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Mss Eur F252/75
- Record Id:
- 040-002291295
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002291215
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001001.0x0000ec
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F252/75
- Title:
- South Africa 1967-68
- Scope & Content:
-
Diary includes:
- Folio 1 recto: photograph of a zebra, near Cape Point
- Folio 1 recto: colour photograph of a Protea flowering plant
- Folio 1 verso: photograph of part of the Twelve Apostles mountain range, from Camp Bay
- Folio 2 verso: photograph of Cissus juttae plants, Karoo Gardens, Worcester, South Africa
- Folio 2a: Shell Road Map of the Western Cape Province, scale 10 miles = 3cm, showing a street plan of Cape Town on the reverse (actual size 29cm x 40cm) [loose item]
- Folio 2b: tour itinerary of Sir Harry and Lady Champion for the period 17th October 1967 to 19th January 1968 [loose item]
- Folio 3 verso: photograph of an exterior view of Saasveld Forest College
- Folio 5 verso: photograph of the ship ms. Serooskerk
- Folio 6 verso: colour photograph of a single storey round building with the description ‘Rondavel Guest Room,’ at Kingscliffe Farm
- Folio 7 verso: colour photograph of the Table Mountain and Lions Head mountain, taken from the ship ss. City of York
- Folio 8 verso: colour photograph showing an example of the plant species Protea cynaroides (Somerset West, South Africa)
- Folio 9 verso: colour photograph of No.2 Juliana Court, Somerset West, South Africa
- Folio 11 verso: colour photograph of the plant species Protea grandiceps (Jonkershoek)
- Folio 13 verso: colour photograph of one of the old Camphor trees at the Vergelegan Estate, Somerset West, South Africa
- Folio 14 verso: photograph of 40 year old Radiata pine trees at Tokai Plantation, Cape Peninsula
- Folio 15 verso: photograph of Cape Point in fog
- Folio 16 verso: colour photograph at Jonkershoek with the ‘Kerfoots’ and ‘Walsh’ (4 persons)
- Folio 17 verso: colour photograph of 20 year old Radiata pines with Populus Canadensis species of tree (and showing the Jonkershoek Mountains in the background)
- Folio 18 verso: colour photograph of Lion’s Head mountain, from near Camp Bay
- Folio 19 verso: colour photograph of the Dutoitkloof mountains, 5,543ft.
- Folio 19a: untitled photograph showing a rock formation [loose item]
- Folio 20 verso: colour photograph showing an example of the plant species Aloe dichotama (dichotoma) at Karoo Gardens, Worcester, South Africa
- Folio 20 verso: colour photograph showing an example of the plant species Encephalartos cycadifolius (cycadifolium) at Kirstenbosch
- Folio 21 verso: colour photograph of a cable bridge at a picnic spot (Franschhoek)
- Folio 22 verso: photograph of 1965/66 plantation area at Franschhoek (24th October 1967)
- Folio 23 verso: colour photograph at Klinties Kraal Nursery near Wolsely showing boxes of 2 year old Radiata, Camphor and Poplar trees, and in the background, Witzenberg Mount
- Folio 24 verso: colour photograph of Mossel Bay, taken from the Post Office Tree and Canon
- Folio 25 verso: colour photograph of 1966 Murram grass planting (Jessie Point)
- Folio 26 verso: colour photograph of a view of Green House Café (Hermanus, South Africa)
- Folio 27 verso: colour photograph of Kasiman’s River near the Wilderness
- Folio 28 verso: colour photograph of the beach at Wilderness
- Folio 29 verso: colour photograph in the garden of Wilderness Hotel showing Pelargoniums in flower (1st November 1967)
- Folio 30 verso: colour photograph of the shore at Wilderness
- Folio 31 verso: colour photograph of Watsonia plants (Bergplass burnt area near Wilderness, 2nd November 1967)
- Folio 32 verso: photograph of geology at the foot of Swartberg Pass (4th November 1967)
- Folio 32 verso: photograph of ostriches at the ostrich farm, Oudthoorn (Oudtshoorn)
- Folio 33 verso: colour photograph of the ‘Organ Pipes’ formation at the Cango Caves
- Folio 35 recto: colour photograph of wheat fields in Oudthorn (Oudtshoorn) District, from Swartberg, 4th November 1967
- Folio 35 verso: photograph of Podocarpus falcatus species of tree at Grootrivier Pass (7th November 1967)
- Folio 35 verso: colour photograph of the Leisure Isle Hotel and its lawn
- Folio 36 verso: colour photograph of Knysna Harbour entrance
- Folio 36 verso: colour photograph of sea and rocks, viewed from the Beacon Island Hotel at Plattenberg (8th November 1967)
- Folio 37 verso: photograph of Eucalypts at Brackenhill Falls near Knysna (9th November 1967)
- Folio 38 verso: colour photograph of the entrance to Knysna Harbour
- Folio 39 verso: colour photograph of the Paul Sauer Bridge over Storm River (13th November 1967)
- Folio 40 verso: photograph of Arum lilies at Hogsback (15th November 1967)
- Folio 42 verso: colour photograph at Hogsback, near ‘K.W.T.,’ showing ‘Fenn,’ ‘Bower,’ Harry Champion, and ‘Young’ (15th November 1967)
- Folio 43 verso: colour photograph at the Watts home, Waterkloof, Pretoria, showing Harry Champion and two companions
- Folio 44 verso: photograph of a Baobab tree at the side of the Messina road from the town named Louis Trichardt
- Folio 44 verso: photograph showing tree remains after drought and old age
- Folio 45 verso: photograph of polished gneiss (a metamorphic rock), Tsaneen (Tzaneen)-Sabie road, 24th November 1967
- Folio 46 verso: colour photograph of Eucalyptus saligna species of tree, 176ft high, at Woodbush near Tsaneen (Tzaneen), 24th November 1967
- Folio 47 verso: colour photograph of the clearing of bad Pinus patula trees at 4000ft. to be replaced by Pinus taeda (Sterkspruit, near Louis Trichardt) (25th November 1967)
- Folio 48 verso: colour photograph of timber cable way at Entebeni, near Louis Trichardt
- Folio 48 verso: colour photograph of 6 year old Eucalyptus paniculata, Good Hope Plantation, Louis Trichardt (23rd November 1967)
- Folio 51 verso: colour photograph of the Macmac Falls waterfall, Sabie (27th November 1967)
- Folio 53 verso: colour photograph of an impala (antelope) at Kruger National Park
- Folio 54 verso: colour photograph of impalas (antelopes) at Kruger National Park
- Folio 55 verso: colour photograph of a giraffe in Kruger National Park
- Folio 56 verso: colour photograph of Pinus patula elite trees and “Mae Wests” at Tweefontein, Sabie (4th December 1967)
- Folio 57 verso: colour photograph of Spitzkop, viewed from Tweefontein (4th December 1967)
- Folio 58 verso: colour photograph of Brunfelsia in flower with Cannas plants in flower at the Steven’s garden, Piggs Peak, Swalild
- Folio 59 verso: colour photograph showing the Steven’s home, Piggs Peak, 8th December 1967
- Folio 60 verso: colour photograph of white rhinos at Mbabani Game Reserve (11th December 1967)
- Folio 61 verso: colour photograph of ostriches at Mbabani Game Reserve
- Folio 62 verso: photograph at Cathedral Peak showing the Bell and the Horns mountain peaks (14th December 1967)
- Folio 63 verso: photograph of residual Encephalartos ghellinckii at Cathedral Peak (14th December 1967)
- Folio 64 verso: colour photograph at Kingscliff Farm showing members of the Erskine family facing the camera (19th December 1967)
- Folio 65 verso: photograph of the cleft at Lager Farm, Mqaku (Mqeku) Valley (16th December 1967)
- Folio 66 verso: colour photograph on the Mqeku Scarp, Lager Farm (16th December 1967)
- Folio 67 verso: photograph of Sani Pass Hotel, as viewed from a distance (Christmas 1967)
- Folio 68 verso: colour photograph of a waterfall at Sani Pass Hotel
- Folio 69 verso: photograph of the jeep road up to Sani Pass into Lesotho
- Folio 70 verso: photograph of the Lesotho Scarp at Sani Pass
- Folio 77 verso: colour photograph of the ship mv. Serooskerke leaving Port Elizabeth (22nd January 1968)
- Folio 78 verso: colour photograph of the ship ss. City of York at Port Elizabeth
- Folio 79 verso: colour photograph at east London docks, showing Harry Champion and members of the Beauchamp family facing the camera (24th January 1968)
- Folio 80 verso: colour photograph of a dinghy at the Oceanarium, Port Elizabeth
- Folio 81 verso: colour photograph of a view from the ship ss. City of York leaving east London
- Folio 82 verso: colour photograph of a bouquet of Disa flowers on the ss. City of York at Cape Town
- Folio 82 verso: colour photograph of a bouquet of Proteas flowers on the ss. City of York at Cape Town
- Folio 83 verso: photograph of the Ellerman Lines ship T.S.M.V. City of York
- Folio 84 verso: colour photograph of transferring a patient by lifeboat
- Folio 85 verso: colour photograph of a dolphin at the Port Elizabeth Oceanarium
- Folio 86 verso: photograph of catchment No.2 at Cathedral Peak study with pyramid, column and cleft
- Folio 87 verso: colour photograph of a Susutu lady at Gondsaruit, on the Tsaneen-Sabie road
- Folio 88 recto: colour photograph of Oliver Kerfoot, Dora Parker, Noreen Kerfoot, Chrystal Champion and Mrs Schelpe at Lanzerac
- Folio 89 recto: colour photograph of Leisure Isle Hotel, Knysna
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002291215
036-002291216
040-002291295 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F252 : Papers of Sir Harry Champion, Indian Forest Service 1912-40; Professor of Forestry, Oxford 1940-59
Mss Eur F252/1-80 : Diaries
Mss Eur F252/75 : South Africa 1967-68 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002291215[0001]/036-002291216[0079]/040-002291295
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F252
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 volume and 86 photographs
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1967
- End Date:
- 1968
- Date Range:
- Sep 1967-Feb 1968
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliated: 89 folios
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)