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Box 606767620

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Contains 7 Results:

Correspondence I, 1941-1947

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Contains: (fols. 1-68) letters from R.H.B. Dickson, Labour candidate and farmer in Umtali (Mutare), with several enclosures, and two replies from Rita Hinden, 10 Mar 1941-2 Aug 1946: (fols. 1-12) two letters to Creech Jones, containing criticisms of Godfrey Huggins, the Southern Rhodesia Constitution, Land Apportionment Act, and the proposals for federation, with two cuttings and a reprint...
Extents: 214 Leaves
Dates: 1941-1947

Correspondence II, 1947-1951

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Contains: (fols. 1-2) letter from P. Llewellyn Ross, Salisbury (Harare), to the Fabian Society, expressing his views on the treatment and mentality of African people, 29 Nov 1947. (fols. 3-53) correspondence with Rev. A.S. Cripps (see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/99, folder 3, fols. 19-95). Because of his blindness, his letters were written by various amanuenses; many of the letters enclosed cuttings that are not in this file. The correspondence is concerned chiefly...
Extents: 139 Leaves
Dates: 1947-1951

Correspondence III, 1951-1952

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Contains: (fols. 1-18) correspondence between J. Cogill, National Building Housing Board, Bulawayo, and Marjorie Nicholson, 19 Jan-10 Mar 1951, on the following subjects: (fols. 1-16) Electoral Amendment Bill (fols. 5, 8-16) Native Land Husbandry Bill (fols. 9-14) proposed transfer of Bechuanaland (Botswana) to South Africa, and Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)'s...
Extents: 130 Leaves
Dates: 1951-1952

Correspondence IV, 1953-1956

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(fols. 1-36) contain: (fols. 1-7) correspondence between Marjorie Nicholson, Hilda Selwyn-Clarke, and Mzingeli, Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICWU) of Africa, about federation, developments in Central Africa, and the Industrial Workers' Bill (with a list of members of the Select Committee, fol. 6), 16 Feb 1953-15 Sep 1955 (fols. 8-12) correspondence between J. Cogill,...
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: 1953-1956

Correspondence V, 1957-1960

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Unless otherwise stated, the Bureau's letters are from Hilda Selwyn-Clarke: (fol. 1) circular letter from P.J.S. Mackay, 'Rhodesiana', Salisbury (Harare), about an Africana book service, with manuscript notes on it about sending information on FCB publications, 10 Jul 1957 (fol. 2) letter to Sir John Moffat, MP, Federal Assembly, about the franchise proposals for the federation, 22 Jul...
Extents: 71 Leaves
Dates: 1957-1960

Miscellaneous correspondence, 31 Dec 1957-6 Aug 1965

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Correspondence with various individuals, with draft articles and memoranda. Includes two unfoliated items.
Extents: 87 Leaves
Dates: 31 Dec 1957-6 Aug 1965

Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe): Correspondence and related papers concerned chiefly with Federation, 1941-1965

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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/99
Correspondence and other papers concerned chiefly with the question of Federation with Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and Nyasaland (Malawi). See also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/27 for correspondence about Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), 1945-1953, between the Fabian Colonial Bureau and the Dominions Office and Commonwealth Relations Office, and for papers about two deputations from the FCB, (1) in 1946, to Lord Addison, S/S Dominion Affairs, about racial discrimination in Southern Rhodesia...
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1941-1965