Engagements and Invitations: Visits, Visitors, and Tours: Visits, 1961
The material in the following section indicates the nature and pace of life of a government minister (and the vast amount of organisation required to keep the show on the road), as well as throwing light on Rhodesian (Zambian and Zimbabwean) society and its activities in the 1950s and early 1960s. Invitations and tours provide anecdotal evidence of the rate of economic development in Central Africa in those years. Visitors and visits tie in with political, constitutional, and military/security affairs and developments. Social engagements tie in with party politics.
London, Lisbon, etc.: correspondence concerning the Federal Prime Minister's visit to London to address the annual conference of the Institute of Directors (Royal Albert Hall), and to Lisbon and Rome en route; invitations, engagements, and itineraries. Report on activities of Kaunda (404/1); texts of other speeches made to the Institute of Directors and letters of congratulation received by Roy Welensky (404/4). Comprises.
- folder 1 (76 fols.) 9 May-30 Sep 1961
- folder 2 (154 fols.) 4 Oct-31 Oct 1961
- folder 3 (71 fols.) 1 Nov-7 Nov 1961
- folder 4 (153 fols.) 8 Nov-14 Nov 1961.
Dates
- Creation: 1961
Extent
4 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Welensky Papers 404
Arrangement
This section contains material relating to Welensky's foreign travels in Africa, America, and Europe, and visits to the United Kingdom, as well as extended visits to the two northern territories of the Federation (Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi) (MSS. Welensky Papers 394/1, 396/1-5, 397/2-4, and 399/4). See the 'Tours' section (from MSS. Welensky Papers 410/1 onward), a separate heading in the original filing system, for other engagements within the Federation. Further material relating to London visits for constitutional discussions will be found at MSS. Welensky Papers 64/7-91/1, 197/1-220/4, and 700/3. Minutes of Commonwealth conferences are at MSS. Welensky Papers 169/1-170/4.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk