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Finding Aid - Arderne Family Miscellany (BC1471)

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Table of contents

Summary information ...... 3 Notes ...... 3 Collection holdings ...... 3 BC1471_A, Newsclippings and articles about the Arderne Gardens, Claremont (originally called The Hill Gardens) (1898-1927) ...... 3 BC1471_B, Ts by Beard, Herbert R: Ralph Henry Arderne (1945) ...... 4 BC1471_C, Abstracts from letters (1883 – 1884) ...... 4 BC1471_D, Album of 19th century Cape Town (1873) ...... 4 BC1471_E, Copy of letter (1901) ...... 5 BC1471_F, Letter (1904) ...... 5

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Summary information

Repository: University of Cape Town Libraries: Special Collections (Manuscripts and Archives) Title: Arderne Family Miscellany ID: BC1471 Date: 1873-1945 (date of creation) Physical description: 2 boxes

Notes

Title notes

Immediate source of acquisition Photocopied from the original documents lent to the University of Cape Town Libraries by a descendant of RH Arderne (1802-1885), through Lorna Ross-Thompson. Westlake, Cape Town.

Other notes • Publication status: Published

Collection holdings

Section: BC1471_A - Newsclippings and articles about the Arderne Gardens, Claremont (originally called The Hill Gardens) Title: Newsclippings and articles about the Arderne Gardens, Claremont (originally called The Hill Gardens) ID: BC1471_A Date: 1898-1927 (date of creation) Physical description: 1 file

Publication status: Published

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Section: BC1471_B - Ts by Beard, Herbert R: Ralph Henry Arderne Title: Ts by Beard, Herbert R: Ralph Henry Arderne ID: BC1471_B Date: 1945 (date of creation) Scope and content: Includes: Genealogical table Family tree of the Arderne family

Physical description: 1 item

Publication status: Published

Section: BC1471_C - Abstracts from letters Title: Abstracts from letters ID: BC1471_C Date: 1883 – 1884 (date of creation) Scope and content: On my travels. Abstracts from letters written by HM Arderne, published as a newspaper column. Includes travels through Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, North America, Russia

Physical description: 1 file

Publication status: Published

Section: BC1471_D - Album of 19th century Cape Town Title: Album of 19th century Cape Town ID: BC1471_D Date: 1873 (date of creation) Physical description: 1 album

Publication status: University of Cape Town Libraries: Special Collections (Manuscripts and Archives) Page 4 BC1471 Arderne Family Miscellany

Published

Section: BC1471_E - Copy of letter Title: Copy of letter ID: BC1471_E Date: 1901 (date of creation) Scope and content: Copy of letter from HM Arderne to his sister-in-law, Mrs Helen Moodie, 1901. Tells of activities related to visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York,

Physical description: 1 item

Publication status: Published

Section: BC1471_F - Letter Title: Letter ID: BC1471_F Date: 1904 (date of creation) Scope and content: Letter from Polhemus Lyon to “Dear Friend”, Cape Town, 1904, regarding a proposed rail trip from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.

Physical description: 1 item

Publication status: Published

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