WJ Leyds Collection

WJ Leyds Collection

Stellenbosch University

Willem Johannes Leyds (1859-1940) was a Dutch official, diplomat and historian whose life and career had a significant impact on South African history, especially during the period of the Anglo-Boer War. He began his career in South Africa as State Attorney of the Transvaal Republic in 1884. He was appointed as State Secretary in 1888. Throughout his career Leyds was involved in foreign affairs and acted as an intermediary between the Transvaal and the Dutch government. During the war itself Leyds was also responsible for organising propaganda for the Boer cause abroad. The span of his career and the duties it included led to Leyds collecting a number of valuable books, newpapers, pamphlets and other documentation in his lifetime

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South Africa South Africa
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Items in this collection are subject to copyright protection. Reproduction of the content, or any part of it, other than for research, academic or non-commercial use is prohibited without prior consent from the copyright holder. Copyright Stellenbosch University
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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The pamphlets, mainly published in Europe, deal with the Anglo-Boer war, but also the periods preceding and after the war. Many items reflect European sympathy with the Boer cause
A part of his collection was donated to Stellenbosch University in 1920, including his valuable pamphlet collection which is represented in this digital collection
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Who was right : the annual sermon on our cowardly war

SU: Stellenbosch University · 22 December 1901 English

Sermon on 'Our cowardly war', preached on Peace Sunday, December 22nd, 1901, by Charles Frederic Aked, Minister of Pembroke Chapel, Liverpool.

Een afscheids woord van Commandant F.-S. Allemann aan zijne broeders en burgers te Oorlogs fonteyn, district van Rhijnsdorp, Kaap Kolonie, …

SU: Stellenbosch University · 22 December 1901 Dutch

Commander F.-S. Allemann bids farewell to his troops and fellow countrymen.

Briefwechsel zwischen dem Bischof von Rochester und dem Herausgeber der Christlichen Welt, Prof. Dr. Rade in Marburg, sowie der Artikel …

SU: Stellenbosch University · 17 December 1901

Correspondence between the Bishop of Rochester and dr. Rade in Marburg about the Anglo-Boer War, including an anonymous article entitled: 'Voice from South Africa.'

Audiatur et altera pars!

SU: Stellenbosch University · 19 November 1901 French

French pamphlet on the Anglo-Boer War.

A plea on behalf of equity and truth

SU: Stellenbosch University · 3 November 1901 English

Sermon on Ps. 126:3, preached by Rev. Dr. Philippus Jacobus Hoedemaker on the 3rd of November 1901, in the English churches of Flushing and Middelburg. Profits from the sale of …

To the English people

SU: Stellenbosch University · 10 October 1901 English

Programma van sports te Deadwoodkamp St. Helena

SU: Stellenbosch University · 1 October 1901

Programme of a sporting event for prisoners of war held at Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.

De depecherijder van De Wet

SU: Stellenbosch University · 1 August 1901 Dutch

Dutch poetry on the Anglo-Boer War.

Aan de getrouwe Afrikaners!

SU: Stellenbosch University · 1 June 1901 Dutch

Peter Walters encourages Afrikaners not to negotiate with England with regards to peace.

De Onderhandelingen van Lord Kitchener en Louis Botha, zooals de commandant-generaal Louis Botha mij deze gebeurtenis verteld heeft

SU: Stellenbosch University · 29 May 1901 Dutch

Dutch newspaper article on peace negotiations between Lord Kitchener and Louis Botha in February 1901.