The Frontier Collections
Item set
- Title
- The Frontier Collections
- Description
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The Frontier Collections are a curated collection of archival materials that document the turbulent and formative era of the Eastern Cape frontier. Spanning the late 18th to the early 20th century, these collections provide a multi-perspective view of the Frontier Wars (Xhosa Wars), the establishment of colonial administration, and the subsequent growth of settler infrastructure.
The collection is particularly noted for its focus on the "Frontier Country"—the region surrounding Makhanda (Grahamstown)—detailing the interplay between British settlers, Boer trekkers, and the Xhosa kingdoms. - Language
- English
- isiXhosa
- Type
- Collection
- Subject
- Frontier Wars
- 1820 Settlers
- Military History
- Colonial Architecture
- Xhosa History
- Urban Development
- Spatial Coverage
- Eastern Cape, South Africa (formerly the Cape Colony frontier)
- Temporal Coverage
- c. 1779 – 1910
- Format
- Manuscripts
- Lantern slides
- Cartographic materials
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Plan of the division of East London, British Kaffraria, taken from general plans framed by D. Macdonald, A. E. Murray, E.T. Cooper, H.E.R. Bright, J.X. Merriman, J. Powell, E. Griffiths, W.D. Dumbleton, C. Watermeyer, H. Bryant, Lieutenant Colley, C.A. Smith and C.J. Gray, Government Surveyors; Compiled by C. Neumann Thomas, Surveyor General's Office, Cape Town, 1867. Scale 1" = 4000 Cape Roods. 1 sheet 30" x 72". Showing Field Cornetcy areas and Leased Lots. -
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Plan shewing military defences of King Williams Town; [by] Geo. Newey. -
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The note on the back reads: “Henry Pedlar (1784-1866) Britse Setlaar van 1820. Woon distrik Fort Beaufort.” -
A sepia-toned group portrait of postal workers standing in front of the Grahamstown Post Office. The building features four prominent windows with decorative pediments on the upper floor and a large, striped corrugated-iron awning (veranda) over the ground-floor entrance. A diverse group of men in period attire, likely including postmen and administrative staff, are posed for the photograph. -
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A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing children dressed up for a nativity play -
A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This press cutting relating to the Pathfinder award to be presented to Kecwere Raleru, an African boy, by Prince George, for showing bravery when he saved the lives of three people from a burning hut by dragging them out -
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A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a handwritten programme for Pathfinders and Wayfarer's concert at St Peters' Mission -
A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a handwritten programme for Pathfinders and Wayfarer's concert at St Peters' Mission -
Programme of the centenary celebrations in commemoration of the arrival of the 1820 British settlers of Albany, to be held at Port Elizabeth on April 9th and at Grahamstown on April 11th 1921 : containing a descriptive guide to the motor route through the Eastern Province to be travelled by Major-General H R H Price Arthur of Connaught ..., Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, accompanied by H R H Princess Arthur of Connaught, at the close of the celebrations.