The collection contains the personal and working papers of Michael (Mike) Muller, to a large extent from his time in Mozambique and South Africa, and in various capacities and portfolios, both at organisational and Government levels.
The following sections are included: A PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL B THE BABY KILLER, 1974 C TOBACCO AND THE THIRD WORLD, 1978 D THE HEALTH OF NATIONS, 1982 E NATIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, 2010-2015 F MOZAMBIQUE, 1979-1988 G DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1988-1994 H DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY, 1994-2005 I CONSULTING, 2005-2020 J WRITING K REPORTS L SHULAMITH MULLER PAPERS
Annual reports, circulars, membership cards; minutes of General Meetings 1909-1931, Executive Committee 1912-1931, Speakers Circle 1914 and Election Sub-Committee 1915; correspondence with institutions and individuals on women's suffrage; press clippings and printed items including odd issues of Flashlight and Woman's Outlook; reviews of Way stations [a collection of speeches, lectures and articles dealing with the Female Suffrage Movement] by Elizabeth Robins, London, 1913.
There are minutes, directors reports, notices to shareholders, balance-sheets and accounts, correspondence, memoranda, plans and annual publications relating to the Boshoff Group. In addition there are records pertaining to various mines and investment companies.
Personal papers relating to Ruth Muller's work as librarian, archivist, researcher, and as an activist and a former member of the African National Congress (ANC).
This collection consists of approximately 368 tape recordings of interviews, conducted in the course of oral research projects, undertaken by the History workshop in the Department of History at the University of the Witwatersrand. They were donated to Historical Papers in 2005.
No background information for most of the projects is available and no audit sheets have been received. A list of interviewees is available with the hardcopy inventory and notes about the collection.
Correspondence, minutes, reports, press clippings, scrap-books pictorial material and publications issued by the Society, including the Newsletter and the Journal. subjects cover the formation and administration of the Foundation, historic tours, the preservation of historic buildings in Johannesburg and research into the Rand pioneers.
Research papers on the arms trade, defence force, crime and crime statistics, crime prevention, policing, drugs, gangs, farm attacks, transformation of the army and police force, peacekeeping and related topics.
'Journal of a voyage from England to Bombay, China and the Cape of Good Hope in 1832 and 1833'
Describes his voyage as assistant surgeon on the 'Duchess of Atholl' in the service of the East India Company. Pages 398-433 relate to a visit to the Cape from 15-24 January 1833, in which he comments on the social life at the Cape, a visit to Mr. Cloete at Constantia to see his vineyards and cellars, and on George Thompson, the traveler.
The journal is illustrated with color drawings of the 'Duchess of Atholl' and the flags of the East India Company and pen and ink hand-drawn map of the Cape and geological sketch of the Mountain and Table Bay.
