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Box 606754272

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

South Africa, 1936-1960

 File
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 384/6
Extents: 7 folders
Dates: 1936-1960

Post-retirement private correspondence and ephemera, 1938-1960

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With one unfoliated item. Comprises: (fol. 1) menu for the formal opening of the Iridium Room, 6 Oct 1938 (fols. 2-6) letter from Muriel MacKereth, wife of the British Consul-General, Addis Ababa, to Lady Rey, describing her return to Addis Ababa from Damascus, and changes in Ethiopia since the 1920s, 11 Apr 1940 (fol. 7) letter from Compton Mackenzie, Island of Barra,...
Extents: 56 Leaves
Dates: 1938-1960

Press cuttings, mounted and loose, concerning Rey, 1936-1956

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Concerning: his retirement to Cape Town social events reports on his addresses to meetings, particularly concerning Abyssinia (Ethiopia) Tshekedi and Seretse Khama the future of South Africa in world affairs.
Extents: 50 Leaves
Dates: 1936-1956

Press articles by Rey, 1938-1951

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With three unfoliated items. Cuttings from South African newspapers and two typed drafts for his pamphlet The Union of South Africa and some of its problems, 1947. Articles are on various subjects, in particular: the history and future of the Protectorate (Botswana)s the Spanish Civil War the Italian-French dispute in North...
Extents: 97 Leaves
Dates: 1938-1951

Letters to Rey about his publications, 1947-1954

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Concerning press articles by him and his pamphlet on South African problems. Comprises: (fols. 1-20) correspondence concerning publication of Rey's pamphlet The Union of South Africa and some of its problems, with cuttings of press reviews, 5 Apr 1947-20 May 1950. The correspondents are: D. Forsyth, Department of External Affairs, South Africa; H.M. Moolman, Director, South...
Extents: 31 Leaves
Dates: 1947-1954

Texts of broadcasts by Rey, 1940-1942; 1948; 1956

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With one unfoliated item. Comprises: (fols. 1-9) cuttings from South African newspapers about Rey's broadcasts, 20 Jun 1940-Oct 1942 (fols. 10-14) letters to Rey about his broadcasts from the following: Chief of Radio Section, Bureau of Information; Harding; and Humphrey Hankey, 27 Jan-30 Apr 1942 (fols. 15-33) two broadcasts on Abyssinia (Ethiopia), 20 Jun 1940 ...
Extents: 162 Leaves
Dates: 1940-1942; 1948; 1956

Texts of Rey's unpublished articles and undelivered speeches, 1939-1944

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Comprises: (fols. 1-6) article on the invasion of Poland by Soviet troops, n.d. (fols. 7-12) article on the future of White South Africa, 1939 (fols. 13-34) article on Italy, Egypt, and the Blue Nile, 1939 (fols. 35-38) article on Germany, Russia, and England, n.d. (fols. 39-46) article entitled 'The great Russian illusion', n.d. ...
Extents: 91 Leaves
Dates: 1939-1944

Texts, drafts, and working notes of speeches and articles by Rey, 1940-1942; 1945

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With four unfoliated items. Includes related correspondence and press cuttings. Comprises: (fols. 1-10) miscellaneous notes in Rey's hand for talks on the war effort, n.d. (fols. 11-12) press accounts of a speech by Rey on Abyssinia (Ethiopia)'s war significance, 5 Jun 1940 (fols. 13-23) article later published in the Cape Times...
Extents: 278 Leaves
Dates: 1940-1942; 1945