The Memory of the World Register
Nominated Documentary Heritage

 
South Africa 
The Bleek Collection
 
 

 
 
Notebook of WHI Bleek, recording / Xam narrative, with English translation

 
 
Notebook of Lucy Lloyd, recording / Xam narrative, with English translation

 
 
Notebook of Lucy Lloyd, recording / Xam narrative, with English translation

 
 
Notebook of Dorothea Bleek

 
 
Photograph of Dr WHI Bleek

 
 
Photograph of Lucy Lloyd (on the occasion of her receiving an honorary Doctorate from the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1912)

 
 
Discharge certificate of Jan Roundebout from the Breakwater Prison, 1874. He was one of the ?Xam informants who helped Bleek and Lloyd

 
 
Photograph used in Specimens of Bushmen folklore by WHI Bleek and Lucy Lloyd

 
 
2 Notebooks of Lucy Lloyd

 
 
'Bushman Article and Proof, 1869' - first page of first draft, by WHI Bleek. SAL: MSC 57,2 (12)

 
 
'Mythology, Fables, Legends and Poetry: I. The Mantis' - printer's draft by Lucy Lloyd. SAL: MSB 294,1 (4)

 
 
'XI.44 / a ! kunta' (also known as Klaas Stoffel) - ' ... a youth who came from a part of the country in or near the Strontbergen. He was with Dr Bleek at Mowbray from August 29th, 1870, to October 15th, 1873.' He contributed two pieces which were published in: 'Specimens of Bushman folklore' (1911). SAL: INIL 14141 

 
 
Verso of 12 - annotation by WHI Bleek

 
 
Photo by WH Hermann, Cape Town, c 1874 - #kasin (or Klaas Katkop) with his wife !kweiten ta //ken (or Griet), sister of Dia ! kwain (or David Hoesar), and two of their four children. They lived in Bleek's garden at Mowbray from 13.6.1874 to 13.1.1975, and !kweiten ta //ken contributed three pieces to 'Specimens of Bushman folklore'. SAL: Hermann album
Verso of 15 - annotation by Dorothea Bleek