Northern Rhodesia (Zambia): Political Parties, 1949-1962
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1681/245
Held at the Weston Library
Contains:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-8) draft plan for organising the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress, n.d.
- folder 2 (fol. 1 only) African National Congress: address to Creech Jones on his visit to Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) as Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1949
- folder 3 (fols. 1-11, items 1-9) African National Congress: material issued by the central office, 1952
- folder 4 (item 1 only) Freedom Newsletter, Vol. 1 No. 2 Feb 17, 1952
- folder 5 (fols. 1-39, items 1-5) African National Congress: press statements and policy statements, 1953
- folder 6 (fols. 1-21) African National Congress: material issued by the central office, 1954
- folder 7 (fols. 1-64) advice given by the Bureau to the African National Congress, at its request, on what its aims should be for a five-year development programme: correspondence and drafts of proposals, 1954-1955
- folder 8 (fols. 1-3) African National Congress: copy of a letter to the Governor and a statement from the Angoni and Chewa Native Authorities, 1955
- folder 9 (fols. 1-4) reports on the boycotts organised by the African National Congress, 1956
- folder 10 (fols. 1-48) reports on government attempts to suppress Congress, including letters and newspaper cuttings, 1957
- folder 11 (items 1-10) Congress Circular, incomplete series, 1955
- folder 12 (fols. 1-12, items 1-4) African National Congress: proposals for a new constitution, comments on the proposals, press statements, and reports, 1958
- folder 13 (fols. 1-10) African National Congress: correspondence, 1959
- folder 14 (fols. 1-8) African National Congress: correspondence, petition addressed to the British Prime Minister, and statements, 1960
- folder 15 (fols. 1-5) African National Congress: letter to the World Assembly of Youth and supplement to Freedom, 1961
- folder 16 (fols. 1-10, items 1-3) Zambia African National Congress and Kenneth Kaunda: correspondence and statements about the new constitution and the banning of the African National Congress (ANC), 1958-1959
- folder 17 (fols. 1-6) African National Independence Party: circulars, 1959
- folder 18 (fols. 1-40, items 1-7) United National Independence Party: correspondence, policy statements, and press statements, 1959-1962
- folder 19 (items 1-5) Voice of Zambia, incomplete series, 1961.
Dates
- Creation: 1949-1962
Extent
19 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Afr. s. 1681/245
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk