Transfer Question

Title

Transfer Question

Shelfmark

MSS. Lugard 50

Summary

File 1, fols. 1-45: Notes, 1933, a memorandum on the administration, economy and question of transfer of the Protectorates to South Africa, notes of a deputation to the Secretary of State for the Dominions about transfer, 15 Nov 1934, and a draft article by Lugard for the Manchester Guardian with a reprint, 27 May 1935.

File 2, fols. 1-135: Notes, memoranda and reports of the situation in the three territories, proposals for solving the dilemma of South Africa's demands for transfer, including memoranda by Margery Perham and Lord Selborne, with Selborne's opinion of her views, 1933-1935.

File 3, fols. 1-13: Manuscript notes by Lugard on points made in correspondence, memoranda and pamphlets, [1933-1935].

File 4, fols. 1-202 and item 1: Correspondence, 1934-1938, about South Africa's claims to the three territories, Parliamentary opposition and the arguments of the pressure groups opposing the transfer, much of it with Lord Selborne and Sir John Harris, Secretary of the Anti-Slavey Society. Also a copy of Lugard's question in the House of Lords on the Aide Memoire handed to General Hertzog.

File 5, fols. 1-14 and item 1: Press cuttings and an annotated copy of the 1909 South Africa Act, 1909-1938.

File 6, fols. 1-28: Extracts from Hansard, 1932-1938.

Date

1909-1938

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box