| Description | Records from the Capricorn Africa Society have been placed at the Borthwick Institute for Archives (University of York). They consist of:
"1-99 Series [CAS (Lond)]: Organisational files of the London Office and Colonel David Stirling's personal files. Most of the papers come from the London Office but there are a few from the Salisbury, S.R. branch. (The records of the Kenyan and Tanganyikan headquarters were destroyed by fire). The collection is arranged in files:
1-99 Series [CAS London]: Organisational files of the London Office and Colonel David Stirling's personal files. Most of the London papers are of out-going mail. The dates given to files are approximations; some files are complete and regular, others very varied. Some files contain material marked 'confidential' but which was later widely circulated, and extracts from other confidential letters were often given in the Weekly Summary. A provisional index of the London files was compiled by A. Ross in 1973; files 128 - 134 have since been renumbered as the 200 series. The (up-dated) index is kept with the collection. Documents include: London Committee minutes and agendas; minutes of the East African branch; London Committee's correspondence with the Tanganyika and Salisbury branches; correspondence about the Takawira defence; with USA supporters; on African students in Britain; on establishing the Rhodesian 'College of Citizenship' (Ranche House); on atrocities in the Congo 1960 - 62; with the Campaign against Racial Discrimination in Sport 1958 - 1962; with the YMCA and Women's Institutes; about the Zebra club. Correspondence of the London Chairman, Jonathan Lewis. Article and other items by Sir J. Slessor; accounts, balance sheets, and financial correspondence; cuttings from the British, Central African and East African press; the Salima Convention. National Democratic Party circulars.
200 - Series [CAS(Ind)]: Papers from individuals (relating almost exclusively to the CAS): L B Greaves OBE; H Crookenden, Mrs J Bartosik.
300 Series: [CAS(SR1)]: Papers from the Southern Rhodesian Branches
301/A - to 307: Papers from the Salisbury branch. Includes minutes and matters; correspondence, including that with the London Office; publications papers from the Capricorn Convention, Salima 1956, and the National Convention Salisbury, 1960; newspaper reports. On loan from A.G. Pilavachi, Esq.
Also un-numbered: Articles about the CAS (ex-File 134).
Microfilm: CAPRICORN AFRICA SOCIETY: 'Papers of the Capricorn Africa Society held at the J.B. Morrell Library, University of York'. The records were filmed for the Cooperative Africana Microfilm Project (CAMP); the film does not include the Southern Rhodesian files."
(source: A2A online collection-level catalogue; Archive Hub online collection-level catalogue; NRA). |
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