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South Africa (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3624 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 29 Sep 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2A/19-20
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Letter from WSC to the [2nd] Duke of Westminster warning him of the inadvisability of suggesting that the war was being fought for the benefit of Jews and international financiers, as had been inferred from a memorandum; drawing comparisons with Dr Gavin Clark MP in the Boer War.

Dates: 29 Sep 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), [Apr 1940]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2C/309-310
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Letter from WSC to General [Jan] Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] on naval defence of South Africa and the position of the Monitor HMS Erebus. [carbon].

Dates: [Apr 1940]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 19 Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/45/54-55
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Letter from Rear-Admiral Herbert King-Hall, Commander- in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope, to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the political and military situation in South Africa and the expedition to German South West Africa [later Namibia].

Dates: 19 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Nov 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/45/79
Scope and Contents Letter from Lewis Harcourt [Secretary of State for the Colonies], to WSC, [First Lord of the Admiralty], reporting that South Africa had declined Britain's offer of Australian troops, as they were confident that they would be able to deal with the situation with their own resources. Harcourt also offers congratulations on the destruction of the [German cruiser] Emden, hoping that the Japanese fleet would help in rounding-up remaining German ships, and explains that he has been kept at home...
Dates: 10 Nov 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/91-92
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Letter from WSC to [ ], explaining reasons for voting against the Government's proposal to introduce Chinese labour into the Transvaal [South Africa], stating opposition to "debased labour with no hope of advance for skills or thrift, and no right to share in the general life of the country to whose welfare it contributes" [Ms copy by A. Anning].

Dates: 23 Mar 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Apr 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/30
Scope and Contents Letter from Professor Goldwin Smith (The Grange, Toronto, [Canada]) to WSC enclosing a cutting on Free Trade from the Winnipeg Tribune [not present] and stating that he has yet to see an expression of definite support for Joseph Chamberlain's policy in any major journal in Canada or in the Canadian parliament. Refutes Chamberlain's assertion that only preferential duties could prevent the colonies severing themselves from the mother country and attributes the agitation to Chamberlain's...
Dates: 16 Apr 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Apr 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/31-32
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Letter from Douglas M Gane (456 Great St Helen's, [London]) to WSC asserting that in view of the growth of French power on the Atlantic coast of Morocco Britain should have safeguarded her communications with Cape Colony [South Africa] by obtaining the right to use the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife [Canary Islands], which could have been done by including Spain in the recent Anglo-French agreement.

Dates: 16 Apr 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 May 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/50
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Letter from Henry Massingham (34 Grosvenor Road, Westminster, [London]) to WSC an mentioning article on Liberal land policy in the Contemporary Review and recommending that WSC meet Mr Outhwaite, former editor of the labour newspaper in Johannesburg, who can give him important information about South Africa.

Dates: 10 May 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1903]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/7/72-76
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Extract from the Empire Review - article by H. Kopson How to Solve the South African Labour Question: A Plan for Chinese Immigration [printed].

Dates: [1903]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1903]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/7/77-83
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Typescript notes on the labour shortage in South Africa.

Dates: [1903]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 May 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/7/84
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Cutting from The Statist, article on the labour shortage in South Africa.

Dates: 16 May 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Feb 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/5-6
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Letter from F H P Creswell to WSC, on the Chinese labour question in South Africa, enclosing cutting from the Johannesburg Star.

Dates: 03 Feb 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Feb 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/7-9
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Letter from J M Neuburger to WSC, criticising the Colonial Office's policy in South Africa, enclosing printed memorandum Reflections on Joseph Chamberlain's Transvaal Policy.

Dates: 03 Feb 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Feb 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/30
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Letter from Alfred Haserick to WSC, on South Africa, also asking for help in obtaining post as Near or Far Eastern correspondent of a "good" newspaper.

Dates: 16 Feb 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Feb 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/43-44
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Letter from H. Locke to WSC, on the Chinese Labour question in South Africa, enclosing cuttings from the Johannesburg Star.

Dates: 27 Feb 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), Feb 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/55
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Letter from J. Andrews Manning to WSC on the Chinese labour question in South Africa.

Dates: Feb 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/8/40
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Letter from the 8th Duke of Marlborough, Colonial Office, to WSC, on postponement of Boer War compensation payments.

Dates: 01 Aug 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Jun 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/8/41-42
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Letter from R. Malcolm, R. Sutherland, F.W. Cooper and J. Nelson to WSC, on complaining about the postponement of Boer War compensation payments to British subjects "our late enemy have been paid in full, so have the coolies and Kaffiers, why not us Britishers?".

Dates: 29 Jun 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Oct 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/62-69
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (San Antonio Palace, Malta) to [Erskine] Childers commenting on Childers' book on the training and arming of the Cavalry [War and the Arme Blanche] and justifying his opinions by descriptions of actions in Afghanistan, 1879, the Boer War, 1900, and the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria [part of China]. Signed and annotated typescript.

Dates: 30 Oct 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Jan 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/60/33
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Cutting from the "Globe" contrasting WSC's present advocacy of federalism with his adoption of the opposite principle when helping to frame the constitution of South Africa.

Dates: 09 Jan 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Nov 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/1/22
Scope and Contents Cutting from Boston Herald, report on WSC's lecture on the Boer War at St James's Hall, London 16 Nov 1900 Cutting from Philadelphia Record, report on WSC's lecture on the Boer War at St James's Hall, London 17 Nov 1900 Cutting from Minneapolis Journal on WSC's U.S. lecture tour 17 Nov 1900 Cutting from Austin Statesman on WSC's U.S. lecture tour 2 Dec 1900 Cutting from Brooklyn Standard on WSC's admission to Author's Club of Boston 6 Dec 1900 Cutting from Washington Evening Times on WSC's...
Dates: 11 Nov 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Dec 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/2/5-7
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Letter from Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] to WSC, on speaking in House of Commons debate on Alfred Lynch, [Irish Nationalist MP for Galway, and Colonel of Irish Brigade serving with the Boers], also on possibility of "joining a Middle Party,when there is a Middle Party to join", and the possibility of WSC being offered a post in a Rosebery [Liberal] administration.

Dates: 28 Dec 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jul 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/2/13
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Letter from General Sir William Nicholson [later Lord Nicholson], War Office, to WSC, apologies for referring request for information on the South African War to the Secretary of State [St John Brodrick],"who does not like independent MP's to be better informed than himself.

Dates: 04 Jul 1902
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Mar 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/3/91-92
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Letter from Major H .Young to WSC, on fraud in the Eastern Division, Cape Colony [later part of South Africa], [annotated by WSC, giving opinion that little good would come from scrutiny of the War Accounts].

Dates: 15 Mar 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/3/95-96
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Letter from Lord Rosebery to WSC, asking for information on the South African War.

Dates: 23 Mar 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open