Images and letters relating to the Kuruman Printing Press

Black and white photographs and letters giving information about the old printing press used at the London Missionary Society Kuruman Mission Station by Robert Moffat and William Ashton (later held in the Kimberley Public Library, South Africa). Two of the letters are from the Librarian of Kimberley...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Home/Livingstone Pictures/Box 2
Date(s) of creation: 1934-1964
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.01.09.04.20
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Home/Livingstone Pictures/Box 2
callnumber CWM/LMS/01/09/04/20
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/01/09/04/20
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/01/09/04/20
prefix_number 20
title Images and letters relating to the Kuruman Printing Press
scb_date_creation 1934-1964
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 3 photographs, 3 letters
format Archive
scb_admin_history The printing press is said to have been presented to Robert Moffat by Rev John Phillips and was taken by Moffat to Kuruman in 1831, but was used by Moffat elsewhere before 1830. It was located in 1914 in an outhouse at the Kuruman mission station and was taken to Kimberley in 1916. It was constructed from hand-wrought iron parts
description Black and white photographs and letters giving information about the old printing press used at the London Missionary Society Kuruman Mission Station by Robert Moffat and William Ashton (later held in the Kimberley Public Library, South Africa). Two of the letters are from the Librarian of Kimberley Public Library, 17 March 1934, and 3 March 1964, with an additional note from Jim [Hardyman], 9 March 1964. A technical description of the press compiled by S. C. Kruger, Manager, Printing Department, Diamond Fields Advertiser, is attached to the letter of 3 March 1964.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number 20
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0001.0009.0004.0020