Documents related to the period leading up to the arrival of the first South African immigrants in Argentina and covering the establishment of families there during the next two decades.
A Cape Town Daily News article reporting need for room and board for repatriated Afrikaners from Argentina, and asking South African farmers to provide temporary lodging.
Published 1938
A typed list of Boer settlers arriving in Argentina as well as information on ship names and destinations throughout Argentina. Document contains handwritten annotations in ink.
Written 1902
A postcard with a photo of horses carrying carts loaded with bales of wool to Comodoro Rivadavia. The words "Hendrik Visser, Gert Pelser, Sierra Cuadraga [sic]" are written on the back.
Letter from British officer in Buenos Aires regarding the repatriation of South African immigrants, questioning whether this should happen "at public expense," and that repatriated South Africans would need assistance upon arrival.
Written 1911
Photocopy of newspaper detailing an address by Rev. J.J. Wasserfall in which he stated that settlers desired to return to South Africa due to concerns about inter-marriage as well as the reluctance to marry outside of the community.
Published 1931
