Correspondence concerning Drum magazine and other publications, mainly with Jim Bailey and Tom Hopkinson , editor of Drum , 1955-1972

File

MS. Sampson dep. 11

Held at the Weston Library

From a bundle entitled 'Drum (post '55)'. Includes:

letters from Jim Bailey reporting the development of Drum, progress with establishing the magazine in West Africa, and reactions to Sampson's Drum: A Venture into the New Africa (London: Collins, 1956) in South Africa, 1955-1957
correspondence with Tom Hopkinson concerning sales of the magazine, possible contributions to it by Sampson and his observations on its impact in America, 1958
proposal by Sampson to Bailey for a monthly 'Drum Report' dealing with 'the changing shape of Panafrica', 1 Aug. 1959
correspondence with Bailey concerning the possibility of returning to work for the Drum organisation, 1962
correspondence relating to In the Fiery Continent (London: Gollancz, 1962) by Tom Hopkinson, 1962

Dates

73 Leaves

MS. Sampson dep. 11

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