Collection comprises material relating predominantly to Namibia as between 1973 to 1982; material pertaining to affairs beyond this time period is sparse.
Large quantity of news clippings 1973 to 1983.
Correspondence printed and unpublished material on the political economy of Namibia; population, distribution of wealth and power, internal political groupings, foreign control, South Africa's role in Namibia, the UN, Etc. Includes a section on development, arising out of the research of Sue Brown, a development officer working in the Gibeon Community under the auspices of the Christian Centre.
Hon. Thesis by Catherine Higgs, entitled "The political thought and career of Edgar H. Brookes", submitted to the Department of History, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, 1984.
The collection almost entirely contains handwritten notes for speeches, talks and addresses. Dr Mary McLarty was a Transvaal Provincial Councillor and educationist, and the speeches are prepared in that capacity. Apart from politics, she was vastly interested in education, churches, Hospitals and nursing, girl guides, the role of women and adolescents, race relations and literary subjects, plus a range of notes on various places of the world.