Special Collections: Manuscripts and Archives Finding Aid - Harold Cressy Papers (BC1597) Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.4.1 Printed: February 26, 2021 Language of description: English Special Collections: Manuscripts and Archives University Avenue, Upper Campus Western Cape South Africa Telephone: +27216507014 Email: [email protected] https://izolo.uct.ac.za/index.php/za-uct-za-uct-bc1597 Harold Cressy Papers Table of contents Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 7 Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Notes ................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Access points ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Collection holdings .......................................................................................................................................... 9 BC1597_A, Biography of Harold Cressy (1889-1916) ............................................................................... 9 BC1597_A_A1, Zonnebloem College celebration service proceedings (1858-2008) ............................... 9 BC1597_A_A2, Letter from P.S. Duffert to Mrs Abdurahman (25 October, 1907) ............................... 10 BC1597_A_A3, Letter by Abdullah Abdurahman entitled South African Union and the coloured races (19 May, 1909) ............................................................................................................................................... 10 BC1597_A_A4, Letter by Abdullah Abdurahman entitled Dr Abdurahman’s second letter (10 July, 1909) ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 BC1597_A_A5, Handwritten letter from Harold Cressy about a new site for the Trafalgar Public School (7 August, 1915) ...................................................................................................................................... 11 BC1597_A_A6, Letter from Geof Beukes to Mrs Abdurahman (11 May, 1930) ................................... 11 BC1597_A_A7, Letter from Mohamed Adhikari to the Harold Cressy Senior Secondary School expressing his intent to write a biography of Harold Cressy (20 July, 2000) ......................................... 11 BC1597_A_A8, Letter from Victor Ritchie to Mohamed Adhikari about the renaming of the Humanities Graduate School Building in honour of Harold Cressy (6 November, 2000) ......................................... 11 BC1597_A_A9, Article from Cape Slavery iBlog entitled Harold Cressy: Pioneer coloured educationist cut down in his prime (8 February, 2009) .............................................................................................. 12 BC1597_A_A10, Article on the policies and events that have shaped the history of Harold Cressy High School by Victor J. Ritchie (23 September, 2010) ................................................................................. 12 BC1597_A_A11, Grade 8 Notes and exercises on Harold Cressy ......................................................... 12 BC1597_A_A12, Harold Cressy High School prospectus ...................................................................... 13 BC1597_A_A13, Speech about Harold Cressy ....................................................................................... 13 BC1597_A_A14, Untitled document of Harold Cressy’s historical milestones ..................................... 13 BC1597_A_A15, The life and times of Harold Cressy ,Tatler (14 June, 2012) ..................................... 13 BC1597_B, Cressy as member of African Political Organisation (APO) ................................................. 13 BC1597_B_B1, Reference cards on Harold Cressy ................................................................................ 14 BC1597_B_B1_B1.1, Harold Cressy Refs ........................................................................................... 14 BC1597_B_B1_B1.2, Cressy-Ideas ....................................................................................................... 14 BC1597_B_B1_B1.3, Cressy’s concerns as editor ............................................................................... 14 Special Collections: Manuscripts and Archives Page 2 Harold Cressy Papers BC1597_B_B1_B1.4, Cressy (1910) .................................................................................................... 15 BC1597_B_B1_B1.5, Influence of Du Bois (1910) ............................................................................. 15 BC1597_B_B1_B1.6, Influence of Booker T Washington (1910) ....................................................... 15 BC1597_B_B1_B1.7, Cressy Lecture announcement (1911) ............................................................... 15 BC1597_B_B1_B1.8, Abdurahman on Cressy’s lecture (1911) .......................................................... 16 BC1597_B_B1_B1.9, Cressy as member of APO branch I (1911) ...................................................... 16 BC1597_B_B1_B1.10, Cressy as member of APO branch II (1911) .................................................. 16 BC1597_B_B1_B1.11, Cressy as member of APO Branch (1911-1914) ............................................ 16 BC1597_B_B1_B1.12, Cressy’s marriage (1912) ................................................................................ 17 BC1597_B_B1_B1.13, Cressy biographical (1912-1914) .................................................................... 17 BC1597_B_B1_B1.14, Cressy Biographical (1913-1915) ................................................................... 17 BC1597_B_B1_B1.15, Cressy and Trafs (1913-1918) ........................................................................ 17 BC1597_B_B1_B1.16, Cressy’s illness (1916) .................................................................................... 18 BC1597_B_B1_B1.17, Cressy post mortem (1919) ............................................................................. 18 BC1597_B_B1_B1.18, Trafalgar (1923) .............................................................................................. 18 BC1597_B_B1_B1.19, Cressy biographical (1934) ............................................................................. 18 BC1597_B_B1_B1.20, Cressy (1962) .................................................................................................. 19 BC1597_B_B2, African Political Organisation (APO) branch newspaper clippings (1911-1923) ......... 19 BC1597_B_B2_B2.1, APO 11 February, 1911 .................................................................................... 19 BC1597_B_B2_B2.2, APO 25 March, 1911 ........................................................................................ 19 BC1597_B_B2_B2.3, APO 15 July, 1911 ............................................................................................ 20 BC1597_B_B2_B2.4, APO 29 July, 1911 Sweating of our coloured teachers .................................... 20 BC1597_B_B2_B2.5, APO 29 July, 1911 The necessity of Education ............................................... 20 BC1597_B_B2_B2.6, APO 12 August, 1911 ....................................................................................... 20 BC1597_B_B2_B2.7, APO 09 September, 1911 ................................................................................. 20 BC1597_B_B2_B2.8, APO 16 December, 1911 .................................................................................. 21 BC1597_B_B2_B2.9, APO 10 August, 1912 ....................................................................................... 21 BC1597_B_B2_B2.10, APO 08 February, 1913 .................................................................................. 21 BC1597_B_B2_B2.11, APO 2 May, 1914 ........................................................................................... 21 BC1597_B_B2_B2.12, APO 26 June, 1920 ......................................................................................... 22 BC1597_B_B2_B2.13, APO 24 July, 1920 .......................................................................................... 22 BC1597_B_B2_B2.14, APO 07 October, 1922 .................................................................................... 22 BC1597_B_B2_B2.15, APO 22 December, 1923 ................................................................................ 22 BC1597_B_B3, APO Vol I No 1 journal cover (24 May, 1909) ............................................................ 22 BC1597_B_B4, APO Vol II No 45 journal cover (11 February, 1911) ................................................. 23 BC1597_C, Photographs ............................................................................................................................. 23 BC1597_C_C1, Photograph of Harold Cressy, undated ......................................................................... 23 BC1597_C_C2, Photograph of Mr Moller of Keimoes with his son and daughter, undated .................. 23 Special Collections: Manuscripts