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Speeches: correspondence, press releases, etc., 1954-1961

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  1. (fols. 1-24) cuttings from Venture concerning Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania), with articles by the following: Amir H. Jamal, Member of the Legislative Council, Marjorie Nicholson, Nyerere, Arthur Skeffington, MP, and Joan Wicken, 1954-1959
  2. (fols. 25-26) memorandum from Tanganyika African National Congress (TANC) to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lennox-Boyd, concerning the aims and demands of TANC, 27 Sep 1958
  3. (fols. 27-28) typed review of Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania)'s first elections held in two stages on 8 Sep 1958 and 9 Feb 1959, [1959]
  4. (fol. 29) typed review of Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania)'s first elections held in two stages on 8 Sep 1958 and 9 Feb 1959, n.d.
  5. (fol. 30) cutting from the Tanganyika Standard concerning constitutional proposals, 20 Mar 1959
  6. (item 1) Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) memorandum on constitutional proposals, pp. 5, 13 Jun 1959
  7. (items 2-6) Tanganyika Public Relations Department press releases, 22 Jun-16 Dec 1959
  8. (fol. 31) typed note: 'Points from John Hatch's Report to the Bureau Committee on his tour of Africa - 13 Jul 1959', n.d.
  9. (fols. 32-33) cutting from The Times listing some of Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania)'s first elected ministers with short biographical notes; a copy of a written reply by Lennox-Boyd to a question by Skeffington about distribution of departmental responsibilities among the newly elected Ministers, 17 Jun-23 Jul 1959
  10. (fols. 34-50) copy of a script of the Chairman (Nyerere)'s opening speech at the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa (PAFMECA) Conference (two copies) with a summary made from this by the FCB, and a note that neither was used for Venture, Sep 1959
  11. (fols. 51-53 and item 7) printed text of an address by the Governor to the Legislative Council on 20 Oct 1959 with a cyclostyled text of a speech by Nyerere on 22 Oct 1959 concerning Constitutional demands, Oct 1959
  12. (fols. 54-55) written Reply with a letter from Macleod to Skeffington concerning enrolments in the Dar es Salaam Technical School, 3 Nov-3 Dec 1959
  13. (fols. 56-57) copy of a letter from R.N. Donaldson, Member of the Legislative Council, to the Editor, East Africa and Rhodesia, about Tanganyikan (Tanzanian) currency, 13 Nov 1959
  14. (fols. 58-59) Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) press release of a meeting of its National Executive at Tanga, 3-6 Nov 1959, with excerpts from speeches by Nyerere, n.d.
  15. (fols. 60-61) Colonial Office Information Department (COID) press release concerning the Governor's announcement of major constitutional changes for Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania), 14 Dec 1959
  16. (fols. 62-65) cyclostyled text of Nyerere's reply to the Governor in the Legislative Council, 16 Dec 1959
  17. (fols. 66-68) copy of a letter from Donaldson to the Editor, The Economist, about an earlier article 'African deadline', 23 Dec 1959
  18. (fol. 69) Colonial Development Corporation press release about cocoa development in Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania), 25 Jan 1960
  19. (item 8) text of an address by Jamal, Minister of Urban Local Government and Works, at a special meeting of the Dar es Salaam Municipal Council, pp. 8, 26 Feb 1960
  20. (item 9) Central Office of Information pamphlet R. 4766, 'Tanganyika', pp. 29, Feb 1961
  21. (items 10-14) Colonial Office Information Department (COID) announcements concerning Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania), 31 Aug 1960-4 Aug 1961
  22. (fol. 70) Commonwealth Relations Office Press Notice concerning the appointment of Neil Pritchard, C.M.G., as first Head of the British Mission in Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania), 13 Sep 1961
  23. (item 15) cyclostyled memorandum prepared by the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, signed by Betts, on the famine situation in Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania), pp. 6, 20 Oct 1961
  24. (fols. 71-74) copy of a letter from Nyerere to Betts about the famine conditions, two copies, 20 Oct 1961
  25. (fols. 75-76) cyclostyled announcement of two vacancies on the staff of Kivukoni College, n.d.
  26. (item 16) memorandum on the Oslo African Education Fund, particularly the establishment of an Inter-African High School in Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania), pp. 6, 14 Dec 1961.

Dates

  • Creation: 1954-1961

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/123, folder 4

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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