Fabian Colonial Bureau papers on Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), 1938-1950

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(fols. 1-22) statement by Arthur Sheerly Cripps on the proposed Amalgamation of the territories north of the Zambezi with Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Jun 1938
(fol. 23) note by T. Fitzgerald on the Rhodesia Nyasaland Royal Commission report; with a note at the top, possibly in Fitzgerald's hand, 'Please note that a member of the Royal Commission Rhodesia Nyasaland wrote to this effect against His Majesty's Government committing itself to the principle of Amalgamation', 1 Mar 1939
(fols. 24-25) Verses by Cripps headed 'About Southern Rhodesia' and 'Will the Colour Bar cross the Zambesi?', n.d.
(fols. 26-29) letters from Cripps to Rita Hinden about the Bledisloe Commission, some papers that he had sent her and about Dr Stohr, 5 Jan-6 Jul 1940
(fols. 30-33) Bulawayo Chronicle, article on the draft bill on natural resources, 17 Mar 1941
(fol. 34) letter from Peter Purcell Gilpin, Manager of the Wiltshire Ranch of the London and Rhodesian Mining and Land Co., to Cripps about the Land Apportionment Bill, with added note from Cripps to Leys, 16 May 1941
(fols. 35-36) letter from Cripps to Leys about proposed legislation in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) connected with the Land Apportionment Act, and about destocking, 19 May 1941
(fol. 37) letter from Geoffrey Shakespeare, Dominions Office, to Norman Leys, about the reasons for no objections being raised in that Office to the Natural Resources Bill and the Land Apportionment Bill, 9 Jul 1941
(fols. 38-39) letter from Charles Mzingoli to Cripps about his steps as Chairman of the African Group of the Rhodesia Labour Party, to get in touch with African leaders of associations in Nyasaland (Malawi) and Northern Rhodesia (Zambia); also, a copy of the minutes of a meeting of his Group on 6 Aug at which a resolution was passed about the Land Apportionment Act, 23 Aug 1941
(fols. 40-44) letter from Cripps to Creech Jones about Amalgamation, with a copy of his verses to the Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and a similar letter to the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, 17 Sep 1941
(fols. 45-46) copy of a letter from Cripps to Leys about Amalgamation, the opposition of the Labour Party and of Creech Jones to it, the disagreement among the Commissioners over it and Fitzgerald's warning (see fol. 23), 23 Sep 1941
(fol. 47) letter from Norman Leys to Rita Hinden about Cripps and Mzingoli, 28 Oct 1941
(fols. 48-55) two copies of 'Is our Colour Bar to Cross the Zambesi?' a compilation by Cripps of press reports of Africans' evidence to a Royal Commission, 4 Feb 1942
(fol. 56) letter from Cripps to Creech Jones intended as a covering note to a letter from Archdeacon G.B. Glossop, 11 Dec 1941
(fols. 57-60) letter from 'A Native in Southern Rhodesia', giving a detailed criticism of statements in the White Paper of Sir Godfrey Huggins 'Statement on Native Policy in Southern Rhodesia', backing his arguments with statistics and facts drawn mainly from the Year Books, 18 Feb 1942
(fols. 61-66) four letters from Cripps to Rita Hinden to accompany newspaper cuttings or other enclosures; one letter from Cripps to Professor Huxley and some verses by him, Mar-May 1942
(fol. 67) letter from J.F.N. Green to Woolf about the move to purchase the Rhodesian Railway system by the government and the need to prevent joint control by the Rhodesias (Zambia and Zimbabwe) because of the racial discrimination practised in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), which would make the railway too expensive for Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) to run, 12 May 1942
(fol. 68) Rhodesia Herald, article about the ejection of indigenous people from farms in European areas, 29 May 1942
(fol. 69) letter from Cripps to Rita Hinden about a protest in a local paper from 'Four English Church powers-that-be', and his own letter to Bishop Paget, 1 Jun 1942
(fols. 70-71) letter from Cripps to Rita Hinden about labour gangs in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), with a statement from a member of the Southern Rhodesian Labour Party about proposed conscription of indigenous people for food production, 2 Jun 1942
(fol. 72) letter from Attlee, Dominions Office, to Creech Jones about the official action of the Southern Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) Government regarding the attempted ejection of indigenous people from European farms, 9 Oct 1942
(fols. 73-78) letter from Cripps to Rita Hinden about the Land Apportionment Commission in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), together with a letter on the same subject sent to him by F. Stohr, which also mentions the relationship between the Colonial Office and the Northern Rhodesians (Zambians), Lewin's pamphlet, and Professor Hoernle's book, 13 Oct-4 Nov 1942
(fols. 79-81) letter from Cripps to Rita Hinden about speeches made by Gore-Browne and Dr Stohr's attitude towards them, 22 Oct 1942
(fols. 82-85) newspaper cuttings about Amalgamation and the Rhodesian policy towards indigenous people, 1942-1943
(fols. 86-92) letters from Cripps to Rita Hinden and Creech Jones about Stohr and the Southern Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) Government, 5 May-22 Jul 1943
(fols. 93-100) notes by Stohr on Land Apportionment, Gore-Browne's idea that amalgamation with Tanganyika (Tanzania) and Nyasaland (Malawi) was more feasible for Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) than amalgamation with Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); also comparing the government of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) by the British South Africa (BSA) Company with the government of the Colonial Office, n.d.
(fols. 101-103) two statements from members of the African Headquarters Branch of the Rhodesian Labour Party, W.D. Ntuli, and L.C. Mzingeli, on the need for a separate voters' roll, made at the central meeting of the branch, 13 Aug 1943
(fols. 104-271) correspondence between Cripps and Mzingeli and Rita Hinden, Creech Jones, and Charles Oliver about racial discrimination in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), as shown by the Land Apportionment Act, the amendment to the Act, labour conscription, current legislation, Huggins's visit to London, and Rita Hinden's book Plan for Africa, 1943-1950
(fols. 272-274) letter from Lord Addison to F.W. Skinnard about the Southern Rhodesian Industrial Conciliation Act, with a marked passage referring to the scrutiny of all legislation before the 'signification of His Majesty's pleasure', 3 Dec 1945
(fol. 275) letter from John Parker, Dominions Office, to Skinnard about wage rates for unskilled African labourers under the building industry agreement in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); two copies, Feb 1946
(fol. 277) letter from G.H. Hall's private Secretary, Colonial Office, to D.L. Lipson, MP, about the medical examination and treatment of labourers migrating between Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and the Union of South Africa, 27 Dec 1945
(fols. 278-279) resolutions of the Umtali South Branch of the Southern Rhodesian Labour Party passed at a meeting of the National Executive about the need for unity between the Southern Rhodesian Labour Party (SRLP) and the Rhodesia Labour Party (RLP), 30 Apr 1947.