Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1966 (Creation)
- 1899 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
3 items
Scope and content
Manuscript letter written in Afrikaans by Boer soldier A J Tapper to the Boethma family, Groenfontein, 7 Nov 1899, detailing Boer attitudes and expectations during the Siege of Ladysmith, Second Boer War, South Africa, with English translation of letter supervised by Brig William Francis Kynaston Thompson, 1966, and correspondence between Thompson and former holder of the letter Mrs L K Dodderidge, widow of Sgt Dodderidge, 1966
General Information
Repository
Custodial history
Letter was presented to the Library, King's College London, by the family via Brig William Francis Kynaston Thompson and Professor Michael Howard, Department of War Studies, King's College London, 1966
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, via the Archives.
Language of material
- Afrikaans
- English
Script of material
Finding aids
This collection level description.
Note
Compiled Oct 1999
Alternative identifier(s)
People and Organisations
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.