Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd. Collection
Item set
- Description
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The Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd. Collection is one of the most substantial corporate gifts ever received by the Cory Library. Donated in 1976, this vast archive documents the history of the company, which was founded in 1887.
The collection is a critical resource for researching the "Randlords," the industrialisation of South Africa, and the development of the Witwatersrand gold mines, including the extensive photographic records that capture the transition of South Africa from an agrarian society to a global mining powerhouse. - Language
- English
- Subject
- Industrial History
- Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd.
- Labour & Social History
- Mines and Mining -- South Africa
- Temporal Coverage
- 1836 – 1975 (Bulk: 1887 – 1960)
- Spatial Coverage
- Witwatersrand (Johannesburg)
Items
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Photograph entitled "Maxim gun: Rebel" showing a man (presumably one of the rebels) with a Maxim gun, a recoil-operated machine gun, in the foreground -
Photograph entitled "Mutual Buildings Johannesburg - Showing shops boarded up" showing people in a Johannesburg street in front of a building housing, among others, the offices of the Johannesburg Times. -
Photograph entitled "Officers of the Reform Committee" showing a large group of people in front of the offices of Charles Leonard, Attorney at Law, who was the leaders of the Uitlanders. Below the photograph are the words "Consolidated Gold Fields". -
Photograph entitled "Officers, Australian" showing a group of Australian officers, some of whom are on horseback -
Photograph entitled "Parade" showing a large group of men, many armed with rifles, lined up to march on a large field beside some buildings. -
Photograph entitled "Police" showing a group of policemen marching down a street. They are in plain clothes and are wearing white bands printed with the word "Police" around their left arms. -
Photograph entitled "Pretoria" showing a group of men, mostly armed, and some on horseback gathering a Pretoria street in front of the Civiele Commissaris, Pretoria. There are a few women in the foreground. -
Photograph entitled "Pretoria" showing a group of men, some armed and some on horseback, on a Pretoria street. -
Photograph entitled "Raadzaal, Pretoria" showing several people and a wagon in the road in front of the Raadzaal in Pretoria. -
Photograph entitled "Rand Club, Johannesburg: Sir Jacobus de Wet addressing the crowd" showing a large group of people in front of, and on the balcony of, the Rand Club in Johannesburg -
Photograph entitled "Rebel camp" showing a group of men marching across an open field. -
Photograph entitled "Rebel camp" showing a group of armed men in the rebel camp. -
Photograph entitled "Rebel Outpost" showing a group of men at the Rebel Outpost -
Photograph entitled "Rebel outpost" showing a number of men behind a makeshift wall with several rifles leaning against it. -
Photograph entitled "Rebel: Maxim" showing two men (presumably two of the rebels) preparing to fire a Maxim gun, a recoil-operated machine gun -
Photograph entitled "Roll call" showing a group of armed men in a field lining up for roll call. -
Photograph entitled "Scotch Brigade" showing a large group congregating in front of the Rosenberg buildings in Johannesburg. -
Photograph entitled "The Offices of the Reform Committee" showing a large group of people in front of the offices of Charles Leonard, Attorney at Law, who was the leaders of the Uitlanders. -
Photograph entitled "Troop followers - Village Main Reef Camp" showing a group of men in a mining camp containing tents and a wagon. -
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Photograph entitled "View from Ecksteins" showing a view of the offices of Charles Leonard, Attorney at Law, who was the leaders of the Uitlanders. -
Photograph entitled "Village Main Reef Camp" showing a group of men in a mining camp containing tents. -
Photograph entitled "Volunteers going out to camp" showing a large group of men marching down a street (presumably men who were volunteering to fight). -
Photograph entitled "Waiting for the worst news" showing a large group of people in front of the offices of Charles Leonard, Attorney at Law (leader of the Johannesburg Uitlanders in December 1895). -
Photograph entitled "Women and children flee in cattle trucks" showing a number of women and children on a train ; there are three men in the foreground.