Janus: Notes on the Boer War, 1899-1900

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RCMS 19	Papers of A.J. Siggins
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RCMS 192	Banso report, 1933-1934
RCMS 193	South African correspondence of James Dick
RCMS 194	Policies towards white labour on the South African railways, 1910 to 1935
RCMS 198	Notes on the Boer War, 1899-1900
RCMS 199	The Alexander Hepple Collection
RCMS 20	Tymms collection on civil aviation
RCMS 200	Bob Le Sueur in East and Southern Africa
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Notes on the Boer War, 1899-1900

Title	Notes on the Boer War, 1899-1900
Reference	GBR/0115/RCMS 198 (former reference: MSS 5)
Creator	Fraser, T O, fl 1900
Covering Dates	18 Oct. 1899-Apr. 1900
Extent and Medium	3 volumes; paper; Mixed scripts
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

T.O. Fraser's background is not known.

Manuscript notes and press-cuttings reporting the events of the war, organised chronologically; not an original memoir. The title page states 'commenced at Durban.' Originally in four volumes, but the second volume is missing.

Purchased for 21s. from Chinn in 1949.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Notes on the Boer War, 1899-1900, RCMS 198

Further information

The material has been microfilmed, and is listed in: 'Africa through western eyes, parts 1 & 2: original manuscripts from the Royal Commonwealth Society Library at Cambridge University Library - a listing and guide to the microfilm collection' (2000), Adam Matthew Publications Ltd.

Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 114. Indexed

This collection level description was created by MJC using information from Donald Simpson's R.C.S. catalogue.

Available on microfilm: Reel 10.

Index Terms

Africa

South Africa

Fraser, T O (fl 1900)

RCS/RCMS 198 contains:

Notes on the Boer War, 1899-1900. Circa 135 pages of manuscript notes and press-cuttings.
1 volume; paper; Mixed scripts.

18 Oct. 1899-Nov. 1899

Notes on the Boer War, 1899-1900. Circa 135 pages of manuscript notes and press-cuttings.
1 volume; paper; Front cover missing, title page detached, and some loose press-cuttings.; Mixed scripts.

16 Dec. 1899-Feb. 1900

Notes on the Boer War, 1899-1900. Circa 135 pages of manuscript notes and press-cuttings.
1 volume; paper; Some loose press-cuttings.; Mixed scripts.

19 Feb. 1900-Apr. 1900