Hout Bay Library

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Afr. t. 52
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1996-1997
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 1 folder, 3 posters

Scope and Content

Three posters and a folder of leaflets, booklets, magazines and press reports mostly relating to the community library at Imizamu Yethu, Hout Bay, Cape Town, 1996-1997.

Administrative / Biographical History

Hout Bay Public Library, Cape Town, South Africa, was originally planned and run as a library/community centre by Margaret Mc. L. Thomas. After her death, the library building was bequeathed to the community specifically for library use and opened as the Thomas Library in 1964. A new building was completed in 1989 to cope with increasing demand.

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Note

Collection level description created by Paul Davidson, Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House.

Other Finding Aids

The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.

Conditions Governing Use

No reproduction or publication of papers without permission. Contact the library in the first instance.