nikki.haw@up.ac.zaDe la Harpe, Michelle2019-09-102019-09-1020182018http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71308Jacob de Villers Roos (1869-1940) was a journalist, advocate, Secretary of Justice for the Transvaal, Director of Prisons, Auditor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1918-1929, financier and founder of the Transvaal University College and Chairperson of the Mapungubwe Archaelogical Committee from 1934-1938. Roos bequeathed not only his extensive library and Africana book collection, but also his personal document archive to the University of Pretoria.198 pagesenDepartment of Library Services, University of PretoriaJacob de Villiers RoosObsessive collectorPolymathBook