Africa, Southern: Papers of the Transvaal Consolidated Land and Exploration Company, 1921-1959
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 412/20
Held at the Weston Library
Papers of the Transvaal Consolidated Land and Exploration Company (TCL). Each folder contains a handlist of its contents, except for folder 4. Comprises:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-220, items 1 and 2) correspondence and reports concerning farms, and the advertising campaign in England and its response from potential settlers, 1921-1923
- folder 2 (fols. 1-166, item 1) correspondence about the British Empire Exhibition, and potential company agents and settlers, 1924-1925
- folder 3 (fols. 1-36) extracts from newspapers of TCL progress; Central Mining - Rand Mines colliery output reports for circulation to TCL shareholders, 1937-1938 and 1949-1953
- folder 4 (items 1-55) unfoliated printed reports, circulars, and newspaper digests of TCL progress, 1936-1959
- folder 5 (items 1-7) maps of the Transvaal (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West) and Orange Free State (South Africa) coal and goldfields, 1950-1953; 1955-1956; and 1958.
Dates
- Creation: 1921-1959
Extent
5 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 412/20
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk