The Africana Collections of the University of the Witwatersrand / by Reuben Musiker

By:

Musiker, Reuben

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Occasional Publications. No. 1 Publication details: Johannesburg : University of the Witwatersrand, 1976Description: 21 pages, illustrations; 21 cmISBN:

0-85494-419-2

Subject(s):

Information sciences | Africana collections; Literature; Archaeology; Anthropology | Gubbins, John Gaspard (1877-1935); Humphreys, James (1902-1969); Jeffreys, Mervyn David Waldegrave (1890-1975|)

DDC classification:

GEN 026.968 MUS

Summary: The purpose of this paper is to describe the scope and background of the University's three principal Africana Collections: Gubbins, Humphreys and Jeffreys. a brief vitae of the three principal collectors will be given, their collecting motives examined and an indication provided as to how their collections overlap with the University's other collections. Finally, the different collections are reviewed the perspective of the University's plans for the future.

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	Books	Namibia Scientific Society Library General Collection	Reference	GEN 026.968 MUS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan

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The purpose of this paper is to describe the scope and background of the University's three principal Africana Collections: Gubbins, Humphreys and Jeffreys. a brief vitae of the three principal collectors will be given, their collecting motives examined and an indication provided as to how their collections overlap with the University's other collections. Finally, the different collections are reviewed the perspective of the University's plans for the future.

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