An Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Bosman, Herman Charles,
1905-1951
Title:
Herman Charles Bosman
Papers
Dates:
1940-1960, undated
Extent:
5 boxes (2.10 linear feet), 1 galley folder (gf)
Abstract:
Includes manuscripts and
correspondence of the South African writer and journalist Herman Charles Bosman,
who
was renowned for his short stories. Present are drafts of several poems and Oom
Schalk Laurens stories, his Afrikaans translation of The
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, manuscripts of his novel Willemsdorp (1977), and manuscript notebooks.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-0460
Language:
English,
Afrikaans,
German
Access:
Open for research
Administrative Information
Processed by:
Joan Sibley and Sara Saastamoinen, 2012
Note:
This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in
a
card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for
information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the
abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.
