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Title
Boer poems and songs
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1888-1893
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
George Fearing Hollis Papers
Rights Information
Public domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Description
Located in the Cape Town Consulship series.
Handwritten copies of songs and poems popular in the period between the two Boer Wars, including a poem entitled, "To Oom Paul," a term of affection ("Uncle Paul" in Afrikaans) for South African statesman Paul Kruger, a translation of the "Transvaal National Hymn," and "God Save John Bull."
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the George Fearing Hollis Papers.
[Title, Date]. George Fearing Hollis Papers. MSS 471. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Type
text
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb9592946m
Language
English

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