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The Brenthurst Library
To Whom It May Concern
I am the Head Librarian/Manager of The Brenthurst Library in Johannesburg, a privately-owned research library holding collections of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, artworks and photographic materials.
In 2016 the library collaborated with the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam on a project to digitise records relating to Robert Jacob Gordon, the last Dutch military commander at the Cape. The library holds a substantial archive of manuscript material, and artworks and maps were in The Netherlands, so the Rijksmuseum wished to set up a website combining all the material for researchers. The manuscripts held here are fragile and very valuable, so it was important that they would be handled in line with best conservation practices.