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.
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, LilianVarious publicity items from the album.
Harris, LilianItems collected by Lilian Harris and amalgamated into an album presented to the College following the sudden death of E M Harris in 1961.
Harris, LilianPhysical 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.
1961 HA 111 Mr and Mrs EM Harris
1960 HA 085c Chapel with EM Harris car
1959 HA 075b Swimming gala presentation
1959 HA 075a Monty Harris formal portrait
1958 HA 068b EMH in typical pose in his Maths classroom
1956 HA 055d Chapel Harris wedding. The bride enters the Chapel with her father, EM Harris. This was the first wedding to take place in the Chapel. The name of the bridesmaid is not recorded.
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1955 HA 045c Chapel first christening with Monty Harris
Legend:
1955 HA 033b Mr Harris in his study
1955 HA 033a Mrs Mears and Mr Harris in JHB
1953 Foundation staff photo
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Left to right: EM (Monty) Harris; Miss Doehring; Miss Walmsley; Mr Wally Mears