Heather and Listers, Please try http://www.lib.sun.ac.za/Archive/Archive.exe regards, Elva Begin forwarded message: > From: Elva Hanly <theaviary@bigpond.com> > Date: 19 July 2005 2:35:48 PM > To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Watson-Lockley Photographic Collection > > Hi Heather, > > Is it just me - I just cannot make a connection to the University > Library site at: > http://www.lib.sun.ac.za/Archive > to view the unedited images? Perhaps I've misunderstood and will have > to wait for the collection in 1-2 months. > Regards, > Elva > > >> From: "Heather MacAlister - LearningOnline" >> <Heather@learningonline.co.za> >> Date: 18 July 2005 6:40:36 PM >> To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Watson-Lockley Photographic Collection >> >> >> Morning All >> >> I have just been informed by Dr. Hans Heese that within a month of >> two Stellebosch University will have our collection of pictures - >> with dates and names - of about 35 000 pictures covering the period >> circa 1905-1965 available on the web. People will then be able to >> date pictures by comparing the dress of the period. >> >> The Watson-Lockley Photographic Collection, consisting of 30 000 >> photographic glass negatives, is one of the most important >> collections housed in the University Archives. >> JH Watson was a prominent photographer at Stellenbosch. He set up >> business in Stellenbosch in 1873 and his collection of photographic >> negatives visually reflects academic and social life of the >> University of Stellenbosch and its predecessors - as well as the >> Stellenbosch community at large. In 1927 Colin Lockley took over the >> studio and sold it to Cor Langenberg in 1960. >> The University acquired the glass negative collection in the 1980's. >> After moving around between the University Library and Museum, the >> collection was deposited in the University Archives in 1996. >> As the number on the negatives corresponds with an entry in journal - >> stating the date the photograph was taken and supplemented by the >> name of the person or subject, address the photograph was sent to and >> other details - the negatives have intrinsic historical value. >> In 1999 a start was made with the scanning of the negatives and >> connecting them to the biographical details of the subjects. In 2000 >> an electronic link was made between the scanned images and the names >> recorded in the journals. The work is still in progress but the >> (unedited) images may be viewed on the University Library site at: >> http://www.lib.sun.ac.za/Archive >> >> >> Heather MacAlister >> Web Site Manager for: >> www.familytree.co.za + www.ancestry.mweb.co.za >>   >> E-Centre >> 46 Hof Street >> Gardens >> 8001 >> Cape Town >> SOUTH AFRICA >>   >> Tel:  +27-21-481-8316 >> Fax: +27-21-481-8333 >> _______________________________________