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This collection consists of papers and publications collected by Noel Stott during his student years at UCT (1978-1981), his career as librarian, administrator, and researcher at several ecumenical institutions such…
The collection consists of edited transcripts of oral history interviews that were collected by the Forced Migration Studies Programme from victims of xenophobic violence in May 2008. A programme of…
It houses a magnificent Africana and Rare Antiquarian Book Collection such as the 18 broadsheet edition of Pierre-Joseph Redouté’s Les Liliacees. Redouté published Les Liliacées (1802-1816) and the institute’s copy is the broadsheet edition…
The collection contains special supplements about the Second World War from the journal Le Petit Journal
The most important items are known as the Ottoman Missak Archives, consisting of Ottoman, Armenian, French and Greek documents and old family photographs, which trace the history and genealogy of…
The collection comprises material illustrating French involvement in South African history, including the following: material relating to the early French journeys to the Cape and South African interior; descriptions of…
Dr Van Hoepen's correspondence, diary and some cuttings and manuscripts
The collection includes about 7 500 monographs and 58 journal titles, proves. Roughly half of the collection consists of literary works: The Afrikaans section reflects Afrikaans literary history from its…
The collection of Prof. H.J. de Vleeschauwer, librarian and philosopher, consists mainly of books on philosophy
339 books collected by Dr M.M. Nolte, an attorney and notary based at Ermelo.
