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Correspondence with Seleje and Harriet [Tshadinyana], sisters

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September 1911 - October 1920

Part of Silas Thelensho Molema and Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje Papers

General personal letters to his sisters written from Lovedale and during the course of his studies in Scotland.

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20 October 1919 - 10 December 1920

Part of Silas Thelensho Molema and Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje Papers

Correspondence with Silas T Malemo, father

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July 1908 - December 1920

Part of Silas Thelensho Molema and Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje Papers

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.

General correspondence

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1916 - 1920

Part of Silas Thelensho Molema and Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje Papers

Promissory notes

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June 1894 - March 1921

Part of Silas Thelensho Molema and Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje Papers

Includes partially used book of promissory notes 1902-1916.

Correspondence with Sefetogi, brother

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March 1920 - May 1921

Part of Silas Thelensho Molema and Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje Papers

Correspondence written towards the end of his stay in Glasgow and on his return to Mafeking, detailing a visit to Kanyo where he was received with open arms and asked to practice medicine among the tribe, and informing Sefetogi of the surgery he has opened in Mafeking fer the Indian and Coloured population.