There is a steam engine on top of Table Mountain.
To find out how it got there, peruse the Terence Timoney Papers (BC1430).
The Bleek and Lloyd Collection (BC151) is listed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.
The campus was at times a site of struggle during the 70s and 80s.
A photograph from our BUZV collection documenting the history of UCT.
One of the many beautiful botanical paintings in our collection. For more botanical papers, see, for example, the Bolus collection.
Our unpublished materials comprise an extensive collection of original research material relating to the political, social, cultural and economic history of the Western Cape, as well as regions further afield.
Collection development policy
We collect original research material relating to the political, social, cultural and economic history of Southern Africa, with a strong focus on the Western Cape. The collections support research by a wide range of scholars whose work relies on primary resource materials.
We collect and preserve original archival collections, in all media.
Collecting Rationale
Our primary responsibility is to serve the research needs of faculty and students at the University of Cape Town. To this end, we seek to collect in subject areas which reflect the major research thrusts of this University.
Collections are acquired on the basis of their value for current and potential future research at this University.
Examples of current collection areas include:
Exclusions
We do not accept collections that are closed to public access in perpetuity.