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Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Collection

Jameson Raid Diary, Book and Papers belonging to Brigadier-General Hon. Robert White

This collection contains: Diary kept by Robert White covering the period ca. 23 March-21 December 1895. Papers which were found in White's diary (now bound into one volume). Included are notes, maps, press cuttings, letters, official correspondence regarding the return of the diary, correspondence relating to the publication of Marshall Hole's book The Jameson…
Extents: 3 Volumes
Dates: 1895-1931
Single Item

Material relating to the Jameson Raid

This collection contains: Photograph labelled "Dr. Jameson's position" Photograph of the "Cape witnesses in the Jameson Trial, July 1896" Printed handbill from Her Majesty's Agent in Transvaal to the Secretary of the Reform Committee, Johannesburg Printed handbill from J. Percy Fitzpatrick of the Reform Committee to the inhabitants of Johannesburg …
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.2206
Extents: 5 items
Dates: 1895-1896
Single Item

Memoirs of Sir George Farrar

Memoirs of Sir George Farrar assembled into seven typewritten chapters by his daughter, Viscountess Muriel Frances Lowther. The memoirs describe the foundation of Farrar's family firm of mining engineers, his part in the Johannesburg Reform Movement and imprisonment after the Jameson Raid, with associated letters on current South African politics, etc.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1737
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1893-1952