Office of the Deputy Minister of Immigration

D Livingstone. Letter.

Archivist's notes: 

1 item. Copyright: The Brenthurst Press. Finding aid available.
David Livingstone, 1813-1873.
-- Letter d.d. 18470813, Koloberg, Bakwain country. Livingstone to Robert Moffat Jnr., explaining that they have left Chonuane because of drought; explaining also the basis of Tswana (Sitchuana) grammar, its phonetics and idioms.

D Livingstone. Letter.

Archivist's notes: 

Purchased from Books Unlimited, August 1946. 1 item, 2 pages. Autographed, Manchester. Microfiche. Copyright: The Brenthurst Press.
David Livingstone, 1813-1873.
-- Letter d.d. 18580128: Livingstone to Thomas Baines asking him to arrange for provisions for the forthcoming expedition to the Zambezi River.

Henry Kissinger. Papers.

Archivist's notes: 

Donor: Hank Slack, June 1984. 1 file.
-- Visit to Southern Africa by Kissinger: itinerary; briefing papers prepared by the United States State Department including information on Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia and South Africa. The file contains biographical information on Southern African leaders with whom Kissinger met: Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Adm.-Gen. (SWA) Daniel Jacobus Hough, President Kenneth Kaunda, Dr. Nthato Motlana, Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, Dr. Van Zyl Slabbert, Bishop Desmond Tutu.

TW Baxter. Typescript, 1974. Collection of Rhodes's letters.

Archivist's notes: 

Donation by mediation of Prof. Robert Rotberg, accessioned February 1982. 3 volumes (bound), 720 pages. Photocopy. Publication was finished at Thorpe Bay in 1974 and privately circulated by the author, TW Baxter. Correspondence includes documents in the possession of Rhodes House (Oxford), HF Oppenheimer (The Brenthurst Library), South African Library.
-- Yrs CJ Rhodes: the letters of an imperialist. TS. of Cecil John Rhodes's correspondence, arranged in chapters covering the main phases of his life. Correspondents include: A Beit, JX Merriman, W Pickering, TC Scanlen, FSP Stow. The subject matter covers the diamond fields and the formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd.; establishment of Rhodesia and the British South Africa Company; Rhodes and the Princess Radziwill; Rhodes's wills and the establishment of the Rhodes scholarships.

Bryce Papers

Archivist's notes: 

See A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles relating to Africa, compiled by N Matthews and MD Wainwright, edited by JD Pearson (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), p. 223.
James Bryce, Viscount Bryce (1838-1922), jurist, historian, and statesman.
-- Some of the letters are concerned with his visit to South Africa in 1895, South African War, &c. In the uncatalogued portion there are three boxes of papers relating to South African and the South African War, and one box of printed pamphlets, &c., relating to same.
-- Draft annotated by Richard Congreve (1818-99), positivist, of a petition to Parliament for the cancellation of the charter of the South African Company. (MS. Eng. misc. c. 346, f. 354).
-- Letters from Major William Maurice Copland Duquesne Caillard to his mother from South Africa. 1900-3. ii
-- 350 leaves. (MS. Eng. lett. e. 18). and statesman.
-- Some of the letters are concerned with his visit to South Africa in 1895, South African War, &c. In the uncatalogued portion there are three boxes of papers relating to South

Asquith Papers

Archivist's notes: 

See A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles relating to Africa, compiled by N Matthews and MD Wainwright, edited by JD Pearson (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), p. 223.
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852-1928), Home Secretary, 1895-1905, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1905-8, Prime Minister, 1908-16, &c.c. 1891-1928.
-- II. Miscellaneous letters, memoranda, &c., including:
-- 1. 'Memo of Points in Reference to the Transvaal
-- II. Miscellaneous letters, memoranda, &c., including:
-- 1. 'Memo of Points in Reference to the Transvaal Constitution', by General JC Smuts. n.d. 1906? (MS. Asquith 19, f. 57).
-- 2. Two War Office memoranda: (a) 'The Army Staff System' and (b) 'Troops from South Africa.' April 1914. (MS. Asquith 25, f. 182).
-- 4. Letter from Asquith to Campbell Bannerman on a resolution on South Africa. 1902. (MS. Asquith 46, f. 14).
-- Letter from JA Froude (1818-94), historian, to - Blunt concerning the Transvaal. n.d. (MS. Eng. lett. e. 44, f. 152). Exchequer, 1905-8, Prime Minister, 1908-16, &c.c. 1891-1928.

HAL Fisher Papers

Archivist's notes: 

See A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles relating to Africa, compiled by N Matthews and MD Wainwright, edited by JD Pearson (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), p. 222.
HAL Fisher(1865-1940), historian and statesman
-- 7. Packet endorsed 'South Africa 1905-9', containing letters from Walter Hely Hutchinson, L Curtis, RH Brand, and Philip Kerr. (In Box 9).
-- 8. Letters and printed papers concerning constitutional 1911 See A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles relating to Africa, compiled by N Matthews and MD Wainwright, edited by JD Pearson (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), p. 222. HAL Fisher(1865-1940), historian and statesman
-- 7. Packet endorsed 'South Africa 1905-9', containing letters from Walter Hely Hutchinson, L Curtis, RH Brand, and Philip Kerr. (In Box 9).
-- 8. Letters and printed papers concerning constitutional matters in South Africa and Canada. 1908-11. (In Box 9).
-- Typescripts of and press-cuttings concerning lectures given in South Africa, 1908. (Box 26).

Nathan Papers

Archivist's notes: 

See A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles relating to Africa, compiled by N Matthews and MD Wainwright, edited by JD Pearson (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), p. 222.
Sir Matthew Nathan (1862-1937), soldier, colonial administrator, Governor of Natal, 1907. (MSS. Nathan. N.R.A. Report 8981).
-- While the sections relating specifically to his appointments in West and South Africa are in Rhodes House (q.v.) the Sir Matthew Nathan (1862-1937), soldier, colonial administrator, Governor of Natal, 1907. (MSS. Nathan. N.R.A. Report 8981).
-- While the sections relating specifically to his appointments in West and South Africa are in Rhodes House (q.v.) the diaries and correspondence noted below also cover these periods.
-- Miscellaneous correspondence of John Edward Courtenay Bodley, including (at f. 90) letters to Bodley from correspondents in South Africa, 1887-8. (MS. Eng. lett. d. 174). edited by JD Pearson (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), p. 222.

Milner Deposit

Archivist's notes: 

See A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles relating to Africa, compiled by N Matthews and MD Wainwright, edited by JD Pearson (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), p. 222.
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854-1925), High Commissioner South Africa, 1897-1905, Member of the Cabinet, without portfolio, 1916-18.
-- II. South African papers:
-- 1. Bound volumes containing official correspondence, telegrams, dispatches, printed reports, &c. Correspondents include Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Roberts, Cecil Rhodes, &c. 1897-1905. 77 vols.
-- 2. Mainly loose papers, comprising correspondence, memoranda, journal for part of 1901, papers concerning the Rhodes Trust, &c. This section also includes correspondence and diary of Henry Francis Wilson relevant to his years of service with Milner in South Africa (deposited with the Milner papers by Wilson's literary executors).
-- IV. Notebooks:
-- 1. Mainly South Africa. 1897-1901, 1898-9. 2 vols.
-- V. Diaries:
-- 2. Special diaries: South Africa. December 1924-February
-- IV. Notebooks:
-- 1. Mainly South Africa. 1897-1901, 1898-9. 2 vols.
-- V. Diaries:
-- 2. Special diaries: South Africa. December 1924-February 1925. 1 vol.
-- 3. Part of diary of Milner's wife describing South Africa. 1924-5?
-- VI. Biographical material, including notes on parts of Milner's life, compiled by his widow.
-- VII. Press-cuttings, South Africa. 1898-1903, 1906-10, 1926-9.
-- VIII. Printed Government papers, &c., relating, inter alia, to South and other parts of Africa.