1917
Their Early Origin and History by C. Graham Botha of the Cape Archives.

Printed for the SA National Society for the preservation of places of historic interest.

Signed by C. Graham Botha.

Botha joined the Cape Colony's civil service in a temporary capacity in 1901, and was appointed to the permanent staff in 1903. He worked in the office of the Master of the Supreme Court, and passed the Civil Service Law Examination in 1904.

He also worked part-time in the Colonial Archives, and moved there permanently in 1912. He was head of the Cape Archives Depot from 1912 until 1944. He was also the first Chief Archivist of South Africa from 1919 to 1944. As such, he drafted the Public Archives Act 1922, for which he has been called "the father of the South African archives"

Ex Libris author Jose Burman.

140mm x 210mm

R1,500