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Call Number:
MSS 11
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Title(s):
Manuscript copy of excerpts from Graham's Town Journal.
Date:
1851 October 25
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Correspondence and Writings
Part of Collection:
1, folder 3b(5)
Provenance:
Acquired 1995, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Titled "Testimony to the worth of a beloved son"; concerns the death of Robert Provo Norris.
Genre:
Diaries, Graphite drawings, Landscape drawings, Letters, Travel sketches, Views, and Watercolors (paintings)
Subject Terms:
British
Colonies
Colonization
Description and travel
History
Memorials
Newspapers
Xhosa (African people)
Subject Period:
1795-1872
19th century
Frontier Wars, 1811-1878
Associated Places:
Africa
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Great Britain
South Africa
Associated People/Groups:
Norris, Robert Provo, d. 1851
Finding Aid Title:
Robert Provo Norris Collection
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/4.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/927
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/927?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1