List
of visitors to D Marais Exhibition |
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A3.2 |
`A
South African Cartoonist'. Notes. |
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B |
NEWSPAPER
CUTTINGS |
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B1 |
Cartoon
Quips/Todays Laugh 1957, 58, 59 |
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B2 |
Early
Cartoons 1940s |
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B3 |
Cape
Times Cartoons 25.10.1957 - 31.03.1959 |
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B4 |
Cape
Times Supplement 12.07.1958 |
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B5 |
Daily
Telegraph 28.04.1969 |
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B6 |
Unidentified/undated
Cartoons |
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B7 |
Scrapbooks |
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B8 |
Articles
and Obituaries |
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B9 |
Reports
of D Marais work |
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B10 |
Evening
Post and Saturday Post |
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B10.1 |
Diary
of a Reporter-at-large 27.11.1948 - 05.04.1950 |
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B10.2 |
Spot
column 1954, 1958 |
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B10.3 |
Articles
by D Marais 03.05.1947, 06.12.1947, 05.03.1949, 07.11.1952, 8.02.1957,
29.08.1957 |
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B10.4 |
Postscripts
23.04.1949 |
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B10.5 |
Weekend
magazine and show supplement 25.06.1949 |
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B10.6 |
Posters |
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C |
ARTICLES,
STORIES AND PUBLICATIONS BY DAVID MARAIS |
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C1 |
Articles
and Stories |
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C1.1 |
Final
symphony |
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C1.2 |
Baboon
Slayer |
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C1.3 |
The
voice of ten million |
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C1.4 |
Protea
Farmer |
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C1.5 |
Oom
Jonas and the cats |
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C1.6 |
Tribal
chief |
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C1.7 |
An
ill wind (drawings) |
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C1.8 |
The
Sacred Spring of Nomdupu |
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C1.9 |
Are
we being watched? |
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C1.10 |
The
Adventures of the Ace |
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C2 |
Publications |
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C3 |
Miscellaneous
Newspaper prints (sketches by D Marais), and photocopies of cartoons. |
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D |
ORIGINAL
SKETCHES AND PAINTINGS |
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D1 |
Galley
proofs |
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D2 |
Caricatures |
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D3 |
Loose
sketches |
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D4 |
Sketchbooks |
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D5 |
Early
etchings |
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E |
PHOTOGRAPHS |
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E1 |
Photograph
of David Marais, on exhibition poster |
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E2 |
Small
photograph - unidentified. |
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E3 |
Photographs
in plastic cover |
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E4 |
Photograph
Album |
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F |
ORIGINAL
CARTOONS |
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F1 |
Purchases
1967 - 1970s |
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F2 |
1958
- 1967 |
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F3 |
1968 |
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F4 |
1969 |
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F5 |
Undated
1960s and 70s |
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F6 |
Published
Cartoon Quips |
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F7 |
1970
- August 1971 (and display) |
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F8 |
August
1971 - April 1973 (and display) |
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F9 |
May
- December 1973 and undated 1960s |
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F10 |
Undated
Cartoons Box 1 |
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F11 |
Undated
Cartoons Box 2 (and display) |
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F12 |
Undated
Cartoons Box 3 |
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F13 |
Undated
small talk and cartoon quips |
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F14 |
Undated
small talk and cartoon quips |
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F15 |
Undated
small talk and cartoon quips |
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F16 |
Undated
small talk and cartoon quips |
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F17 |
Undated
small talk and cartoon quips |
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F18 |
Undated
small talk and cartoon quips |
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F19 |
Undated
small talk and cartoon quips |
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F20 |
Undated
small talk and cartoon quips |
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F21 |
Undated
small talk and cartoon quips |
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