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Edited and with an introduction by Peter AlexanderVolume:II-40 (2009)Print Status:In PrintAlan Paton was a dedicated letter-writer whose letters are almost like a series of vigorous conversations, displaying his capacity for friendship, his lively personality and his principled commitment to South African society. This collection of 350 previously unpublished letters are a major aspect of his writings. They range from those written as a brilliant student of 18 to his old... -
Edited by Frederick HaleVolume:II-27 (1996)Print Status:In PrintThe Norwegian Missionary Society established its first permanent stations north of the Tugela in the 1840s. The Zulu Lutheran Church which developed from conversions in the 1860s only really developed after the conquest of Zululand in 1879. The Norwegian missionaries were strategically located to view changes in Zulu culture and civilisation and their letters and reports comprise a rich and...
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Edited and introduced by Chris Hummel and Adrian CraigVolume:II-23 (1992)Print Status:In PrintJohan August Wahlberg (1810-1856), a Swedish naturalist, travelled through much of southern Africa, including Natal and Namibia, before the mid-19th century. He had been chosen by the Swedish Academy of Sciences to collect plants and animals in southern Africa for the Natural History Museum in Stockholm. His account of his travels is often terse and businesslike but his accounts of...
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Edited by Lucy Bean and Elizabeth B. van Heyningen with an introduction by Elizabeth B. van HeyningenVolume:II-14 (1983)Print Status:In PrintJane Waterston (1843-1932) accompanied the missionary, Dr James Stewart, to the Eastern Cape when he became principal of the Lovedale Institution. There she started the Girls' Institution but her real desire was to work as a doctor amongst women in the interior of Africa. In 1874 she returned to England where she was amongst the first women to train in...
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Selected, edited and annotated by Percival R. KirbyVolume:I-36 (1955)Print Status:In PrintAndrew Smith, a British doctor, journeyed to Natal in 1832, ostensibly for scientific purposes, but almost certainly operating under instructions. The text includes an account of his visit to Dingane and notes on the different tribal groups which he encountered, the Cape Town Merchants' Memorial of 1835 and some of the records of the South African Land and Emigration Association
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Edited by D.J. KotzéVolume:I-31 (1951 for 1950)Print Status:Out of PrintThe American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions was one of the last missionary societies to begin work in South Africa. Since the Cape Colony was well-populated with missionaries, the Americans concentrated initially on the Matabele in the Transvaal, and on Natal. Their arrival coincided with the Great Trek and Boer expansion north and east so they were well placed...
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Edited by Margaret Hermina ListerVolume:I-30 (1949)Print Status:Out of PrintAndrew Geddes Bain is best known for his building of Cape roads and passes. His diaries, from 1826 to the 1840s, were both working journals and accounts of his experiences and descriptions of the people he encountered in the course of his work. This volume includes his chronicle of his journey in 1826 to the northern Cape.
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Edited by A.F. HattersleyVolume:I-26 (1945)Print Status:Out of printAfter emigrating to Australia twice, where he had acquired experience in sheep farming, in 1862 Dobie emigrated to Natal, intending to bring sheep farming to Natal. He had little success and left Natal in 1866 for South America. The diary describes his attempts at pastoral farming and his experiences in Natal.
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Edited by Louis HerrmanVolume:I-17 (1936)Print Status:Out of print (Softbound reprint and eBook available)Isaac’s journal is one of the first reports of a European on Natal and the kingdom of the Zulus. The first volume begins in 1825 when Isaacs went to Natal for the first time. The major portion of the text consists of a detailed description of Shaka, his society and culture. In 1830 Isaacs returned to Natal when Dingaan reigned...
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Edited by Louis HerrmanVolume:I-16 (1935)Print Status:Out of print (Softbound reprint and eBook available)Isaacs' journal is one of the earliest European accounts of Natal and the Zulu kingdom. The first volume opens in 1825 when Isaacs first went to Natal. Most of the volume is devoted to an extended description of Shaka and his society and culture.
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By Clause Fuller; edited by prof. Leo FouchéVolume:I-13 (1932)Print Status:Out of printThis volume reconstructs Trigardt's journey into Natal, using his diary as the basis for this journey. It also records his comments about the people he encountered en route.
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Edited by Sir Geo. E. CoryVolume:I-7 (1926)Print Status:Out of print (Softbound reprint and eBook available)Owen produced one of the best-known descriptions of life in Dingaan's kraal, including an account of the Retief massacre, of which he was the only white witness. This was the first time that the diary had been published in its entirety, apart from the Bechuanaland portion 'which had been re-written to include the history but to exclude the theology'.
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A collection of various documents relating to the Cape and Natal (1695-1710). With a preface by C. Graham BothaVolume:I-5 (1922)Print Status:Out of print (Softbound reprint and eBook available)A collection of various documents relating to the Cape and Natal (1695-1710)
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