Correspondents: E. Balogh, N. Bennet, L. Blackwell, Sir R.L. Burnett, W.H. Clark, J.P. Cope, N.J. de Wet, Eugenie (Princess Radziwill of Greece), Bishop C.J. Ferguson-Davie, S.H. Frankel, W. Hills, Sir J. Hubback, J.D. Rheinallt Jones, L. Karovsky, L. Maingard, P. Millin, A.V. Murray, L.D.E. Murray, V. Norton, Sir E. Oppenheimer, Bishop W. Parker, G. Saron, C.J. Sibbett, D.L. Smit, J.C. Smuts, B. Solomon, S. Solomon, M. Steyn, F.C. Sturrock, O. Swales.

Subjects:

History of how "coolies" were introduced into Natal.

Death of Edwin Swales, V.C.

Congratulations on Hofmeyr's victory broadcast.

Thanks from the United Party for Hofmeyr's wartime leadership.

Congratulations on the HoundatedC.L. conferred by Oxford.

Fear that the government will be defeated at the 1948 election.

Congratulations on being made a privy councillor.

Congratulations on his speech on race relations.

Includes exchange of letters between Hofmeyr and Smuts on the formation of a coloured fighting brigade, copy of part of a letter from Sir A. Zimmern to L. Curtis on the part played by South Africans at the UNESCO conference, a note listing cabinet offices with names against each and a press cutting on Mrs Hofmeyr.

Correspondents: F. Clarke, J. Cohen, J.A. Gray, M.J. Green, R.F.A. Hoernle, C. Hofmeyr, G. Landman, D. McKenzie, J. Martin, R. Merrill, H.U. Moffat, M. Morgan, G. Saron, J.C. Smuts, W.J.J. van der Merwe, G.A. van der Walt, J.A. Wilkinson.

Subjects:

Hofmeyr's political ambitions and his liberalism.

Dispute between council and senate at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Proposed conference on education for Blacks.

Need for South Africa and Southern Rhodesia to cooperate.

Includes draft letter from Hofmeyr to R.F.A. Hoernle, on Hoernle's being passed over for the principalship, and a typed note on Tielman Roos and Hofmeyr.

Correspondents: J. Allan, C.T.E. Andrews, R.A. Barry, Rev. H.J. Batts, T.G. Bester, G.S. Lardner Burke, P. Cazalet, F. Clarke, B.H. Dicke, J du Plessis, M.P.G. Elliott, S. Evans, L. Flemming, I. Frack, H.E.S. Fremantle, J.P. Frylinck, J.A. Gray, G.A. Hay, C. Hofmeyr, H. Hofneyr, P.E. Hubbell, C. James (Sec. Farmers Bond), S. Cleaton Jones. J.P. Jooste, F.W.A. Jordaan, Bishop A.B.L. Karney, C. Louis Leipoldt, B.K. Long, T.G. McCrystal, T. McDonald, L. MacLeod, W.M. Macmillan, J.A. Manson, Dr G.J.M. Melle, H.R. Murray, J.A. Neser, R. Nicholson, S.J. Payne, J. Pretorius, T. Purchas, H.R. Raikes, T. Roos, C. Runge, R.J.K. Russell, V.S. Sastri, D.L. Smit, J.C. Smuts, S. Solomon, T.C. Stoffberg, J. Swart, C.N. Thompson, J.J. Tromp, J.M. van der Lingen, W.J.J. van der Merwe, L.D.C. van Wyk, P.J. Venter, T. Ward-Cox, H.G. Watson, J. Wertheim, J.J. Wylie.

Subjects:

Future of provincial councils and danger of over-centralisation Relationship between Boer and Briton and Afrikaners' fear of being swamped.

Hofmeyr's plan to form a central party of moderates.

Prejudice against Indians in the Transvaal.

Lack of local government in Transvaal rural areas.

Choice of separate schools or parallel classes for the different language groups.

Need for a South African citizenship.

Hofmeyr's refusal of another term as administrator and of the High Commissionership in London, thus leaving the way open for a political career.

Attempts by various constituences to persuade Hofmeyr to stand as the South African Party candidate.

Separate register for Black voters proposed.

Offer of an honorary degree to Hofmeyr from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Need for air transport service between Europe and South Africa.

Includes draft letters from Hofmeyr to J.P. Jooste, R. Nicholson and General Smuts on politics, to W.R. Macmillan congratulating him on his book and L. MacLeod acknowledging a cartoon. Also copies of letters from S. Evans to General Smuts and Sir W. Sefton Brancker on air transport.

Correspondents: F.H.P. Creswell, R.F. Immelman, C.T. Loram, H.W.J. van der Brugge, P.M. van der Westhuizen, Lt. Col. F.S. van Manen, Lt. Col. A.T. Wilson.

Subjects:

Congratulations to Hofmeyr on his return to parliament for Johannesburg North.

Thanks from the University of the Witwatersrand for his services as chancellor.

Thanks from educationists for his work in parliament on the Bill for the Better Control of Higher Education.

Includes draft letters from Hofmeyr to P.M.van der Westhuizen on Hofmeyr's attitude to the United Party movement and to C.T. Loram refusing a travelling grant from the Carnegie Corporation.

Also a statement by Lt. Col. F.S. van Manen denying that General C.F. Beyers was in league with the Germans in South West Africa.

Correspondents: A. Barlow, R.G.M. Belcher, A. Collins, L. Dixon, J. Dove, H. Miles, T. Roos, J.J. Wylie.

Subjects:

National on coalition government.

Congratulations on his speech and on reaching cabinet rank Invitation from the Institute of Public Administration, London, for Hofmeyr to address them.

Question of how many Rhodes scholars have reached cabinet rank. Mining Taxation.

Correspondents: R. Broom, Lord Clarendon, D.D.T. Jabavu, B. Lunnon.

Subjects:

Request by R. Broom to name after Hofmeyr a skull found on a fossil expedition to the Karoo.

Congratulations on Hofmeyr's speech on bilingualism.

Importance of retaining a separate franchise for Blacks, who will vote for their own senators.

Invitation to be one of the signatories to a statement celebrating 40 years of World's Student Christian Federation.

Correspondents: A. Bailey, E.H. Brookes, J.P. Cope, R. Currey, L. Flemming, J.S. Franklin, O.L. Harvey, G. Cleaton Jones, F.W. Konig, F.E.T. Krause, I.D. MacCrone, J. Martin, S.M. Nana, R.E. Phillips, H.S.L. Polak, C.J. Sibbett, V. Stent, E. Stubbs, A. van Lingen, W.H. Visser.

Subjects:

Gift of I.D. MacCrone's book "Race attitudes in South Africa" with the author's comments on inter-marriages at the Cape.

Congratulations to Hofmeyr for his stand on the Asiatic Bill. Congratulations to Hofmeyr for his speech on the Mixed Marriages Bill.

Congratulations on Hofmeyer's speech at Fort Hare.

Possibility of Hofmeyr resigning from the cabinet because of a dispute with Pirow.

Danger of the old Cape liberal tradition being reversed.

Question of Hofmeyr forming a new liberal party.

Anti-semitism.

Includes letter from Hofmeyr to Sir Jagdish re the problem of the new Agent-General for the Government of India in South Africa being Hydari who is married to a European.

Correspondents: Bantu Welfare Trust, A.G. Barlow, R.H. Birt, E.H. Brookes, D.M. Buchanon, W.H. Clark, J.A. Cohen, C.W. Cousins, W. Cullen, R.R. Currie. Sir W. Dalrymple, G.H. Dunn, L. Egeland, E.H. Etheridge, R. Feetham, Bishop C.J. Ferguson-Davie, Dr I. Frack, J.P. Frylinck, C. Garratt, Rabbi I.M. Gervis, J.A. Gray, L. Greenberg, R.T.W. Harris (Sec. of The New Guard), G. Hartog, G.A. Heard, A.A. Hope, Johannesburg Joint Council, G. Carleton Jones, J.D. Rheinallt Jones, S. Cleaton Jones, R. Johnston, F. Keppel, A. Kerr, F.W. Konig, R.N. Kotze, H. Lawrence, H. Le May, E. Lewis, W.G. Mackenzie, E. Maggs, L. Maingard, C. Meeser, P. Millin, S.G. Millin, S.R. Naidoo, S.M. Nana, Natal Liquor and Catering Trades Employees Union, O.J. Oosthuizen, J. Orr, Bishop W. Parker, A. Paton, H.S.L. Polak, H.R. Raikes, B. Rama Ran, W.N. Roseveare, C.R. Rumbold, C.H.S. Runge, O.D. Schreiner, H.S. Scott, Sir M. Singh, S. Solomon, South African Indian Congress, M.M. Stirling, R.C. Streeten, F.C. Sturrock, C.R. Swart, R.W. Talbot, J.D. Taylor, L. Thompson, Transvaal Indian Congress, A. van Lingen, J.L. van Eyssen, W.H. Visser, E.A. Walker, M. Webb.

Subjects:

Congratulations on speeches made on various occasions.

Hofmeyr's resignation from the cabinet in September 1938 over the appointment of A.P.J. Fourie to the Senate as a member specifically qualified to speak for Blacks.

Question of Hofmeyr carrying on the work of the Carnegie Corporation.

Question of Hofmeyr visiting America.

Congratulations to Hofmeyr on being elected Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand.

Includes many telegrams and letters from all sections of the community congratulating Hofmeyr on his decision to resign on amatter of principle. Also an article by Dundas Simpson 'My reminiscences' on the cyanide process used on the gold mines.

Correspondents: H.F. Armstrong, J.C. Beattie, G.L. Byth, T.S. Camey, P. Cazalet, C.W. Cousins, R. Currey, R. Dart, M. Edmund, L.L. French, A.F. Grant, A. Vine Hall, W.H. Hofmeyr, W. Houghton, J. Rose-Innes, C. James, F.W. Konig, P. Loraine, A.H. Moore, F.V. Morley, T. Morris, R.G. Nicholson, T. Roos, J.C. Smuts, F.C. Sturrock, J.T. Wood, J.J. Wylie.

Subjects:

Attempts by the South African Party to persuade Hofmeyr to stand as their candidate at the election.

Congratulations on Hofmeyr's Pretoria speech in which he stressed the need for unity.

Danger of the English electorate losing interest in politics Offer of a doctorate from the University of Cape Town.

Hofmeyr's decision to stand for the Johannesburg North constituency Need to redress Black grievances, including the franchise.

Constitution of the South Africa Labour Party.

Includes draft letters from Hofmeyr to R. Currey and Tielman Roos on politics.

Correspondents: British Association for the Advancement of Science, C.C. Grant, D.D.T. Jabavu, F. McDougall, T. Purchas, J.J. Wylie.

Subjects:

Invitation for Hofmeyr to deliver a paper at the centenary meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Comments on Coming of Age (Cape Town, Miller, 1930), to which Hofmeyr contributed a chapter.

Comments of Blacks on the proposed removal of the Black franchise, to compensate which money will be voted for agricultural development.

Bilingualism.

Comments on imperial economic problems.

Hofmeyr's request to be allowed to write the UNISA preliminary and intermediate LLB exams in one year.