Cobern Collection

Identity area

Type of entity

Donor

Authorized form of name

Cobern Collection

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • COB

Other form(s) of name

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Contact area

Description area

Dates of existence

1960s - 1990

History

Malcolm Cobern was the photographer of the Cape Archives during the 1970’s. Much of the photographs in the CA Collection were taken by him. The photographs, slides and negatives in the Coburn Collection were donated to the archives in 2003 by his widow.
1 – 599 colour slides: Cape Town buildings and streets 1960s – 1990s
600 – 1555 black and white negatives: Train stations; trains; Copper Railway and mines in Namaqualand; towns and caravan parks in Namaqualand, West Coast, Karoo and Namibia; museums; ships; battlefields; and trains and railways in German South West Africa (Namibia).

Places

Cape Province
Namibia

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Access points area

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

COB

Institution identifier

KAB

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAAR

Status

Draft

Level of detail

Partial

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

13 October 2023 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

Maintenance notes