J.J.R. Smythe: Correspondence and papers re engineering in South Africa 1889-1929

Scope and Content

Correspondence and papers, including memoirs of life and work in South Africa
Index
ALFORD, SAMUEL. Patent agreement (1903) Add.9504/B/1
ANDERSSON, CHARLES LLEWELLYN. Patent agreement (1903) Add.9504/B/1
ANGOLA. Benguela-Katanga Railway. Photographs (c.1901) Add.9504/H/1-15
BENGUELA-KATANGA RAILWAY. Photographs (c.1901); newspaper cuttings (c.1901) Add.9504/H/1-15, Add.9504/H/16-18
BETTINGTON MILL (South Africa). Three joined photographs (n.d.) Add.9504/H/19
JOHNSON MATTHEY & CO. Letter to J.J.R. Smythe and Certificates of Assay (1931) Add.9504/F/5-7
KING, C.W. McKELVIE. Correspondence with J.J.R. Smythe (1931) Add.9504/F/2-4
LUMHOESS(?) KLARF BRICK SYNDICATE'S YARD, CAPETOWN. Photograph of brickworks and workmen (n.d.) Add.9504/H/20-23
MUIZENBERG (South Africa). Photograph of Farmer Peck's Hotel (n.d.) Add.9504/H/24-5
PINNER, MAGDALENE. Letter to J.J.R. Smythe (1931) Add.9504/G/4
SILATI RIVER GOLD MINING AND PROSPECTING CO. (South Africa). Photographs of buildings and workmen 1893 (?) Add.9504/H/26-7
SMYTHE, JOHN JAMES ROBERT. Correspondence and papers about engineering in South Africa (1889-1929) Add.9504
SOUTH AFRICA. Photographs of Bettington Mill; Lumhoess(?) Klarf Brick Syndicate's Yard, Capetown; Farmer Peck's Hotel, Muizenberg; Silati River Gold Mining and Prospecting Co. Add.9504/H/19-27
SYDNEY BILBROUGH & CO. (Johannesburg) Certificate of Gold Assay (1931) Add.9504/F/1

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