St Stithians College Parents' Association [first] Constitution
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- 1957
Part of Norman Tickton Fonds
First constitution of the PA
Parents' Association
St Stithians College Parents' Association [first] Constitution
Part of Norman Tickton Fonds
First constitution of the PA
Parents' Association
St Stithians College Johannesburg in South African Tatler, December 1961, pages 30-32
Part of Bill Moir Collection
Article describing the College, focusing on what it has to offer and its values.
Campbell, Dorothea
Part of Bill Moir Collection
Invitation to the event at which Mr Mears performed the official opening at 16h30.
Boys' College
St Stithians College Ink Blot: The Voice of Form II
Part of Bill Moir Collection
Single issue of a school newspaper produced by Form II (Grade 8) boys. The articles reflect the interests and humour of the boys at the time of publication. Certain boys are named within the publication.
Grade 8
Part of Norman Tickton Fonds
Invitation to the event
College Council
St Stithians College 1957 School Calendar
Part of Norman Tickton Fonds
Circular of school terms
Mears, Walter George Amos (Wally)
St Stithians College 1957 - 1961 as recorded in the letters of E.M. Harris
Part of Bill Moir Collection
Extracts from letters written by E M Harris (one of four Founder Members of Staff of the College) to his sister, Lilian, in England between January 1957 and May 1961.
Harris, Edwin Montague (Monty)
St Stithians College 1957 - 1961 as recorded in the letters of E.M. Harris
Extracts from letters written by E M Harris (one of four Founder Members of Staff of the College) to his sister, Lilian, in England between January 1957 and May 1961.
Harris, Edwin Montague (Monty)
St Stithians College 1957 - 1961 as recorded in the letters of E.M. Harris
Part of Harris Fonds
Extracts from letters written by E M Harris (one of four Founder Members of Staff of the College) to his sister, Lilian, in England between January 1957 and May 1961.
Harris, Edwin Montague (Monty)
St Stithians College 1953 - 1956 as recorded in the letters of E.M. Harris (2 volumes)
Part of Harris Fonds
Extracts from letters written by E M Harris (one of four Founder Members of Staff of the College) to his sister, Lilian, in England between January 1953 and July,1961.
Harris, Edwin Montague (Monty)
St Stithians College M. T. S. Krige [circular letter to] Old Boys, 18th June, 1965
Part of Bill Moir Collection
Circular letter inviting old boys to attend the gala performance to mark the opening of Mears Hall.
Krige, Marthinus Theunis Steyn
Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #7, 1983
Part of Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazines 1978 - 1991
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 Magazine #5, 1981
Part of Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazines 1978 - 1991
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 #2, 1978
Part of Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazines 1978 - 1991
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 #15, 1991
Part of Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazines 1978 - 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 #11, 1987
Part of Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazines 1978 - 1991
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
Prospectus of St Stithians College for Boys, Johannesburg
Part of Bill Moir Collection
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
Obituary: Thomas Dennison Hall. Agricultural pioneer
Part of Hall collection
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
Mears Hall 10th July 1965 [Opening programme]
Part of Bill Moir Collection
Programme of the official opening of Mears Hall by Mr Wally Mears.
Boys' College
Part of Leake collection
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
Leake portrait photograph 001 1920
Part of Leake collection
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
Harris Album [multi-page documents]
Part of Harris Fonds
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 [expanded newspaper cuttings]
Part of Harris Fonds
Various publicity items from the album.
Harris, Lilian
Part of Harris Fonds
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
Part of Bill Moir Collection
Printed programme including advertisements that reflect suppliers and College contacts at the time.
Dramatic Society
Early History of St Stithians College compiled by W G A Mears
Part of Wally Mears Fonds
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)
College Chronicle volume 3 number 1
Part of College Chronicle 1960 to 1962
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
College Chronicle volume 2 number 2
Part of College Chronicle 1960 to 1962
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 2 number 1
Part of College Chronicle 1960 to 1962
The articles reflect the day to day life of the College at the time.
Boys' College
College Chronicle volume 1 number 3
Part of College Chronicle 1960 to 1962
The articles reflect the day to day life of the College at the time. This issue contains original colour paintings of birds by Warwick Tarboton.
Boys' College
College Chronicle volume 1 number 2
Part of College Chronicle 1960 to 1962
The articles reflect the day to day life of the College at the time.
Boys' College
Bill Moir letter to the Headmaster, St Stithians College, 12 February 2003
Part of Bill Moir Collection
Moir describes how the issues of the Chronicles were produced in 1962 at which time he was the editor.
Moir, William Lawton
Bill Moir letter to [the archivist], Debora [Matthews], 19 June 2007
Part of Bill Moir Collection
Moir provides details of some of the items in the accompanying donation.
Moir, William Lawton
1962 BP School Spring Fair Grade 1 ST p027
Part of Boys' Prep albums 1962 - 1982
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
1959 BC Sports Day Baytopp 002 NIS
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1959 BC Sports Day Baytopp NIS 002
Legend:
Unknown
1959 BC Sports Day Baytopp 001 ST p069
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1959 BC Sports Day Baytopp ST p069 001
Legend:
Unknown
Part of Norman Tickton Fonds
Formal group photograph of the 1955 Grade 4 class taken in front of BC reception.
Unknown
1954 BC Rugby teams at St Johns TBI
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
The first Rugby team at the College that played St Johns College
TBI - names of individuals to be confirmed.
Legend:
The photograph is likely to have included the following (amongst others):
Ashfield, Miller, Craven, Abraham, Curtis, Wilkinson, Unite, Mercer-Tod, Driver, Swan, Vickers
Woolley, Cruddas, Buchan, Taylor.
Unknown
1953c BC College from playing fields HA 001 1953BC_0024
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0024: View across Baytopp playing fields towards BC buildings
Note: This may have been taken in early 1954 as Mountstephens House can be seen in the photo, but the Chapel building is still incomplete.
Unknown
Part of Marinus Endenburg Fonds
1953 College Prospectus containing details of admission, fees, uniforms etc.
St Stithians College
1953 College Opening: Founders Plaque unveiled by Mrs Mountstephens HA 1953BC_0026
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_00020: College Official Opening: Mrs Mountstephens unveils the Founders' plaque
Unknown
1953 College Official Opening programme
Part of Marinus Endenburg Fonds
1953 College Official Opening programme, 11th August, 1953.
St Stithians College
1953 College Official opening 1953BC_0025
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0025: View to the north of the BC Classroom block from the foundations of the Chapel and showing the congregation present at the event.
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1953 College Official Opening 1953BC_0020
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_00020: College Official Opening: Congregation at entrance to BC Administration block
Unknown
1953 College Official Opening 1953BC_0014
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_00014: College Official Opening: Methodist ministers with BP foundation student
Legend:
Rev Ambrose Reeves , Rev Dr J B Webb, Karl Schrader (Class of 1963)
Unknown
1953 College Official opening 1953BC_0009
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0009: View to the north of the BC Classroom block from the foundations of the Chapel and showing the congregation present at the event.
Unknown
1953 College Foundation Staff 1953BC_0010
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0010: Foundation staff
Legend:
Mr EM (Monty) Harris, Miss A M Doehring, Miss EC Walmsley, Mr WGA Mears
Unknown
1953 College Chapel Foundation stone laying HA 004 1953BC_0016
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0016: BC Address by Rev Dr Webb at the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel.
legend:
Seated to the left are Mr and Mrs Mears and Rev Ambrose Reeves; to the righ: Mr Gilbert Tucker, Mr Leake, and Rev Arnold J Walker.
Unknown
1953 College Chapel Foundation Stone laying 1953BC_0023
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0023: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - view of the congregation from BC upper floor corridor towards the Dining Hall
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1953 College Chapel Foundation Stone laying 1953BC_0012
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_00012: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - Charles H Leake lays the foundation stone
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1953 College Chapel Foundation Stone laying 1953BC_0011
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0011: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - view of the congregation from BC upper floor corridor
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1953 College Chapel Foundation Stone laying 1953BC_0011
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0022: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - view of the congregation from BC upper floor corridor towards Collins House
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1953 College Chapel Foundation Stone laying 1953BC_0007
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0007: BC Address by Rev Ambrose Reeves at the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel.
Unknown
1953 Chapel Foundation stone laying HA 010 1953BC_0021
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_00021: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel: view from upper BC classroom block towards Dining Hall
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1953 Chapel Foundation Stone laying 1953BC_0019
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_00019: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - Charles H Leake lays the foundation stone (wide view)
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1953 Chapel Foundation stone laying 1953BC_0018
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0018: BC Address by Mrs E Mountstephens at the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel.
Unknown
1953 BP Grades 1 and 2 Class ST 1953 p020 1953BC_0006
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0006: Foundation class Grades 1 and 2
Legend (as identified by Rob McLaren):
Back row: John Goode, ... , Richard Read, Hamish Gordon, Hugh Laburn, ..., ...., Paul Nash, ..., John Napier, Paul Arnold, Kenny Kay;
Middle row: Norman Tickton, Karl Shrader, ..., David A (Ikey) Lewis, ..., Bruce Joscelyne, Richard Pryce, ..., ..., Rohan Lobb , ...;
Front row: John Lamont , ..., Ian Hampton, Rodney Kable, Andrew Brown, Anthony Miller, Nick Barcza, Graham Thompson, ..., ... .
Unknown
1953 BP Grade 1 with view to Sandton
Part of Norman Tickton Fonds
Informal group photograph of the Grade 1 foundation class taken in July, 1953, just before Norman Tickton joined the school. The view is towards Zandfontein Farm, the site of the present day Sandton City.
Unknown
1953 BP Grade 1 in Chapel area with building works
Part of Norman Tickton Fonds
Informal group photograph of the Grade 2 foundation class taken in September, 1953 just after Norman Tickton joined the school. The photograph was taken in the Chapel area and shows construction work and Collins House in the background.
Unknown
1953 BP Grade 1 classroom D6 1953BC_0005
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0005: BC D6 Classroom which served as the original Grade 1 classroom when the College opened.
Derek Worman Photographer
1953 BP Grade 1 and 2 first photo on wagon
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953 BP Grade 1 and 2 first photo on wagon, believed to have been taken by Miss Doehring. Names of most of the children have been identified as follows:
In the group on the wagon: David Gass, Anthony Miller, Bruce Joscelyne, John Napier, Norman Tickton, Douglas MacGregor, Andrew Brown, John Aubrey, Kenneth Kay, (John?) Donaldson, Karl Schrader, Rodney Kable, Paul Arnold;
On the wagon bar (left to right): Graeme Thompson, John Angus, Roger King, Hugh Laburn, Nicholas Barcza, John Goode, Paul Nash
Three boys were not identified in the photograph.
Unknown
1953 BC Std 7 Class ST 1953 p016 1953BC_0004
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0004: Foundation class Std 7 (Grade 9)
Legend:
Back row: Swan, Curtis, Craven, Borchers, Abraham, Driver, Rankine,
Front row: Buchan, Laing, EM Harris, Murrish, Cruddas
Unknown
1953 BC Std 6 Class ST 1953 p018 1953BC_0003
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0003: Foundation class Std 6 (Grade 8)
Legend:
Back row: Endenburg, Cook, Neves, Aitken, Wilkinson, Lotter, Ashfield, Lewis, Reeves
Middle row: Kelly, McMillan, Woolley. Westhorpe, Wallis, Mair, Harvey, JF Vickers, Campbell
Front row: Coetsee, Hayes, Taylor, EM Harris, J de W Bennett, Johnson, DH Bennet
Unknown
1953 BC Foundation scholars, view looking towards Sandton
Part of Doreen Read Fonds
1953 BC Foundation scholars, view looking across what was later to become the suburb of Parkmore, towards the ridge where Sandton City was built in 1973 on Zandfontein Farm.
This photograph illustrates the remoteness of the St Stithians property at the time the College was founded. The property, itself a portion of the original Driefontein Farm, was surrounded by farmland in 1953.
1953 BC Dining Hall from East 1953BC_0017
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0017: BC View of the Dining Hall from the Chapel Drive area during construction of the Chapel
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1953 BC Collins House with car HA 001 1953BC_0008
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0008: Collins House
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1953 BC Collins House from East HA 0001 1953BC_0015
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0015: View of Collins House from the east showing terraces
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1953 Athletic event start 1953BC_0001
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1953BC_0001: Photograph of the start of an athletics track event
TBI - names of individuals
Unknown
1953 - 1956 St Stithians College magazine [incomplete]
1953 - 1956 Stythian magazine [incomplete]
St Stithians College
1947 Noticeboard re opening of College 1947BC_0003
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1947BC_0003: The board erected near the Corlett Gate advertising the opening of the College in 1953.
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1947 Founders portrait Mountstephens 1947BC_0002
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1947BC_0002: Formal portrait of co-founder, William Mountstephens
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1947 Founders portrait Collins 1947BC_0001
Part of Boys' College and Boys' Prep photographs 1953 onwards
1947BC_0001: Formal portrait of co-founder, Albert Charles Collins
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1943 £146,800 in Bequests to Charity by Cornish Pioneer of Johannesburg [NC]
1943 £146,800 in Bequests to Charity by Cornish Pioneer of Johannesburg [NC]
Describes the extent and beneficiaries of the Mountstephens bequest.
Unknown
1941 St Stithians College Trust: ledger
1941 St Stithians College Trust: ledger
Records the investments and other finances of the Trust from the time of its founding to December 1965.
St Stithians Trust
1937 Funeral of Mr. Albert Collins [NC 10th October 1937]
1937 Funeral of Mr. Albert Collins [NC October 1937]
Describes th4e significance of the work of Collins and details those present at the funeral.
Unknown
1937 28 Rand Charities to Benefit: Mr A. C. Collins Will: Estate of £555,000 [NC October 1937]
1937 28 Rand Charities to Benefit: Mr A. C. Collins Will: Estate of £555,000 [NC October 1937]
Details the life and work of Collins and the many charities - both local and in the UK - that wee beneficiaries of his will.
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