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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Dutch
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Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Africa
South 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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Vaincre ou mourir, la guerre au Transvaal : photographies prises sur le champ de bataille

SU: Stellenbosch University French

French pamphlet depicting the Anglo-Boer War.

Shall we destroy the Transvaal Republic and cause civil war in South Africa

SU: Stellenbosch University English

The Transvaal Committee urges fellow-countrymen to hold meetings and to protest against the British people who threaten to destroy the Republic of South Africa in order that they may annex …

Lief en leed : 'n verhaal van huis- en kamplewe gedurende die Anglo-Boere Oorlog, van 1899 tot 1902

SU: Stellenbosch University Afrikaans

Afrikaans pamphlet on the Afrikaners' personal narratives about their lives during the Anglo-Boer War.

Een paar bladzijden uit de geschiedenis van Zuid-Afrika

SU: Stellenbosch University Dutch

Short history of South Africa up to the Jameson Raid.

Hebben de Boeren de zwarten in Zuid-Afrika uitgeroeid?

SU: Stellenbosch University Dutch

Response in Dutch, to a letter published in a Belgian newspaper on the question of Boer atrocities against the black population.

The true causes and the false excuses for the war in South Africa

SU: Stellenbosch University English

Pamphlet on the true causes and false excuses for the Anglo-Boer War.

The race conflict in South Africa

SU: Stellenbosch University English

An enquiry into the general question of native education by F.S. Tatham, member of the Natal Legislative Assembly.

Nederlandsche belangen in Zuid-Afrika gediend door de hoogescholen hier te lande

SU: Stellenbosch University Dutch

The Dutch author encourages the pursuit of higher learning by South Africans in the Netherlands. In this way the Dutch language will become better established in South Africa.

P. Kruger intime

SU: Stellenbosch University French

Pilgrimage to Lourdes, South Africa

SU: Stellenbosch University English

Dr. William Kufal's contributions to an inquiry into the native problem at Lourdes, South Africa, November 1894.