Ds Henry Charles Hopkins (Heidelberg, 3 April 1918 - Cape Town, 20 November 1992), a Dutch Reformed Church minister and archivist, collected the photographs and negatives, mostly portraits of individuals and families taken during the late 1800's. The collection was donated to the archives in 1994

The AG (General) Collection contains 19 000 photographs and were donated to the Cape Archives by various donors over the years.
These photographs include portraits of individuals, families, buildings, towns, transport, nature, war, etc.