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Being an investigation into how another society regards its Black citizens / Marq de Viliers : [manuscript]

File is an undated manuscript with the full title "Being an Investigation into how another Society regards its Black citizens and the Role assigned to them; the sources being the Acts and Fancies of the People as appear in the columns of their daily Journals, or, The Racial Bag: Some More Groovy Prejudices." The manuscript includes a brief glossary of terms, newspapers transcriptions as well as pasted clippings.

Childhood photographs of Marq de Villiers

File contains a photograph of Marq de Villiers as a small child, wearing a pith helmet and holding a sand shovel, and a photograph marked on the back with "Marq's oupa [grandfather] looking at the dam [with] Terry and Jennifer, Leo's children." On Marq's website, this image appears with the caption: "With grandfather and sister, surveying the state of the world’s water, 1944."

Into Africa : [manuscripts]

File includes two versions of a book outline, including chapter breakdowns and notes about the authors, as well notes on potential lists. sidebars and areas of research interest.

Marq de Villiers fonds

  • MS-2-825
  • Fonds
  • 1943 - 2016
Fonds comprises records documenting Marq de Villiers' work as a journalist and writer of non-fiction. Record types include manuscripts and published work—including collaborations with his wife, Sheila Hirtle; correspondence; publicity and reviews; and a small series of personal photographs and photographs taken in the course of his research.

de Villiers, Marq

Saraha : [manuscript]

File contains an early, edited version of what was published as Sahara: A Natural History, by Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle.