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- April 1898 - November 1927 (Creation)
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sub-subseries
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Extent130 items
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Correspondents:
Bathoon I, Chief.
Coppin, L[evy] J[enkins].
Cox, N.
Fonyang, Chief W Z.
Gaboutloeloe, Theo.
Gaseitsiwe, Chief G B.
Goronyane, J D.
Houghton, K A Hobart.
Lekoko, R D.
Leteane, John.
Letsapa, William.
Lloyd, Edwin.
Mabusela, E.
Makaka, Mangaliso.
Mankuroane, Chief Molale.
Maretola, J K.
Marshumi, J.
Marumolwu, Stephen R.
Maseloanyana, Cornelius.
Maseloanyana, Makhabele.
Massigo, J L.
Massigo, Bishop J D.
Mathiba, Gaof G.
Mbelle, Isaiah Bud.
Menoe, Samuel R.
Mobatsing, J.
Moikangoa, Cornelius Rakhosi.
Molebeloa, James M.
Monnamorwa, Lucas.
Montsioa, George.
Montsioa, Chief Lekoko.
Montsioa, Chief Lotlamoreng.
Moroka, Dr James S.
Mosaka, J M R.
Motshegare, Joel K.
Motshegura, P K.
Motshegare, Phetojane.
Motshegaro, Silas.
Metahegare, Tatinyane.
Motsiakhumo, Kgosidintso.
Ncapeli, Sefitlholo.
Ngetu, Nqabisa.
Ngubenkomo, Alex.
Panzera, F.
Plaatje, Elizabeth.
Rapula, S T.
Schilling, Rev W W.
Sebele, Chief Sechele.
Sekgoma, Chief D Raditladi.
Smartt, Sir Thomas William.
Tacana, Tiego.
Thaele, Jas.
Tshosa, Chief B G.
Twala, Abraham Zephaniah.
Weaver, Geo.
Willughby, Rev W[illiam] C[harles].
Zibi, Maud M.
Zini, Tom M.
Subjects:
Personal and family news.
Sebopioa Molema's studies in the USA; S Modiri Molema's schooling and progress, his departure for Great Britain in 1914 March to study medicine, the publication and reviews of his book, The Bantu, past and present, his marriage in 1927 and his troubles in establishing a hospital in Mafeking.
Politics and history.
The effect of the South African War on the native tribes in Bechuanaland; the Native Land Act (1913) and the deputations of 1914 and 1919 to Great Britain to get this legislation revoked; a grant of land to the Bechuanaland Protectorate in 1922; Silas Molema's meeting with General Hertzog in Cape Town 1927 re the segregation laws.
Church affairs.
Enlargement of the Tswana (Sechuana) hymnbook; Silas Molema's correspondence with clergymen of the African Holy Catholic Church.
Tribal affairs.
Cattle and horse trading; drought; welfare of tribe; the murder of Puoeng and the subsequont arrest of Chief Tatinyane Motshogare; the death of Chief Lekoko Montsioa; Rev W C Willoughby's book, Native life on the Transvaal border.
Ethnology and anthropology.
Bakaa and Barolong tribes.