Primary Sources test page
Cory Library aims to make available a number of primary sources. These original materials were authored as history happened, and often present new concepts, first report discoveries and results, or share new knowledge. Primary resesources are those accounts on which other research is based.
Many of our primary resources are selected as a result of queries by our library users.
Bird-lore of the eastern Cape Province by Robert Godfrey. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1941
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Kaffir Music by Nora and Charles Scully
William Charles Scully was born in Ireland in 1855, and came out to South Africa with his parents while still a boy. He found no diamonds in Kimberley or gold at Pilgrim’s Rest, but eventually made it into the civil service through his family connections. His Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer and Further Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer (both 1913) are still worth reading Read more.
Eadie Diary, Siege of Kimberley
David Eadie ‘left the Glascow Postal Department and was sent to South Africa as a telegraphist', starting with the General Post Office, South Africa in May 1885. As a member of the permanent Civil Service he did not remain in the Postal servicesRead more
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