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.
Dates
- Creation: 1996-1997
Extent
1 folder, 3 posters
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Afr. t. 52].
Shelfmark:
MSS. Afr. t. 52
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 2478
Biographical / Historical
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.
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were donated by Hout Bay Library in August 1997.
Subject
- Hout Bay Public Library | Cape Town (South Africa) (Organisation)
- Title
- Hout Bay Library
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Paul Davidson
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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