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.
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.
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 Annual Magazine #11, 1987 Contents: 1) NEWSLETTER 2) THESE NAMES TELL A STORY by Juliet Marais Louw 3) THE SANDTON COAT OF ARMS by E. J. Carruthers and A. Pedlar 4) EDUCATION IN SANDTON by W.R. Hedding
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
Correspondence between Mrs Ivey and Carol Botha (BC Librarian) re the provision of resources for Mrs Ivey's research on the partnership between Collins and Mountstephens and their origins in Cornwall.
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 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
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.
1977 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".
Letter 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.
Letter 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.
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.
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 2.
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.
The albums contain assorted photographs, mostly of sports teams but also including some informal sports photographs. For detailed contents see individual albums.
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.