Wally Mears Archive includes:
1) Union of South Africa. Department of Education. Teachers' Provisional First Class Certificate awarded to W G A Mears, dated March 1920
2) University of South Africa Master of Arts Degree certificate, March 1928 awarded to WGA Mears.
3) University of Cape Town. Citation accompanying the awarding of the Honorary Master of Education degree to WGA Mears. [undated]
4) Compliments slip accompanying the UCT citation.
5) WGA Mears letter to Mr Dunn, 1st May 1974.
6) WGA Mears letter to Mr Dunn, [undated]
7) Account of Mears' Epic Ride and accompanying note.
Masters degree certificate
Zonder titelLetter accompanying copy of Mears Epic ride account from the Archivist, Shirley Fletcher, Kingswood College.
Zonder titelMap of the route of Mears's journey
Zonder titelSlip accompanying UCT citation.
Zonder titelAccount from Hugh Huggett summarising Mears' epic ride and proposing a repeat of that journey.
Zonder titelTribute to Mr Wally Mears on his retirement: cover
Zonder titelCitation which accompanied the awarding of the degree Masters of Education honoris causa to W G A Mears.
The document is undated, but the accompanying compliments slip from UCT includes the name of A V H Carter, Registrar, who served the university from 1939 - 1955. As it was awarded whilst Mears was Headmaster of Rondebosch Boys' High (1930 - 1951), the possible date range is limited to the period 1939 - 1951. page 1
Wally Mears' Epic Ride: response by Greg Theron to account from Hugh Huggett
Zonder titelTeaching certificate
Zonder titelCitation which accompanied the awarding of the degree Masters of Education honoris causa to W G A Mears.
The document is undated, but the accompanying compliments slip from UCT includes the name of A V H Carter, Registrar, who served the university from 1939 - 1955. As it was awarded whilst Mears was Headmaster of Rondebosch Boys' High (1930 - 1951), the possible date range is limited to the period 1939 - 1951. page 2
Account from Hugh Huggett summarising Mears' epic ride and proposing a repeat of that journey, 002
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