Donor: L Marriott Earle; ca.340 packets and 6409 sheets of architectural drawings; photograph albums; press-cutting books; pamphlets; pictures; sketches.
L Marriott Earle, prominent Cape Town architect and a member of the successor firm to Herbert Baker and Masey.
-- Specifications, quantity schedules and correspondence referring to several hundred buildings in the Cape Province for the S.A. College (47); "Rustenberg", Stellenbosch, for R Stuttaford (191).
-- 12 albums of photographs, some books and a variety of pamphlets, pictures, sketches, etc. Peter's Home, Grahamstown (153); National Bank, Stutterheim (72); Rhodes University, various blocks and buildings (ca.825 sheets); "Niet Voorbij", Stellenbosch, house for overseer (63); Carnarvon School (40); Messrs. Lloyds & Co., Cape Town (51); St. Andrew's Church, The Strand (42); St. Barnabas Church, Cape Town (73); "Schoongezicht" (later "Lanzerac") for Mrs. English, Stellenbosch (48); St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown (46); Louis Botha Memorial, Cape Town (78); St. Paul's Church, Rondebosch (59); Missions to Seamen Institute, Cape Town (61); Princess Christian Home, Mowbray, Cape (65); Hiddingh Hall (60) and other plans planned by the firm of Baker and Masey, with which Sir Herbert Baker was connected (1892-1910), and its successor firms, incl. the S.A. National Gallery, Rhodes University, St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, Rhodes Memorial in Cape Town, Groote Schuur, "Welgelegen" in Mowbray.
-- Correspondence by Sir Herbert Baker's firm; also the private correspondence of FK Kendall (1921-1944).
-- Three early 19th century sketch-books by Hermann Schutte, an early 19th century Cape Town builder.
-- Drawings by some 21 architects incl. Sir Herbert Baker (1862-1946), Charles Freeman (ca. 1833-1911), Franklin Kaye Kendall (1870-1948), Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869-1944).
-- About 550 sets of drawings. Some major projects incl.: St.