Manuscript notes and press-cuttings reporting the events of the war, organised chronologically; not an original memoir. The title page states 'commenced at Durban.' Originally in four volumes, but the second volume is missing.
Notes on the Boer War, 1899-1900
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- ReferenceGB 115 RCS/RCMS 198
- Dates of Creation1899-10-18-1900-04
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish .
- Physical Description3 volume(s) paper
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
T.O. Fraser's background is not known.
Access Information
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Acquisition Information
Purchased for 21s. from Chinn in 1949.
Note
Includes index.
Other Finding Aids
MSS 5
Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 114.
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Alternative Form Available
Available on microfilm: Reel 10.
Bibliography
The material has been microfilmed, and is listed in: 'Africa through western eyes, parts 1 & 2: original manuscripts from the Royal Commonwealth Society Library at Cambridge University Library - a listing and guide to the microfilm collection' (2000), Adam Matthew Publications Ltd.
Additional Information
This collection level description was created by MJC using information from Donald Simpson's R.C.S. catalogue.
Fraser, T O, fl 1900