Background
Nagelgast, Elsie Blanche was born on June 10, 1931 in Cathcart, South Africa. Daughter of Alexander Daniel Peter and Elsje Johanna (Beukes) Jubber.
Nagelgast, Elsie Blanche was born on June 10, 1931 in Cathcart, South Africa. Daughter of Alexander Daniel Peter and Elsje Johanna (Beukes) Jubber.
Bachelor, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, 1949. Diploma in Librarianship, Witwatersrand University, 1962. Diploma in Teaching, College Education, Johannesburg, 1950.
Teacher King Edward VII Preparatory, Johannesburg, 1951—1955, Indian Girls High School, Pietermaritzburg, 1958—1959. Teacher schools London, 1956—1957, 1959—1960. Library Public library, Johannesburg, 1963—1976.
Assistant curator Africana Museum, 1976—1980, curator, since 1980. Advisory member National Advisory Committee Museum, 1981—1986.
Married Laurence Bertie Hughes, August 23, 1957 (divorced January 1968). Married Edward Johann Dirk Nagelgast, July 3, 1971.