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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https://digital.lib.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.2/2124
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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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Dutch
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Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Note
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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Boer portraits : paintings and drawings from life

SU: Stellenbosch University · 1 July 1909

Pamphlet on historic Boer portraits, painted and drawn from life.

Colonial reports - annual, no. 627 : Swaziland

SU: Stellenbosch University · 1909 English

Report on Swaziland for the year 1908-9, presented to both Houses of Parliament.

The Boer prisoners at Bermuda : envelope addressed to G. Langman containing various documents

SU: Stellenbosch University · 1909 English

1 envelope + (various loose leaves). Contents: The Bermuda Colonist, January 8, 1902. The Royal Gazette, Bermuda Commercial & General Advertiser and Recorder, February 11, 1902. The Boer prisoners in …

Daar zijn de Boeren!! of Eerlijk duurt het langst : klucht in een bedrijf

SU: Stellenbosch University · 1908 Dutch

Dutch drama on the Anglo-Boer War.

Duitschland en Engeland

SU: Stellenbosch University · 1908 Dutch

Dutch pamphlet describing the attitude of Germany and England towards the Z.A.R.

Programme of the Haydn festival

SU: Stellenbosch University · 1907 English

Programme of the Haydn festival held in the Conservatorium Hall, Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15, 1907, in aid of the funds for the Stellenbosch Musical Society.

Zuid-Afrika

SU: Stellenbosch University · 1907 Dutch

Map and information on trade and commerce in South Africa, 1907, including statistics.

Stamverwante belangen voor Noord- en Zuid-Nederland in Zuid-Afrika

SU: Stellenbosch University · 28 August 1906 Dutch

A plea was made for language and economic freedom for the South African nation, at a Dutch language and literary Congress in Brussel on 28 August 1906.

The Witwatersrand gold mines and responsible government

SU: Stellenbosch University · 20 August 1906 English

The peril in Natal

SU: Stellenbosch University · 1906 English