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Title: Peter van Wyk collection
Dates: 1893-2003
Collection Number: 2007C5
Collector: Van Wyk, Peter, 1929- , collector.
Collection Size:
11 manuscript boxes
(4.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Photocopies of correspondence and writings, and printed matter, relating to Frederick Russell Burnham, American explorer and
British army chief of scouts in the Matabele and Boer Wars. Used as research material for the book by Peter van Wyk, Burnham:
King of Scouts, Baden-Powell's Secret Mentor (Victoria, B.C., 2003). Includes notes for and drafts of the book.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Collection is open for research.
Access to sound recordings, video recordings, or motion picture material requires at least two weeks advance notice. Please
contact the Hoover Institution Archives for further information.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Peter van Wyk collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2007.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Scope and Content of Collection
Photocopies of correspondence and writings, and printed matter, relating to Frederick Russell Burnham, American explorer and
British army chief of scouts in the Matabele and Boer Wars. Used as research material for the book by Peter van Wyk, Burnham:
King of Scouts, Baden-Powell's Secret Mentor (Victoria, B.C., 2003). Includes notes for and drafts of the book.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Burnham, Frederick Russell, 1861-1947.
Great Britain. Army.
Klondike gold fields.
Matabele War, 1893.
Matabele War, 1896.
South African War, 1899-1902.
Africa Description and travel.
South Africa.
Zambia.
Zimbabwe.