- Title
- The memoirs of C.S. Douglas
- Creator
- Douglas, Cuthbert Sholto
- Subject
- Surveying -- South Africa -- History
- Subject
- Surveyors -- South Africa -- Biography
- Date
- 2015-06-05
- Type
- Text
- Identifier
- vital:547
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018500
- Description
- In this transcription of original memoirs, Cuthbert Sholto Douglas, 21.1.1887 - 6.8.1973, the son of a Methodist minister, describes his youth in Sea Point, and his studies in Land Surveying in Cape Town in the early years of the 20th century. His early career as a surveyor took place in Piet Retief, before he joined the Department of Irrigation. His responsiblities included work on the Hartebeespoort Dam, and the reconnaissance into the feasibilty of the Kalahari water scheme proposed by Prof. Schwartz. He worked on the Sundays River Valley irrigation canals, before proceeding to work in Bloemfontein, Pietermaritzburg and finally Pretoria as Surveyor General. His memoir contains numerous interesting details of life in the field in the early days of land surveying in South Africa, as well as the social history of the time. He was married to Honor Broadhead, daughter of a Methodist minister, and father of Sholto, Kenneth, Hugh and Malcolm Douglas.
- Description
- Donated by Geoff Douglas, 2015
- Format
- 93 p.
- Format
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Rhodes University
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