WJ Leyds Collection
Willem Johannes Leyds (1859-1940) was a Dutch official, diplomat and historian whose life and career had a significant impact on South African history, especially during the period of the Anglo-Boer War. He began his career in South Africa as State Attorney of the Transvaal Republic in 1884. He was appointed as State Secretary in 1888. Throughout his career Leyds was involved in foreign affairs and acted as an intermediary between the Transvaal and the Dutch government. During the war itself Leyds was also responsible for organising propaganda for the Boer cause abroad. The span of his career and the duties it included led to Leyds collecting a number of valuable books, newpapers, pamphlets and other documentation in his lifetime. A part of his collection was donated to Stellenbosch University in 1920, including his valuable pamphlet collection which is represented in this digital collection. The pamphlets, mainly published in Europe, deal with the Anglo-Boer war, but also the periods preceding and after the war. Many items reflect European sympathy with the Boer cause.
Items in this collection are subject to copyright protection. Reproduction of the content, or any part of it, other than for research, academic or non-commercial use is prohibited without prior consent from the copyright holder. Copyright Stellenbosch University.
Recent Submissions
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An open letter to the Bishop of Zanzibar
(Hamburg : Hamburg Committee of German Colonials, 1919-01-10)Hans Zache's open letter to Mr. Frank Weston, Bishop of Zanzibar and head of the University Mission in the Eastern Districts of German East Africa. -
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Dordrecht-Transvaal album van De Zondagsbode voor stad en land
Excerpts from Dutch journals and letters of citizens of Dordrecht (in The Netherlands), fighting in the South African War. -
Voor Zuid-Afrika : rijm en onrijm
(Amsterdam : Hollandsche Stoomdrukkerij- en Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1900-01) -
The invasion of the Transvaal : an address delivered at the public meeting at Lee on Thursday, October 12th, 1899
(Chelsea : F. Longman & Sons, 1899-10-12)Address on the invasion of Transvaal. -
British & Boer (no. 3) : satirical and patriotic verses and dialogues
(Port Elizabeth : Mitchley & Sinclair, 1900)Satirical and patriotic verses and dialogues about the Anglo-Boer War. -
British & Boer : satirical and patriotic verses
(Port Elizabeth : Mitchley & Sinclair, 1900)Satirical and patriotic verses about the Anglo-Boer War. -
Speech delivered on behalf of the South African Association
(Westminster : South African Association, 1898-03-09) -
Bei den Buren : Erinnerungen eines deutschen Freiwilligen aus dem Burenkriege
(Bonn : P. Hanstein, 1902)Memoirs of a German voluntary of the South African war. -
De Zuster-Republieken in Zuid-Afrika
(Amsterdam : Het Tijdschrift Eigen Haard, 1899)Descriptive, illustrated pamphlet on South Africa. -
Een der oorzaken van den oorlog in Zuid-Afrika en iets over het onderwijs in Transvaal
(Amsterdam : Hoveker & Wormser, 1900)According to the Dutch author, the British nation had been misinformed about the situation in S.A. He also discusses education in the Z.A.R. -
Petrus Jacobus Joubert
(Haarlem : H.D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon, 1900)Dutch biography of General Petrus Jacobus Joubert. -
Wat ik zag en hoorde op een Ambulancetrein : ervaringen van een Roode-Kruis-man
(Dordrecht : Morks, 1900)Series: Zuid-Afrikaansche Vlugschriften, nr. 8. -
Boergeneralen Christian de Wet en skildring af helten og hans kampe
(Kristiania : L.E. Tvedtes, 1902)Biography on General Christiaan de Wet. -
Toespraak
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England and the Transvaal : the case for intervention
(London : Grosvenor Press, 1899)An Englishman's appeal and address to the English people regarding England and the Transvaal. -
The Witwatersrand gold mines and responsible government
([Johannesburg : s.n.], 1906-08-20) -
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Waar het om gaat in Zuid-Afrika : een woord tot het Nederlandsche volk
(Haarlem : De Erven F. Bohn, 1899)