Correspondents:

Betts, C E.

Burton, Henry.

Carnay, J.

Daly, George.

Dovey, C E.

Dower, Edward.

Frost, II J.

Gaheutloeloe, G.

Caseitsiwe, Chief S B.

Gore-Browne, lip Wilfred.

Green, F Graham.

Hall, W H.

Kempen, Stevans.

Lloyd, R C.

Marumoloa, Dichukudu.

Minchin, Spencer.

Molema, Joshua.

Molema, Sebopioa J.

Molema, Silas.

Metohegare, S.

Panzera, Col F.

Pringle, C S.

Rolland, George.

Schreiner, W P.

Taberer, II M.

Weavind, George.

Welsh, E C.

Williams, Ralph.

Subjects:

Distribution of arms and ammunition among the Barolong in 1902 during the South African War; unsanitary conditions in the Stadt; general British administration during South African War; agriculture and care of livestock; taxes; Silas Molema informing government in 1911 of the appointment of Chief Lekoko; petition to ncrease the allowance of the chief; petition to W P Schreiner re proposal to take away power of Bechuana chiefs; forest regulations; fencing between Mafeking and the Setlagoli Reserve; visit of Henry Burton to Mafeking, 1912 November ; Native lands deputation 1914; permits to purchase ammunition; land revenue (quitrent) due on farms; death of Sekgoma Letsholathebe (nephew of Khama III) 1914 Jan; protest of Barolong against the Mafeking Town Council taking a certain piece of the Molopo Native Reserve:

petition to the Governor-General-in-Council, 1914 November, for a representative in the Senate, proposing James Denoon Duncan; application for permission to build an Anglican church at Rietfontein; crimes committed and general maintenance of law and order; murder of young girl Pueong and arrest of petty thief Tatinyane Motshegare; labour on the mine; grazing of cattle; rental of farms; tuition of son Dichkudu Marumoloa; illness and death of Lekoko in 1915; winding up of his estate.

Correspondence with father while at school at Healdtown and Lovedale Institution, and later working in Cape Town and Kimberley while waiting to take up medical studies in Britain. S M Molema left South Africa in March 1914 and started studying to become a medical doctor at the Glasgow University. His letters describe his progress, his financial difficulties, he mentions the visits of Plaatje and the other native delegates in 1914 and 1919 about the land question, life in Glasgow and the effects of the war on living conditions, the Zeppelin raids on Edinburgh, the publication of his book, The Bantu, past and present, his plans for providing improved medical care in Mafeking, his need for an intelligent and educated wife and his return to South Africa early in 1921.