FOUNDATIONS STRONG AND LASTING—HERSCHEL'S WORK IN EDUCATION AT THE CAPE

Manuscript Locations

• 25 – 64 . The relevant holdings of the four institutions in which important material relating to Herschel's educational activities is to be found, are as follows: South African Archives, Cape Town The Cape file copies of the documents comprising Dispatch No. 11 of 1838 from Sir George Napier, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, to Lord Glenelg, Colonial Secretary, i.e. Napier's covering letter of 6 March 1838 and the four enclosures, are located in the Government House papers, GH 23/112
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• 154 – 183 . Public Record Office, LondonThe Colonial Office copy of Dispatch No. 11 of 1838, together with drafts of Lord Glenelg's letters of 27 July 1838 to the British Treasury and of 22 December 1838 to Sir George Napier, are located in the Colonial Office papers CO 48/188
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• Royal Society Library, LondonMuch of Herschel's very extensive correspondence, some of which refers to his activities in support of education at the Cape after his return to Britain in 1838, is located in this library. A microfilm copy of this correspondence is housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division, Jagger Library, University of Cape Town
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• Sir John Herschel and Education at the Cape 1834–40 Cape Town : Oxford University Press . University of Cape Town LibraryThe University of Cape Town acquired by purchase in 1959 a substantial collection of manuscripts, many in Herschel's hand, dealing with his educational activities at the Cape during the period 1834–40. Originally sold by auction at Sotheby's in London in March 1958, this material is now housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division, Jagger Library, University of Cape Town. Much of this material was reprinted in 1961 by W.T. Ferguson and R.F.M. Immelman (Eds.) in
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• July 1833 . Anonymous 1833. A major review of Cousin's book appeared in The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal, L VII, No. 106 July , 505 – 542 .
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• Bell , J. 1837 . 28 – 33 . Enclosure No. 1, Dispatch No. 11 of 1838. PRO, London, CO 48/188, 159A-166 and Cape Archives, GH 23/12
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• Bell , J. 1839 . “ Reprinted in Ferguson and Immelman 1961 ” . Also published in Watermeyer 1863 35 – 40 . 64–67
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• Cook , W. 1838 . 66 – 67 . The original is in the University of Cape Town Library, BC 189/A1.7. It is reprinted in Ferguson and Immelman 1961
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• Cousin , V. 1834 . Report on the State of Public Instruction in Prussia London : Effingham Wilson .
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• Evans , D. S. , Deeming , T. J. , Evans , B. H. and Goldfarb , S. 1969 . Herschel at the Cape—Diaries & Correspondence of Sir John Herschel 1834–1838 Cape Town : Balkema .
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• Fairbairn , J. 1834a . The South African Commercial Advertiser Cape Town, 18 January 1834
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• Fairbairn , J. 1834b . The South African Commercial Advertiser Cape Town 16 February 1834
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• Fairbairn , J. 1837a . The South African Commercial Advertiser Cape Town 18 January 1837
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• Fairbairn , J. 1837b . The South African Commercial Advertiser Cape Town 5 April 1837
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• Fairbairn , J. 1838 . 86 – 87 . Enclosure No. 3, Dispatch No. 11 of 1838. Public Record Office, London, CO 48/188, 177–180 and Cape Archives, GH 23/12, 65–68. Reprinted in Malherbe 1976
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• Ferguson , W. T. and Immelman , R. F.M. 1961 . Sir John Herschel and Education at the Cape 1834–1840 Cape Town : Oxford University Press .
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• Glenelg , Lord. 1838a . 167 – 172 . Public Record Office, London; CO 48/188
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• Glenelg , Lord. 1838b . 173 – 176 . Public Record Office, London; CO 48/188
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• Herschel , J. F.W. 1836a . The South African Commercial Advertiser, 27 & 29 January, 1836 and the . Philosophical Magazine 1836 3rd Series , 8 : 432 – 438 . Reprinted in Ferguson & Immelman 1961, 40–51, from Herschel's draft, which is in the University of Cape Town Library, Herschel Correspondence, BC 189/A1.1
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• Herschel , J. F.W. 1836b . Ferguson & Immelman 1961, 52–58, from Herschel's draft, which is in the University of Cape Town Library, Herschel Correspondence, BC 189/A1.3
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• Herschel , J. F.W. 1838a . Enclosure No. 2, Dispatch No. 11 of 1838. Cape Archives, GH 23/12, 36–61; Public Record Office, London, CO 48/188, 177–180 (in printed form). Reprinted in Ferguson & Immelman 1961, 14–25, from Herschel's draft, which is in the University of Cape Town Library, Herschel Correspondence, BC 189/A1.4. Also reprinted in Bunbury, C. J. F. 1848 . Journal of a residence at the Cape of Good Hope; with Excursions into the Interior. , : 281 – 197 . London
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• Herschel , J. F.W. 1838b . Royal Society, London, Herschel Correspondence, Letter 21.26
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• Herschel , J. F.W. 1838c . London, CO : Public Record Office . 48/188. Reprinted in Ferguson & Immelman 1961, 27–34, from Herschel's draft, which is in the University of Cape Town Library, Herschel Correspondence, BC 189/1.2
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• Herschel , J. F.W. 1838–1840 . Herschel's correspondence relating to the recruitment of teachers in Britain during the period 1838–40 is located in the University of Cape Town Library, Herschel Correspondence, BC 189/A. 1.645 , Some of it is reprinted in Ferguson & Immelman 1961 59 – 70 .
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• Herschel , J. F.W. 1840a . 68 – 70 . University of Cape Town Library, Herschel Correspondence, BC 189/A1.29. Reprinted in Ferguson & Immelman 1961
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• Herschel , J. F.W. 1840b . Royal Society, London, Herschel Correspondence, Letter 22.95
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• Malherbe , E. G. 1976 . Education in South Africa, 1652–1922 Cape Town : Juta .
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• Napier , G. T. 1838 . 154 – 158 . Covering letter of Dispatch No. 11 of 1838. Cape Archives, GH 23/12. 25–27; Public Record Office, London, CO 48/188
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• Napier , G. T. 1840a . Royal Society, London; Herschel Correspondence, Letter 13.68
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• Napier , G. T. 1847 . Royal Society, London; Herschel Correspondence, Letter 13.71
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• Robinson , A. M. Lewin . 1962 . None dare to make us afraid—a study of English periodical literature in the Cape Colony in the period 1824–1835 Cape Town. Maskew Miller
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• Rose Innes , J. 1840a . 70 – 77 . University of Cape Town Library, Herschel Correspondence, BC 189/A1.20. Reprinted in Ferguson & Immelman 1961
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• Rose Innes , J. 1840b . Letter to Herschel, 23 July 1840. Royal Society, London; Herschel Correspondence, Letter 10.269
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• SESA (Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa). 1970–76. 12 vols Cape Town. Nasou
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• Watermeyer , E. B. 1863 . Report of a commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the Government educational system Cape Town : Saul Solomon .
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