Coenraad De Buys - The First Transvaler

I finally managed to get a copy of "Coenraad De Buys - The First Transvaler" which was written by Agatha Elizabeth Schoeman (nee Kingdon) in 1938. (A million thanks to Antiquarian Auctions and to Arnaud Labuschagne at Gandolph's Books)

The book (which is a little worn on the spine and even signed by Agatha in pencil) was actually a thesis "submitted in partial fulfilment of requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts, University of Pretoria".  It covers the life and times of Coenraad De Buys and and been used by many researchers because of it's historical accuracy and it's insight into daily life in the colony.


I have been trying to find out who, if anyone, has copyright on the book as I would like to make it available electronically as a searchable PDF file.  If anyone can help with regard to copyright on the book or knows of Agatha's descendants I would really appreciate your help!

Copyright holder info for "The First Transvaler" wanted

While researching my family tree I obtained a copy of a thesis by Agatha Elizabeth Schoeman entitled "Coenraad De Buys - The First Transvaler" The book was published in 1938. I scanned the document and, using OCR software, converted it to a searchable PDF document. (I did this so that I could search the document for people's names and place names).

I would like to offer this "digital reproduction" of the book to Ancestry24.com who would like to put it in their free downloadable portion of their website. The problem is, however, I'm not sure who holds the copyright on the book (Agatha passed away around 1989) and I would like to get permission to distribute the document.