Box 606941205
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Contains 79 Results:
Three autograph letters from Rhodes to [Major N.L.] Sapte, [Joint Manager, Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa] asking him to find work for Brabant, Turner, and A.O. du Polz, 19 Sep-Oct 1898
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 182-187
Extents: 6 Leaves
Dates:
19 Sep-Oct 1898
Three letters from Norris to the Assistant Secretary, Rhodes Trust, recording acts of kindness by Rhodes, 11 Jan-8 Feb 1939
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 188-232
Also includes reminiscing about his own early career as a Chartered employee at Palapye; Capt. Tye's career as supply officer at Macloutsie; Rhodes's successive secretaries; and his own relationship with Rhodes. Material deposited by him with the Rhodes Trustees includes eight letters and ten telegrams from Rhodes, mainly relating to Norris's work [as overseer] at Inyanga (Nyanga) and Groote Schuur (1898-1900), with related letters from Jourdan, Grimmer, and Lewis Michell. One of...
Extents: 45 Leaves
Dates:
11 Jan-8 Feb 1939
Holograph letter from Rhodes requesting Beit to send Charter (the British South Africa Company) shares for distribution to his friends, and to sell a block of Exploring shares to enable him to release De Beers [from their obligations towards Charter?], 7 Aug 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fol. 233
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
7 Aug 1890
Letter from G.E. Breffit, Secretary, Natal Land and Colonization Society, to C. Behrens, the Society's General Manager, introducing Cecil Rhodes, May-Dec 1871
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 234-240
Also, two letters from Rhodes to Behrens about leasing Spitzkop Farm in the Umkomaas Valley.
Extents: 7 Leaves
Dates:
May-Dec 1871
Letter from T.E. Lawrence to Lady Baker containing a critique of her husband's book on Rhodes; with related letters from C.K. Allen and others, 18 Jan 1934
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 241-241a
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
18 Jan 1934
Holograph letter from Rhodes to Ewart Esselen, Chief Justice, South African Republic, about a financial transaction; with a query about a reported railway office to the Cape Ministry by Kruger in 1886, 2 Jun 1887
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 242-243
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
2 Jun 1887
Holograph letter from Rhodes thanking Hovell for returning a loan, an almost unique occurrence in his experience (photocopy), Oct 1898
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fol. 244
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
Oct 1898
Anonymous record of a dinner, at which Rhodes described his recent reception at the Cape, 22 Feb 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fol. 245
Typescript copy.
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
22 Feb 1897
C.J. Rhodes: Miscellaneous papers, 1869-1955
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5
Including some holograph material.
Extents: 549 Leaves
Dates:
1869-1955
Anonymous poem, 'Cecil Rhodes - Died March 26, 1902', n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 246-248
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
n.d.
Letter from Graham Bower Sending [Edward] Fairfield a copy of a book by the Revd. E. Loyd recommended by Rhodes as consoling, [1896?]
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 249-250
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
[1896?]
Covering letter from C.J. Sibbett enclosing a cutting from the [Washington?] Post of a reprint of a letter from Sir Herbert Baker to Howell Wright about Rhodes, 25 Sep 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 251-251a
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
25 Sep 1952
Poem by F. Carey Slater, 'In the Matoppos' (copy sent by Sibbett), n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fol. 252
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
n.d.
Rhokana Review; cutting of article, 'I knew Rhodes' by J.B. Williams-Jerrard, who visited Inyanga (Nyanga) in 1895, when with the Matabele Mounted Police, Jul 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 253-254
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
Jul 1952
Reminiscences of Rhodes by the Marquis de Moral, with covering letter from Lord Elton, 25 Nov 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 257-259
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
25 Nov 1952
Covering letter from Lord Elton, enclosing notes by Mrs [Phillip] Jourdan of a conversation with Mrs Stephen Frank Townsend about her reminiscences of Rhodes and her husband's work as Chief Engineer of Rhodesia Railways from 1898, 3 Jul 1951
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 260-270
With a cutting of his obituary (28 May 1941) and of Mrs E.A. Reed's reminiscences of Rhodes during the siege of Kimberley.
Extents: 11 Leaves
Dates:
3 Jul 1951
Pages of a letter from G.F.H. Berkeley relating to Frank ('Matabele') Thompson, with a covering letter from Lord Elton, 1-15 Dec 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 271-271a
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
1-15 Dec 1952
Covering letters from Lord Elton, enclosing copies of an article by H. Marshall Hole, 'The Courage of Cecil Rhodes', (Morning Post, 1 Apr 1936) and passing on related information from T.E. Cooke and L. Ludlow, 12-16 Jan 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 272-274
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
12-16 Jan 1952
Howell Wright Collection of Rhodesiana, Yale University, photographs of exhibition in Cleveland Public Library, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 275-282
Extents: 8 Leaves
Dates:
n.d.
Covering letter from Lord Elton, enclosing a photocopy of a holograph letter from Rhodes to E.D. Pill about the siege of Kimberley (15 Jul 1900) from the Howell Wright Collection, 19 Jun 1953
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 283-284
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
19 Jun 1953