Newscuttings on Royal Visit to South Africa, 1947

This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library

  • Reference
    • GB 115 RCS/RCMS 335
  • Dates of Creation
    • 2004
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 archive box(es) 1 box paper

Scope and Content

Photocopies of articles regarding the Royal Tour of 1947 taken from editions of four South African newspapers.

Administrative / Biographical History

King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret visited the Union of South Africa during February-April 1947.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Photocopied by the cataloguer on 2 April 2004.

Note

Includes index.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Location of Originals

Due to their fragile nature the original newspapers were not retained.

Additional Information

This collection level description was created by RAS.

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