1985 Chris Birkett letter to Mary Thornton 4th December 1985 re the origins of the Prefects' Charge and Helen Holmes, the silversmith who created the item.

1985 Chris Birkett letter to Mary Thornton 4th December 1985 re the origins of the Prefects' Charge and Helen Holmes, the silversmith who created the item.

The Havard fonds consists of various programmes and other memorabilia from Jeremy Havard's schooldays

1976 Mountstephens war cry 002

1976 Mountstephens boarder's clothing list with handwritten annotations.

1978 Mountstephens House roll call register

1978 BC Calendar Term 2 Calendar: front

1980 BC Calendar Term 2: back

1980 BC Saints Dance menu: cover

1980 BC Founders' Day programme: content

1980 BC Matriculation Class Dinner [menu]: content

This collection 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

Letter accompanying copy of Mears Epic ride account from the Archivist, Shirley Fletcher, Kingswood College.

Map of the route of Mears's journey

Undated tribute by Douglas Drysdale to Eric Lipsett at his memorial service.

This fonds consists of 34 monochrome and 2 colour photographs taken during the time Clegg was on the staff of the College.
The documents include 3 programmes from performances of the St Stithians Singers.

1956c Prefects Charge original sketch 002 (verso)

1986 Iain Thornton letter to Mark Henning 13th January 1986 re the donation of the documents pertaining to the Prefects' Charge and Helen Holmes, the silversmith who created the item.

1985 The Prefects Charge. Descriptive item explaining the origins and significance of the Prefects' Charge and Helen Holmes, the creator of the artefact. The shield is awarded to "The boy who voluntarily contributes the most to the welfare of his fellows".

1977 BC Calendar Term 1 Calendar before restoration: back

1977 BC Calendar Term 3 Calendar: front

1978 BC Calendar Term 3 Calendar before restoration: front

1978 BC Calendar Term 3 Calendar after restoration: front

1978 BC Calendar Term 3 Calendar after restoration: back

1980 BC Calendar Term 2: front

1978 BC Athletics programme: cover

1979 BC Matric Dance programme: content

1980 BC Saints Dance menu: content

1980 BC Induction of Prefects and Farewell to Matriculants programme: cover

1980 BC St Stithians [rugby match programme]: cover
Contains the names of the Saints players together with those of a combined schools XV from Chile known as the John Jackson XV.

1980 BC St Stithians [rugby match programme]: centre-spread
Contains the names of the Saints players together with those of a combined schools XV from Chile known as the John Jackson XV.

1980 BC St Stithians College Newspaper, Issue 1, February 1980: cover

Slip accompanying UCT citation.

Handwritten letter from Wally Mears to Mr Dunn referring to the publication of the Early History of St Stithians College which Mears was working on at the time. Although not identified as such in the letter, it can be deduced from the reference to the work of the parents, that he is Mr Colin J H Dunn who was the Chairman of the Parents' Association for the period 1969 -1970.

Account of Mears' Journey on horseback from the Eastern Cape to Ixopo in East Griqualand (KwaZulu-Natal). The horse belonged to someone called Wellington: pages 1- 3

Account from Hugh Huggett summarising Mears' epic ride and proposing a repeat of that journey.

Tribute to Mr Wally Mears on his retirement: cover

The Thornton fonds consists of 2 original drawings for the Prefects' Charge from the silversmith, Helen Holmes.
The documents include 3 items of correspondence and 1 other document.

1956c Prefects Charge original sketch 001 (front)

1959 Iain Thornton letter to Helen Holmes 28th December 1959 re his being the first recipient of "The Good Citizen Prize" for which the shield was originally awarded. Iain was Head of the Boarders.

1959 Iain Thornton letter to Helen Holmes 28th December 1959 re his being the first recipient of "The Good Citizen Prize" for which the shield was originally awarded. Iain was Head of the Boarders.

1986 Iain Thornton letter to Mark Henning 13th January 1986 re the donation of the documents pertaining to the Prefects' Charge and Helen Holmes, the silversmith who created the item.

1976 Mountstephens war cry 001

1977 BC Calendar Term 1 Calendar before restoration: front

1977 BC Calendar Term 3 Calendar: back

1978 BC Calendar Term 1 Calendar: front

1978 BC Calendar Term 1 Calendar: back

1980 BC Calendar Term 1: front

1980 BC Founders' Day programme: cover

1980 BC Matriculation Class Dinner [menu]: cover

1980 BC Rugby team lists: 3rd XV and 4th XV vs Monument 28th June, 1980

1980 BC St Stithians College Newspaper, Issue 1, February 1980: content

1980 Founders' Day invitation

Citation 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

Account of Mears' Journey on horseback from the Eastern Cape to Ixopo in East Griqualand (KwaZulu-Natal). The horse belonged to someone called Wellington: cover page

Wally Mears' Epic Ride: response by Greg Theron to account from Hugh Huggett

1985 Chris Birkett letter to Mary Thornton 4th December 1985 re the origins of the Prefects' Charge and Helen Holmes, the silversmith who created the item.

1985 Chris Birkett letter to Mary Thornton 4th December 1985 re the origins of the Prefects' Charge and Helen Holmes, the silversmith who created the item.

1976 Mountstephens war cry 003

1976c Prefect's exam. The exam is administered by the prefects and written by every boy a few weeks into his Grade 8 year. The exam was designed to familiarise the boys with the structure and history of the College.

1977 BC Calendar Term 1 Calendar after restoration: front

1977 BC Calendar Term 1 Calendar after restoration: back

1978 BC Calendar Term 2 Calendar: back

1978 BC Calendar Term 3 Calendar before restoration: back

1979 BC Calendar Term 2: front

1979 BC Calendar Term 2: back

1980 BC Calendar Term 1: back

1980 BC Calendar Term 3: front

1980 BC Calendar Term 3: back

1978 BC Athletics programme: content

1979 BC Matric Dance programme: cover