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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Een nieuw rapport van Generaal J.C. Smuts, Staats-procureur en assistent commandant generaal der Z.A. republiek, aan Z.H.Ed. Staats-president Kruger

SU: Stellenbosch University Dutch

Dutch pamphlet containing two documents: A letter from president M.T. Steyn to Lord Kitchener (15 August 1901) as well as a report about the war from general J.C. Smuts to …

Twee hoofdstukken uit Froude’s Oceana

SU: Stellenbosch University Dutch

Reprinted from: 'Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis'.

Een Afrikaanse dissertatie

SU: Stellenbosch University Dutch

Hesseling defends his theory on the influence of Malay Portuguese on Afrikaans against the theory of D.B. Bosman.

Die Auswanderer des Transvaal : Roman

SU: Stellenbosch University

German adventure novel set in Southern Africa.

Dum Dums der publieke opinie : een honderdtal caricaturen op den Transvaalsch-Engelschen oorlog, uit de voornaamste binnen- en buitenlandsche tijdschriften, …

SU: Stellenbosch University

Dutch cartoons on the Anglo-Boer War.

The new war in South Africa and how it is being carried on

SU: Stellenbosch University English

Letter about the new war in South Africa and how it is being carried on, written by an officer in the field.

De aanleiding tot den oorlog tusschen Engeland en Boere Republieken : samenspraak tusschen 7 personen ten dienste der Christelijke Jongelingsvereeniging

SU: Stellenbosch University Dutch

Dutch drama on the causes of the war.

La convention de Geneve et les ambulances des societes de la Croix-Rouge

SU: Stellenbosch University French

Pamphlet on the Geneva Convention and the ambulances of the Red Cross.

Contract tusschen de regeering der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek en de Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij voor den aanleg en de exploitatie van een …

SU: Stellenbosch University Dutch

Dutch contracts between the Z.A.R. and the N.Z.A.S.M. concerning a tram-line and telegraph service for the Witwatersrand as well as the mining of the Boksburg coal field.

Prisonnier des Boers

SU: Stellenbosch University French