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1961c. St Stithians College: A Methodist School for Boys [prospectus] content

1961c. St Stithians College: A Methodist School for Boys [prospectus] content

1961c. St Stithians College: A Methodist School for Boys [prospectus] content
The date of the publication is estimated from the fact that the fees are quoted in Rands. South Africa converted from sterling to Rands in February, 1961. Although the word, prospectus, does not appear in the title, the contents duplicate those of earlier prospectuses.

St Stithians College

1961c. St Stithians College: A Methodist School for Boys [prospectus] cover

1961c. St Stithians College: A Methodist School for Boys [prospectus] cover

1961c. St Stithians College: A Methodist School for Boys [prospectus] cover
The date of the publication is estimated from the fact that the fees are quoted in Rands. South Africa converted from sterling to Rands in February, 1961. Although the word, prospectus, does not appear in the title, the contents duplicate those of earlier prospectuses.

St Stithians College

1962 BP School Spring Fair Grade 1 ST p027

1962 BP School Spring Fair Grade 1 ST p027

1962 BP School Spring Fair Grade 1 ST p027. Informal photograph taken in BC D1 when it was the Grade 1 classroom. The Spring Fair was a PA fundraising effort. (Report Stythian 1962, page 27).
Legend:
Pat Dewes, (?) Cox and Graham Woodworth (Class of 1971)

The Star

2018 Heritage Day Chapel: Doreen Read at the Basil Read Pavilion

2018 Heritage Day Chapel: Doreen Read at the Basil Read Pavilion

Photographs taken at the Heritage Day celebrations 19th September 2018. Special guests to the Chapel Service included Mrs Doreen Read, Mrs Dalziel and Mrs Charmian Kennealy. All were parents in the 1950s or 1960s and Mrs Kennealy was the first Art teacher at the College (BP and BC).
2018 Heritage Day Chapel: Mrs Doreen Read at the Basil Read Pavilion.
Mrs Read had opened the Pavilion in 1974. The pavilion was named to commemorate the significant contribution of her late husband, Basil Read, to the construction of the College and the playing fields in the 1950s and 1960s.

Boys' College

2018 Heritage Day Chapel: Doreen Read, Charmian Kennealy and Elizabeth Dalziel visit the tuck sho...

2018 Heritage Day Chapel: Doreen Read, Charmian Kennealy and Elizabeth Dalziel visit the tuck shop at the pavilion

Photographs taken at the Heritage Day celebrations 19th September 2018. Special guests to the Chapel Service included Mrs Doreen Read, Mrs Elizabeth Dalziel and Mrs Charmian Kennealy. All were parents in the 1950s or 1960s and Mrs Kennealy was the first Art teacher at the College (BP and BC).
2018 Heritage Day Chapel: Doreen Read, Charmian Kennealy and Elizabeth Dalziel visit the tuck shop at the pavilion and are pictured here with 2018 staff members.
Mrs Read had opened the Pavilion in 1974. The pavilion was named to commemorate the significant contribution of her late husband, Basil Read, to the construction of the College and the playing fields in the 1950s and 1960s.

Boys' College

Boys' Prep albums 1962 - 1982

Boys' Prep albums 1962 - 1982

  • ZA ZAR STS 2021-001
  • Collection
  • 1953

The albums contain assorted photographs, newspaper cuttings, invitations to formal events and programmes of school productions as well as occasional photographs of sports teams and dramatic productions. For detailed contents see individual albums.
Some albums also contain newspaper articles (NCs) pertaining to the Boys' College as well as the Boys' Prep. However, as the majority of the album contents pertain to the BP, all items are included in this BP collection, with reference made to BC items where relevant.

Boys' Prep

Boys' Prep albums 1962 - 1982 series 1

The albums contain assorted photographs, newspaper cuttings, invitations to formal events and programmes of school productions as well as occasional photographs of sports teams and dramatic productions. For detailed contents see individual albums.
Some albums also contain newspaper articles (NCs) pertaining to the Boys' College as well as the Boys' Prep. However, as the majority of the album contents pertain to the BP, all items are included in this BP collection, with reference made to BC items where relevant.

Boys' Prep

Chas. H. Leake. Unionist candidate for Troyville. Provincial Council election: verso

Chas. H. Leake. Unionist candidate for Troyville. Provincial Council election: verso

Pamphlet issued by Leake in support of his candidacy in the 1920 provincial election. The verso includes his manifesto addressed to the Electors of the Division of Troyeville (Johannesburg) and ends with the words: "I have the honour to be, Gentleman, Yours truly, Chas. H. Leake" indicating that it was only men that were entitled to vote at that time.

Leake, Charles Hobson

College Chronicle 1960 to 1962

College Chronicle 1960 to 1962

  • ZA ZAR STS 2019-002
  • Collection
  • 1960

The content of each issue varies and includes articles of interest to boys at the time, photographs and original drawings, as well as essays, obituaries and tributes and reports on some school events. The Chronicles provide insight into the thinking and interests of schoolboys in the earlier 1960s as well as a record of the life of the school from a boy's perspective.

Boys' College

College Chronicle volume 2 number 2

College Chronicle volume 2 number 2

The articles reflect the day to day life of the College at the time.
The cover and articles contained in the issue honour the first headmaster of the College, Wally Mears, on his retirement.
Tributes to founder teacher, E M (Monty) Harris, who passed away in July 1961, appear on pages 22-25 of this issue.

Boys' College

College Chronicle volume 3 number 1

College Chronicle volume 3 number 1

The articles reflect the day to day life of the College at the time.
Three copies of each issue were produced of which the Archive holds parts of a second copy. In the 2nd copy of this issue, page 8 contains a different original drawing. Page 8a in the digitised version includes the 2nd drawing.

Boys' College

Early History of St Stithians College compiled by W G A Mears

Early History of St Stithians College compiled by W G A Mears

Early history of the school containing information on the foundation of the College and its Cornish origins, the starting of the College and milestones from 1952 to 1968, the Parents' Association and the Old Boys' Association.

Mears, Walter George Amos (Wally)

Hall collection

Hall collection

  • ZA ZAR STS 2022-005
  • Collection
  • 1964

Digital copy of an obituary published in the SAJS, January 1964

St Stithians Archives

Harris Album: A visual history of St Stithians College 1953-1961, collected by E M Harris, of the...

Harris Album: A visual history of St Stithians College 1953-1961, collected by E M Harris, of the Foundation staff, preserved, arranged and presented to the College Archives by his sister, Lilian Harris

Physical album:
The Harris album was compiled from photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes etc. sent to Miss Harris and her sister, Mrs Hetty Kingswell, in the United Kingdom by Mr E M (Monty) Harris, a founding staff member of the College. A few further photographs and an introductory page were added by Mr Walter Mears, the first headmaster of the College.
Digital album:
The digital album, for ease of use, has been divided into four items, each of which consists of various parts;
Item 1: Complete pages
Item 2: Multi-page documents that are contained within the album. This item allows one to browse through each document individually.
Item 3: Newspaper cuttings that were folded in the album are expanded here for full viewing.
Item 4: All 115 digitised photographs from the album, listed in the chronological order in which they appear in the album.

Harris, Lilian

Harris Album [complete pages]

Harris Album [complete pages]

Items collected by Lilian Harris and amalgamated into an album presented to the College following the sudden death of E M Harris in 1961.

Harris, Lilian

Harris Album [multi-page documents]

Harris Album [multi-page documents]

Items collected by Lilian Harris and amalgamated into an album presented to the College following the sudden death of E M Harris in 1961.

Harris, Lilian

Harris Fonds

Harris Fonds

  • ZA ZAR STS 2019-001
  • Collection
  • 1953

The Harris Album - a visual record of the early history of the school.
The Harris letters - printed and bound copies of the letters sent by EM Harris to his sister in England describing the day by day events that took place in the first eight years of the College.

Harris, Edwin Montague (Monty)

Leake collection

Leake collection

  • ZA ZAR STS 2022-004
  • Collection
  • 1970

The Collection consists of 2 albums, a box of correspondence and a few loose printed items and photographs. These include:
1) Printed items, particularly those relating to the Rand Aid Association of which Leake was a longstanding chairman and Methodist Churches in Johannesburg. Some brochures refer to Mountcollins House, which was named after Leake's association with the founding benefactors of the College;
2) Monochrome photographs including formal portraits, family photographs and incidental photographs;
3) Newspaper cuttings mostly related to the contribution that Leake made over his many years of involvement in the College, in the Rand Aid Association and the Methodist Church as well as a few social occasions;
4) Artefacts include Leake's passport and cards used to promote his candidacy in a Transvaal provincial election.
5) Correspondence acknowledging Leake's contribution to the development of Johannesburg and the Rand Aid Association.
6) Original certificates and licences issued to Leake and dating back to 1896.
7) Documents of the Wesleyan Church Trust.

Leake, Charles Hobson

Leake Collection: Album 1

The physical album was compiled from photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes etc. reflecting the life and contribution of Leake.

Leake, Charles Hobson

Leake Collection: Album 2

The physical album was compiled from photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes etc. reflecting the life and contribution of Leake.

Leake, Charles Hobson

Leake portrait photograph 001 1920

Leake portrait photograph 001 1920

Formal portrait photograph of Leake. It is dated from the same image as used on his campaign card for his candidacy for the 1920 Transvaal provincial election. At this time, Leake would have been 51 years old.

Unknown

Leake portrait photograph 002

Leake portrait photograph 002

Formal portrait photograph of Leake. It is estimated to have been taken prior to the opening of the College in 1953 and relative to later photographs, possibly in the early 1940s.

Palace Studios

Norman Tickton Fonds

Norman Tickton Fonds

  • ZA ZAR STS 2019-003
  • Collection
  • 1952 - 2006

Items include:
1) programmes of the early events at the BC during the time that Norman was a pupil (1953-1964);
2) early items of the Parents' Association on which Mr J J Tickton served;
3) photographs including those of the first classes at the College;
4) Correspondence including invitations, a Christmas greeting card and a letter

Tickton family

Obituary: Thomas Dennison Hall. Agricultural pioneer

Obituary: Thomas Dennison Hall. Agricultural pioneer

Digital copy of an obituary published in the SAJS, January 1964. The obituary provides details of Hall's working and academic life as well as some information on his professional and other interests.

South African Journal of Science

Prospectus of St Stithians College for Boys, Johannesburg

Prospectus of St Stithians College for Boys, Johannesburg

Prospectus produced prior to the opening of the College in 1953. Includes details of the Council members, descriptions of the buildings and grounds, courses of study, fees, games [sports], the boarding department, dress and clothing lists,.

Boys' College

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #15, 1991

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #15, 1991

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #15, 1991
Contents:
1) Message from the Mayor of Sandton
2) Family Tree [Wilhelmi and Weber families]
3) Driefontein Farmhouse - Saved at last by Avril Reid
4) Tribute to Mrs. Elsa Wilhelmi by Juliet Marais Louw
5) Driefontein - 150 Years of Change by Dr. Jane Carruthers
6) Driefontein Land Transactions
7) Adolf and Elsa Wilhelmi: Sandton Pioneers by Dr. Jane Carruthers
8) I knew Freya Weber by Juliet Marais Louw
9) Max Weber (1) - The Man by Avril Reid
10) Max Weber (2) - The Diary 31 by Vincent Carruthers
11) The Restoration of Driefontein Farmhouse by Chris Bester, B.Arch(Pretoria)

Sandton Historical Association

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #2, 1978

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #2, 1978

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #2, 1978
Contents:
1) Editorial 1
2) How Sandton got its Water Supply by R. I. Louttit.
3) When Ouma wrote to the School Board by Juliet Marais Louw.
4) Witkoppen School by Agnes Kulenkampff.
5) Panner' s Lane - the story of a road by Muriel E. Fisher.
6) St Mungo' s Church Bryanston by W.R. Hedding.
7) Newsletter

Sandton Historical Association

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #5, 1981

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #5, 1981

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #5, 1981
Contents:
1) Local history in the Sandton context by Jane Carruthers
2) St Stithians College by Sheila and Jimmy Verner
3) The Brolins of Linbro Park by Juliet Marais Louw
4) Alexandra Township by Maud Goedhuys
5) The Sandton Fire Brigade by Jane Carruthers with information supplied by R.D. Schmidt
6) Newsletter

Sandton Historical Association

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #7, 1983

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #7, 1983

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #7, 1983
Contents:
1) NEWSLETTER
2) MEMBERSHIP FORM
3) QUARTET
4) INTRODUCTION by the Editor to a series of four articles concerning the farm DRIEFONTEIN which is of special importance
today as the historical WEBER HOUSE still stands on this farm.
5) FROM 1859 : LANDOWNERS OF DRIEFONTEIN by E. J. Carruthers. The story of the land and its various owners over the 120 years since the first farms were proclaimed in the Transvaal.
6) THE LOST HOUSES OF DRIEFONTEIN by Professor R. J. Mason. Report on an investigation of the site of the 1890 - 1926 Wilhelmi Farm, which remains only as a ruin, carried out by the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of the Witwatersrand.
7) WHY THE WEBER HOUSE IS WORTHY OF PRESERVATION by Juliet Marais Louw. Mrs. Marais Louw, who spent much of her childhood in what is now Sandton, makes a plea for the old WEBER HOUSE to be saved for posterity.
8) 1908 - THE WRIGHT FAMILY ARRIVE AT DRIEFONTEIN by Juliet Marais Louw. A portrait of some of the people who have lived at
Driefontein.
9) PASSING OF A PIONEER. Poetic Tribute to Mrs. E. Wilhelmi

Sandton Historical Association

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazines 1978 - 1991

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazines 1978 - 1991

  • ZA ZAR STS 2023-003
  • Collection
  • 1978

Five volumes of the complete collection have been digitised as they each contain articles referring to the College or Driefontein Farm, a portion of which was purchased by the Trustees in order to build the College. These articles together form a significant part of the history of the College property from c. 1880 onwards.

Sandton Historical Association

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