Reference code
ZA UCT BC1329_C_C4
Title
Africa Bureau
Date(s)
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Subseries
Extent and medium
Name of creator
(1919-2003)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
C4.1 Agendas (10 items) (1952-1982)
C4.1.1 Agenda for meeting to be held on 20 March 1952
C4.1.2 Agenda for meeting to be held on 26 March 1952
C4.1.3 Agenda for Excom meeting of 16 September 1970
C4.1.4 Agenda for Executive meeting to be held on 16 May 1973
C4.1.5 Agenda for Executive meeting to be held on 10 July 1974
C4.1.6 Agenda for a briefing on Zanzibar by Wolfgang Dourado to be held on 9 September 1974 followed by a meeting of the Executive
C4.1.7 Agenda for meeting of AET meeting to be held on 16 September 1975, enclosing minutes of a meeting held on 8 January 1975 and a statement of accounts
C4.1.8 Covering letter from Rose Foot to Colin Legum enclosing agenda for Excom meeting to be held on 18 February 1976 and minutes of a meeting held on 3 February 1976
C4.1.9 Agenda for a meeting of the Executive to be held on 24 November 1976
C4.1.10 Agenda for a meeting of the Africa Committee to be held on 14 September 1982; encloses a discussion paper "Ghana since the 31 December Revolution" by Tony Gifford
C4.2 Correspondence (64 items) (1952-1976)
C4.2.1 Letter from Commander Thomas Fox-Pitt to Colin Legum dated 24 January 1952
C4.2.2 Letter from Colin Legum to Commander Thomas Fox-Pitt dated 29 February 1952
C4.2.3 Copy of a letter from EF Hitchcock, Bird & Co (Africa) Ltd, to Colin Legum, dated 11 March 1952, enclosing a letter sent by Hitchcock to Col David Stirling regarding a libelous letter, dated 10 March 1952
C4.2.4 Letter from Reverend Michael Scott to MPs, members of the press and missionary societies regarding the Central African Federation, dated 14 March 1952; encloses 3 annexures: a) memo of the African Protectorate Council for Nyasaland; b) letter from Chief Mwase to the African weekly; and c) press statement from the Northern Rhodesia African Congress
C4.2.5 Letter from Aba B Pant, Commissioner for the Government of India in British East Africa, to Colin Legum, dated 14 March 1952 (encloses statements made by Pant at the UN)
C4.2.6 Letter from Hastings K Banda to Colin Legum dated 10 March 1952 regarding Federation. Contains enclosures from Nyasaland African Congress and a memo from the Protectorate Council
C4.2.7 Copy of a letter to the Scotsman by Rev Kenneth McKenzie dated 22 April 1952 regarding Southern Rhodesia's native policy
C4.2.8 Letter from Commander Thomas Fox-Pitt to Colin Legum dated 7 May 1952
C4.2.9 Letter from David Astor to Colin Legum regarding the Rev Michael Scott's medical condition dated 23 May 1952
C4.2.10 Letter from Commander Thomas Fox-Pitt to Colin Legum dated 18 May 1952
C4.2.11 Letter fom the Presbyterian Church of England regarding Federation and the plan to incorporate the three High Commission territories into the Union of SA, dated 21 May 1952
C4.2.12 Notice of press conference to be held by Jonas Savimbi on 6 July 1962, dated 5 July 1962
C4.2.13 Letter from Colin Legum to Miss Mercy Edgedale dated 13 July 1968
C4.2.14 Letter from Miss Mercy Edgedale to Colin Legum dated 15 July 1968
C4.2.15 Letter from Colin Legum to Miss Mercy Edgedale dated 17 July 1968
C4.2.16 Letter from Miss Mercy Edgedale to Colin Legum dated 19 July 1968
C4.2.17 Letter from Colin Legum to Miss Mercy Edgedale dated 24 July 1968
C4.2.18 Letter from Miss Mercy Edgedale to Colin Legum dated 31 July 1968
C4.2.19 Letter from Miss Mercy Edgedale to Colin Legum dated 14 August 1968
C4.2.20 Letter from Colin Legum to Miss Mercy Edgedale dated 17 August 1968
C4.2.21 Letter from "peter", Africa Bureau to Colin Legum dated 20 August 1968
C4.2.22 Letter from Colin Legum to Guy Arnold dated 19 July 1969
C4.2.23 Letter dated 25 July 1969 from Guy Arnold to all members of the Bureau, attaching minutes of a meeting held on 21 July 1969
C4.2.24 Letter from Colin Legum to Jane Kellock dated 12 September 1969
C4.2.25 Letter from Guy Arnold to Colin Legum dated 15 September 1969
C4.2.26 Letter from Colin Legum to Guy Arnold dated 4 October 1969
C4.2.27 Letter from Guy Arnold to Colin Legum dated 27 April 1970
C4.2.28 Letter from Colin Legum to Guy Arnold dated 28 April 1970
C4.2.29 Letter from Guy Arnold to members of the X-Ray Working Committee dated 19 October 1970
C4.2.30 Undated letter from Guy Arnold announcing a meeting to be addressed by Bishop Abel Muzorewa on 10 February [1971]
C4.2.31 Letter from Guy Arnold to Colin Legum dated 6 May 1971 enclosing a draft proposal for a conference on business in South Africa
C4.2.32 Letter from Alan Baldwin to Colin Legum dated 30 September 1971
C4.2.33 Covering letter from Sue Burger to all members of the X-Ray Working Committee enclosing a draft of vol 2, no 3 (5 October 1971)
C4.2.34 Letter from Colin Legum to Alan Baldwin dated 8 October 1971
C4.2.35 Letter from Colin Legum to Michael Scott dated 20 April 1972
C4.2.36 Letter from Alistair Hetherington, The Guardian, to Colin Legum dated 28 April 1972
C4.2.37 Letter from Colin Legum to The Editor, The Guardian, dated 28 April 1972
C4.2.38 Letter from Sir Bernard de Bunsen to Colin Legum dated 28 April 1972
C4.2.39 Letter from Colin Legum to Sir Bernard de Bunsen dated 29 April 1972
C4.2.40 Letter from Colin Legum to Jane Kellock dated 29 April 1972
C4.2.41 Letter from Colin Legum to Alistair Hetherington, The Guardian, dated 2 May 1972
C4.2.42 Letter to Colin Legum from John Cole, Deputy Editor, The Guardian dated 8 May 1972
C4.2.43 Letter from Colin Legum to Frank Judd dated 10 May 1972
C4.2.44 Letter from Colin Legum to Edith Bond dated 16 May 1972
C4.2.45 Letter from Colin Legum to Sir Bernard de Bunsen dated 15 July 1972
C4.2.46 Letter from Colin Legum to Sir Bernard de Bunsen dated 27 July 1972 enclosing a plea from the High Commissioner for Refugees regarding an airlift of food into Southern Sudan
C4.2.47 Letter from Sir Bernard de Bunsen to Colin Legum dated 21 September 1972
C4.2.48 Letter from Colin Legum to Sir Bernard de Bunsen dated 13 October 1972
C4.2.49 Letter from Sir Bernard de Bunsen to Colin Legum dated 27 October 1972
C4.2.50 Letter from Colin Legum to Sir Bernard de Bunsen dated 28 October 1972
C4.2.51 Letter from Colin Legum to Sir Bernard de Bunsen dated 17 November 1972
C4.2.52 Letter from Colin Legum to Alan Baldwin dated 1 September 1973
C4.2.53 Letter from Colin Legum to Mrs Sarah Burbury dated 10 May 1974
C4.2.54 Letter from Colin Legum to Mrs Sarah Burbury dated 21 May 1974
C4.2.55 Letter from Colin Legum to Mrs Sarah Burbury dated 25 May 1974
C4.2.56 Letter from Sir Bernard de Bunsen to all members of the Bureau dated 9 September 1974
C4.2.57 Letter from Colin Legum to Rose Foot dated 26 June 1975
C4.2.58 Letter from Colin Legum to Sarah Burbury dated 24 September 1975
C4.2.59 Letter from Colin Legum to Rose Foot dated 8 October 1975
C4.2.60 Letter from Colin Legum to Rose Foot dated 12 October 1976
C4.2.61 CV of Phillip le Roux dated 10 November 1976
C4.2.62 Letter from Rose Foot to Colin Legum dated 16 November 1976
C4.2.63 Letter from Colin Legum to Rose Foot dated 23 November 1976
C4.2.64 Draft undated covering letter regarding trustees and consultatives
C4.3 History of African Bureau (2 items) (n.d.)
C4.3.1 Ts document titled "Colin Legum's history of the Africa Bureau" (August 1996)
C4.3.2 Draft statement of aims
C4.4 Memorandums (2 items) (n.d.)
C4.1 Undated memo in which Colin Legum puts forward proposals for organising and functioning of the "Bureau for African and Colonial Affairs"
C4.2 Undated memo from Colin Legum to Jane Kellock
C4.5 Minutes (10 items) (1952)
C4.5.1 Minutes of a meeting held on 25 February 1952 (incomplete)
C4.5.2 Minutes of Executive Committee meeting held on 20 March 1952
C4.5.3 Minutes of Executive Committee meeting held on 26 March 1952
C4.5.4 Minutes of an Executive Committee meeting held on 17 April 1952
C4.5.5 Minutes of Executive Committee meeting held on 24 April 1952
C4.5.6 Minutes of an Executive Committee meeting held on 8 May 1952
C4.5.7 Minutes of a meeting on federation in Central Africa held on 9 May 1952
C4.5.8 Minutes of an Executive Committee meeting held on 14 May 1952
C4.5.9 Minutes of Executive Committee meeting held on 21 May 1952
C4.5.10 Minutes of an Executive Committee meeting held on 12 June 1952
C4.6 Petitions (1 item) (n.d.)
C4.6.1 Undated copy of a petition, drafted by Rev Kenneth McKenzie, being circulated in Scotland regarding Federation in Central Africa
C4.7 Reports (1 item) (1952)
C4.7.1 Report on a conference on Central African Federation held by the Africa Bureau on 3 May 1952
C4.8 Statements (1 item) (n.d.)
C4.8.1 Africa Bureau statement: "Independent Africa and the struggle for justice in Southern Africa"
C4.9 Fund-raising (1 item) (1963)
C4.9.1 Programme for "SOS Africa: An all-star variety show in aid of the Africa Bureau", 29 November 1963
C4.1.1 Agenda for meeting to be held on 20 March 1952
C4.1.2 Agenda for meeting to be held on 26 March 1952
C4.1.3 Agenda for Excom meeting of 16 September 1970
C4.1.4 Agenda for Executive meeting to be held on 16 May 1973
C4.1.5 Agenda for Executive meeting to be held on 10 July 1974
C4.1.6 Agenda for a briefing on Zanzibar by Wolfgang Dourado to be held on 9 September 1974 followed by a meeting of the Executive
C4.1.7 Agenda for meeting of AET meeting to be held on 16 September 1975, enclosing minutes of a meeting held on 8 January 1975 and a statement of accounts
C4.1.8 Covering letter from Rose Foot to Colin Legum enclosing agenda for Excom meeting to be held on 18 February 1976 and minutes of a meeting held on 3 February 1976
C4.1.9 Agenda for a meeting of the Executive to be held on 24 November 1976
C4.1.10 Agenda for a meeting of the Africa Committee to be held on 14 September 1982; encloses a discussion paper "Ghana since the 31 December Revolution" by Tony Gifford
C4.2 Correspondence (64 items) (1952-1976)
C4.2.1 Letter from Commander Thomas Fox-Pitt to Colin Legum dated 24 January 1952
C4.2.2 Letter from Colin Legum to Commander Thomas Fox-Pitt dated 29 February 1952
C4.2.3 Copy of a letter from EF Hitchcock, Bird & Co (Africa) Ltd, to Colin Legum, dated 11 March 1952, enclosing a letter sent by Hitchcock to Col David Stirling regarding a libelous letter, dated 10 March 1952
C4.2.4 Letter from Reverend Michael Scott to MPs, members of the press and missionary societies regarding the Central African Federation, dated 14 March 1952; encloses 3 annexures: a) memo of the African Protectorate Council for Nyasaland; b) letter from Chief Mwase to the African weekly; and c) press statement from the Northern Rhodesia African Congress
C4.2.5 Letter from Aba B Pant, Commissioner for the Government of India in British East Africa, to Colin Legum, dated 14 March 1952 (encloses statements made by Pant at the UN)
C4.2.6 Letter from Hastings K Banda to Colin Legum dated 10 March 1952 regarding Federation. Contains enclosures from Nyasaland African Congress and a memo from the Protectorate Council
C4.2.7 Copy of a letter to the Scotsman by Rev Kenneth McKenzie dated 22 April 1952 regarding Southern Rhodesia's native policy
C4.2.8 Letter from Commander Thomas Fox-Pitt to Colin Legum dated 7 May 1952
C4.2.9 Letter from David Astor to Colin Legum regarding the Rev Michael Scott's medical condition dated 23 May 1952
C4.2.10 Letter from Commander Thomas Fox-Pitt to Colin Legum dated 18 May 1952
C4.2.11 Letter fom the Presbyterian Church of England regarding Federation and the plan to incorporate the three High Commission territories into the Union of SA, dated 21 May 1952
C4.2.12 Notice of press conference to be held by Jonas Savimbi on 6 July 1962, dated 5 July 1962
C4.2.13 Letter from Colin Legum to Miss Mercy Edgedale dated 13 July 1968
C4.2.14 Letter from Miss Mercy Edgedale to Colin Legum dated 15 July 1968
C4.2.15 Letter from Colin Legum to Miss Mercy Edgedale dated 17 July 1968
C4.2.16 Letter from Miss Mercy Edgedale to Colin Legum dated 19 July 1968
C4.2.17 Letter from Colin Legum to Miss Mercy Edgedale dated 24 July 1968
C4.2.18 Letter from Miss Mercy Edgedale to Colin Legum dated 31 July 1968
C4.2.19 Letter from Miss Mercy Edgedale to Colin Legum dated 14 August 1968
C4.2.20 Letter from Colin Legum to Miss Mercy Edgedale dated 17 August 1968
C4.2.21 Letter from "peter", Africa Bureau to Colin Legum dated 20 August 1968
C4.2.22 Letter from Colin Legum to Guy Arnold dated 19 July 1969
C4.2.23 Letter dated 25 July 1969 from Guy Arnold to all members of the Bureau, attaching minutes of a meeting held on 21 July 1969
C4.2.24 Letter from Colin Legum to Jane Kellock dated 12 September 1969
C4.2.25 Letter from Guy Arnold to Colin Legum dated 15 September 1969
C4.2.26 Letter from Colin Legum to Guy Arnold dated 4 October 1969
C4.2.27 Letter from Guy Arnold to Colin Legum dated 27 April 1970
C4.2.28 Letter from Colin Legum to Guy Arnold dated 28 April 1970
C4.2.29 Letter from Guy Arnold to members of the X-Ray Working Committee dated 19 October 1970
C4.2.30 Undated letter from Guy Arnold announcing a meeting to be addressed by Bishop Abel Muzorewa on 10 February [1971]
C4.2.31 Letter from Guy Arnold to Colin Legum dated 6 May 1971 enclosing a draft proposal for a conference on business in South Africa
C4.2.32 Letter from Alan Baldwin to Colin Legum dated 30 September 1971
C4.2.33 Covering letter from Sue Burger to all members of the X-Ray Working Committee enclosing a draft of vol 2, no 3 (5 October 1971)
C4.2.34 Letter from Colin Legum to Alan Baldwin dated 8 October 1971
C4.2.35 Letter from Colin Legum to Michael Scott dated 20 April 1972
C4.2.36 Letter from Alistair Hetherington, The Guardian, to Colin Legum dated 28 April 1972
C4.2.37 Letter from Colin Legum to The Editor, The Guardian, dated 28 April 1972
C4.2.38 Letter from Sir Bernard de Bunsen to Colin Legum dated 28 April 1972
C4.2.39 Letter from Colin Legum to Sir Bernard de Bunsen dated 29 April 1972
C4.2.40 Letter from Colin Legum to Jane Kellock dated 29 April 1972
C4.2.41 Letter from Colin Legum to Alistair Hetherington, The Guardian, dated 2 May 1972
C4.2.42 Letter to Colin Legum from John Cole, Deputy Editor, The Guardian dated 8 May 1972
C4.2.43 Letter from Colin Legum to Frank Judd dated 10 May 1972
C4.2.44 Letter from Colin Legum to Edith Bond dated 16 May 1972
C4.2.45 Letter from Colin Legum to Sir Bernard de Bunsen dated 15 July 1972
C4.2.46 Letter from Colin Legum to Sir Bernard de Bunsen dated 27 July 1972 enclosing a plea from the High Commissioner for Refugees regarding an airlift of food into Southern Sudan
C4.2.47 Letter from Sir Bernard de Bunsen to Colin Legum dated 21 September 1972
C4.2.48 Letter from Colin Legum to Sir Bernard de Bunsen dated 13 October 1972
C4.2.49 Letter from Sir Bernard de Bunsen to Colin Legum dated 27 October 1972
C4.2.50 Letter from Colin Legum to Sir Bernard de Bunsen dated 28 October 1972
C4.2.51 Letter from Colin Legum to Sir Bernard de Bunsen dated 17 November 1972
C4.2.52 Letter from Colin Legum to Alan Baldwin dated 1 September 1973
C4.2.53 Letter from Colin Legum to Mrs Sarah Burbury dated 10 May 1974
C4.2.54 Letter from Colin Legum to Mrs Sarah Burbury dated 21 May 1974
C4.2.55 Letter from Colin Legum to Mrs Sarah Burbury dated 25 May 1974
C4.2.56 Letter from Sir Bernard de Bunsen to all members of the Bureau dated 9 September 1974
C4.2.57 Letter from Colin Legum to Rose Foot dated 26 June 1975
C4.2.58 Letter from Colin Legum to Sarah Burbury dated 24 September 1975
C4.2.59 Letter from Colin Legum to Rose Foot dated 8 October 1975
C4.2.60 Letter from Colin Legum to Rose Foot dated 12 October 1976
C4.2.61 CV of Phillip le Roux dated 10 November 1976
C4.2.62 Letter from Rose Foot to Colin Legum dated 16 November 1976
C4.2.63 Letter from Colin Legum to Rose Foot dated 23 November 1976
C4.2.64 Draft undated covering letter regarding trustees and consultatives
C4.3 History of African Bureau (2 items) (n.d.)
C4.3.1 Ts document titled "Colin Legum's history of the Africa Bureau" (August 1996)
C4.3.2 Draft statement of aims
C4.4 Memorandums (2 items) (n.d.)
C4.1 Undated memo in which Colin Legum puts forward proposals for organising and functioning of the "Bureau for African and Colonial Affairs"
C4.2 Undated memo from Colin Legum to Jane Kellock
C4.5 Minutes (10 items) (1952)
C4.5.1 Minutes of a meeting held on 25 February 1952 (incomplete)
C4.5.2 Minutes of Executive Committee meeting held on 20 March 1952
C4.5.3 Minutes of Executive Committee meeting held on 26 March 1952
C4.5.4 Minutes of an Executive Committee meeting held on 17 April 1952
C4.5.5 Minutes of Executive Committee meeting held on 24 April 1952
C4.5.6 Minutes of an Executive Committee meeting held on 8 May 1952
C4.5.7 Minutes of a meeting on federation in Central Africa held on 9 May 1952
C4.5.8 Minutes of an Executive Committee meeting held on 14 May 1952
C4.5.9 Minutes of Executive Committee meeting held on 21 May 1952
C4.5.10 Minutes of an Executive Committee meeting held on 12 June 1952
C4.6 Petitions (1 item) (n.d.)
C4.6.1 Undated copy of a petition, drafted by Rev Kenneth McKenzie, being circulated in Scotland regarding Federation in Central Africa
C4.7 Reports (1 item) (1952)
C4.7.1 Report on a conference on Central African Federation held by the Africa Bureau on 3 May 1952
C4.8 Statements (1 item) (n.d.)
C4.8.1 Africa Bureau statement: "Independent Africa and the struggle for justice in Southern Africa"
C4.9 Fund-raising (1 item) (1963)
C4.9.1 Programme for "SOS Africa: An all-star variety show in aid of the Africa Bureau", 29 November 1963