Bechuanaland (Botswana): Development, 1945-1969
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1681/222
Held at the Weston Library
Contains:
- folder 1 (item 1 only) 'The Human Crisis in Africa' by Michael Scott, with an appendix on 'Productive Development of Bechuanaland' by Tshekedi Khama, 1945 et seq.
- folder 2 (fols. 1-61) articles for the press, memoranda, and statements by Tshekedi Khama on aspects of social and economic development, 1945-1951
- folder 3 (fols. 1-4, item 1 only) 'The Young Idea in Bechuanaland' by Michael Scott: draft and final version, as printed in Student Review, 18 May 1948
- folder 4 (fols. 1-83) correspondence and related papers on social and economic development in Bechuanaland (Botswana), 1948-1959
- folder 5 (fols. 1-32) notes and drafts of papers on development in Bechuanaland (Botswana), with some correspondence with the Daily Mail, 1949-1957
- folder 6 (fols. 1-56) papers, speeches, and lectures by Tshekedi Khama on administration in Bechuanaland (Botswana), [c. 1951]
- folder 7 (fols. 1-24) correspondence and related papers on political development in Bechuanaland (Botswana), 1951-1967
- folder 8 (fols. 1-10) correspondence of J.H. Lodge about developments, 1953
- folder 9 (fols. 1-108) correspondence, memoranda, and opinions about mining, prospecting, and mineral rights in Bechuanaland (Botswana), 1955-1959
- folder 10 (fols. 1-5) memorandum by Guy Clutton-Brock on a proposed village development scheme at Pilikwe to be run by Tshekedi Khama, 1956
- folder 11 (fols. 1-6) correspondence about the Tati Company and the condition of Africans in the Tati District, 1960-1961
- folder 12 (fols. 1-43) correspondence and reports about Swaneng Hill School from the van Rensburgs and others about them, 1962-1969
- folder 13 (fols. 1-7) newspaper cuttings on development, 1952-1955.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-1969
Extent
13 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Afr. s. 1681/222
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk