Archival listing and inventory of the: Jacob de Villiers Roos (JVRoos) [1869-1940] Historical Manuscript Collection

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Archival listing and inventory of the: Jacob de Villiers Roos (JVRoos) [1869-1940] Historical Manuscript Collection

De la Harpe, Michelle

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71308

Date: 2018

Abstract:

Jacob de Villers Roos (1869-1940) was a journalist, advocate, Secretary of Justice for the Transvaal, Director of Prisons, Auditor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1918-1929, financier and founder of the Transvaal University College and Chairperson of the Mapungubwe Archaelogical Committee from 1934-1938. Roos bequeathed not only his extensive library and Africana book collection, but also his personal document archive to the University of Pretoria.

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