1953 HA 004b Founders formal portrait: Albert Charles Collins
Sans titrePortrait photograph of Rev Dr J R Webb who conducted the service of the laying of the College foundation stone. At the time he was the head of the Methodist Church in South Africa.
Sans titre1953 HA 014a Leake lays Foundation Stone
Sans titre1953 HA 018c Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.
Sans titre1953 HA 019a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.
Sans titre1956 HA 055a Chapel Harris wedding: bride entering the Chapel. The bride is the daughter of EM Harris. This was the first wedding to take place in the Chapel.
Legend:
Programme of the event, 11th August, 1953: Cover
Sans titreDeed setting out the founding of the College: cover page
Sans titre1969 St Stithians College [prospectus]: cover
Sans titreLetter refers to writings of Benjamin Bennet who had interviewed Collins as a young reporter shortly before the death of Collins in 1937. It provides a revealing description of the simple lifestyle of this College founder.
Sans titre1983 Letter J Ivey to St Stithians 7th September 1983, with hand-written note detailing the items provided to Mrs Ivey.
Sans titre1984 Letter C Botha to Mrs Ivey accompanying copy of the will of A C Collins.
Sans titre1969 Stithians Village Church 001
Sans titreNoticeboard near the Corlett Gate entrance erected to advertise the opening of the College.
1953 HA 007c View of construction of BC classroom block from Dining Hall, Feb 1953
Sans titre1953 HA 014b Mrs Mountstephens unveils Founders plaque in the foyer of the Boys' College.
Sans titre1953 HA 015a Chapel Foundation stone assembly
Sans titre1953 HA 018a Chapel Foundation Stone
Sans titre1953 HA 018a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly.
Sans titre1953 HA 019g Chapel Foundation stone Mr & Mrs Tucker 19530811
Sans titre1953 HA 021a Chapel construction
Sans titre1953 HA 021d BC Classroom block construction: view from Chapel Quad.
Sans titre1956 HA 055b Chapel Harris wedding: Mr & Mrs Hacking. The bride is the daughter of EM Harris. This was the first wedding to take place in the Chapel.
Legend:
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.
Legend:
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.
1937 Last Will and Testament of Albert Charles Collins ref 2528/37: cover page
Sans titreProgramme of the event, 11th August, 1953: Cover
Sans titre1961c. 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.
Letter refers to writings of Benjamin Bennet who had interviewed Collins as a young reporter shortly before the death of Collins in 1937. The article extract provides a revealing description of the simple lifestyle of this College founder, page 1.
Sans titre1983 Cover note C Botha to J Ivey
Sans titre1977 BC Newsletter #1 Serve the Future Hour, April 1977, No.1, page 1. First edition of a 4-page newsletter entitled "Serve the Future Hour". This title was later used as the title of Macfarlane's history of the College: "To Serve the Future Hour".
Sans titre1953 Prospectus of St Stithians College for Boys: cover. The handwritten notes in this copy differ slightly from those in the second copy.
Sans titreLetter refers to writings of Benjamin Bennet who had interviewed Collins as a young reporter shortly before the death of Collins in 1937. The article extract provides a revealing description of the simple lifestyle of this College founder, page 2.
Sans titrePostcard pamphlet issued by Leake in support of his candidacy in the 1927 provincial election.
The pamphlet requests the support of voters for Leake.
It appears that Leake was not successful in being elected.
Postcard pamphlet issued by Leake in support of his candidacy in the 1927 provincial election (verso).
The pamphlet requests the support of voters for Leake.
It appears that Leake was not successful in being elected.
1953 HA 007b Collins House north
Sans titre1953 HA 007d Collins House north view
Sans titre1953 HA 007e Collins House north view
Sans titre1953 HA 007f Collins House east
Sans titre1953 HA 017b Chapel foundation stone official party at plaque
Legend:
Left to right: Reeves, Webb, Tucker, Mountstephens, Leake
1953 HA 019a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.
Sans titre1 photographs of Stithian village, Cornwall: main road through the village.
Sans titre1969 Stithians Village Church 002
Sans titre1969 Stithians Village School.
This is the school where St Stithians co-founder, Albert Charles Collins went to school.
1953 Prospectus of St Stithians College for Boys 002: cover. The handwritten notes in this copy differ slightly from those in the first copy.
Sans titre1959c St Stithians College Prospectus: cover
The date of this Prospectus is estimated from the contents: it refers back to the opening of the College in 1953 and the fees are still quoted in sterling. (South Africa changed its monetary system from sterling to Rands in 1960 and later issues reflect this.)
1974 21st Anniversary programme: cover
Sans titre1983 Letter of thanks J Ivey to Mrs Botha
Sans titrePamphlet issued by Leake in support of his candidacy in the 1920 provincial election: front page
Sans titrePamphlet 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.
Sans titre1953 Foundation staff photo
Legend:
Left to right: EM (Monty) Harris; Miss Doehring; Miss Walmsley; Mr Wally Mears
1953 HA 004a Founders formal portrait: William Mountstephens
Sans titre1953 HA 005 Collins House north west with car Feb 1953
Sans titre1953 HA 007a Collins House north view 3
Sans titre1953 HA 007g Collins House east
Sans titre1953 HA 015b Chapel Foundation stone Rev Reeves addresses the assembly.
Sans titre1953 HA 016a Chapel foundation stone assembly looking from the Dining Hall towards the BC buildings.
Sans titre1953 HA 016b Chapel foundation stone laying: view across the Chapel foundations 19530811
Sans titre1953 HA 017a Chapel foundation stone Rev Webb address
Sans titre1953 HA 019c Architects at Dining Hall 19530811
Legend:
Left to right: [unidentified but thought to include CM Paynter and possibly AJ Marshall who were appointed in 1944]
1953 HA 019e Chapel foundation stone assembly 006
Sans titre1953 HA 019f BC Administration Building 19530811 viewed across the Chapel foundations
Sans titre1953 HA 020 Chapel foundation stone Rev Webb address 002
Sans titre1953 HA 021a Chapel construction
Sans titre1953 HA 021a Chapel construction 003 view from Collins House.
Sans titrePhotographs 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.