General Correspondence G-M, 1929-1931

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Comprises:

(fols. 1-2) letter from Oldham to Professor J.W. Gregory of Glasgow about the latter's book on the race problem, the Hilton Young Report, and Oldham's work on Smuts, 12 Jun 1931
(fols. 3-4) correspondence between P.B. Haigh and Oldham about the settlers' manifesto, 12-14 Nov 1930
(fol. 5) letter from R.W. Hamilton [sir Robert], MP, to Oldham about the latter's evidence before the Joint Select Committee, [22] Mar 1931
(fol. 6) letter from Oldham's Secretary to the Rev. H.D. Hooper informing him of the addition of Canon Leakey to the Kenya Missionary Council's delegation to the Joint Select Committee, 29 Dec 1930
(fols. 7-13) letter from Maurice F.C. Honoré from Nairobi to Oldham about the White Papers, trusteeship, education, and magic, 12 Jul 1930
(fols. 14-16) correspondence between the Rev. H.D. Hooper, Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, and Oldham about a letter from the Rev. H.W. Tegart, concerning the claims of the Bunyoro for a just land settlement and the possibility of a rising if such matters were not satisfactorily decided, with the letter enclosed, 25-27 Apr 1931
(fols. 17-21) correspondence between F.S. Joelson, Editor of East Africa, about the impression made by Oldham's evidence on the Joint Select Committee and publication of the gist of it in his paper, with a letter for the next edition by Oldham elucidating some points, 18-20 Mar 1931
(fols. 22-23) letter from A. Berriedale Keith of Edinburgh University to Oldham about official control over policy towards indigenous communities, and the danger of ceding it, as in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), or delegating it to a High Commissioner, 23 Nov 1929
(fol. 24) letter from Oldham to Canon Leakey about the Hilton Young Commission's investigation of expenditure in the Native Reserves in Kenya, 19 Mar 1931
(fol. 25) letter from Oldham to Sir Humphrey Leggett thanking him for congratulations [on his evidence], 8 Jul 1931
(fol. 26) letter from Oldham to the Marquis of Lothian asking him to consult him on East Africa, 13 Oct 1930
(fol. 27) letter from Malcolm MacDonald to Oldham in response to one of his about the White Papers and conveying his father's gratification on seeing it, 25 Jun 1930
(fols. 28-32) correspondence between Professor W.M. Macmillan in Johannesburg and Oldham about the former's recent safari into Central Africa and Kenya, the need for reforms in the Colonial Service, the settler's influence on the administration in Kenya, the expediency of Macmillan's returning to England in the hope of giving evidence to the Joint Select Committee, and comparing the East African and the South African situations, 20 Aug-15 Oct 1930.