Inventory of the private collection of
WB de Williers
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1 A.
CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence regarding Rebellion; Vaal River British Indian Association; Harts River Farmer's Association; election of 1920; disabled
soldiers/dependents grievances and pensions committee; Appointment of the Settlers' Relief Commission; Resolutions passed at the annual congress of the Cape Province Agricultural Association; Accusations of Gen. JCG Kemp against WB de Villiers; The South African Anti-Communist League; The organised spreading of subversive propaganda amongst native and coloured communities; Native Trust and Land Act; Resolution to remove coloured voters from the common franchise
July 1915-Sept. 1943
2 B. SPEECHES Speeches of a general nature, i.e. employment by
railways, British connection, republicanism, coloured franchise policy, National Party, JBM Hertzog, coalition and fusion, native legislation, poor white problem; Speeches of a general nature, i.e. restriction of coloured labour on white-owned farms, nationalism, the mining industry, abandoning the gold standard, World War II, etc.
1919-c. 1948
3 C. NOTES Notes of a general nature, i.e. number of coloured
and white voters, electoral division of Barkley West, supplying houses to railway workers, number of coloureds and whites employed by SA railways, etc.
c. 1924-1938
4 D. SUBJECT FILES Pamphlets and handbills regarding general elections; extension of coloured franchise; political ideals of W Bruckner de Villiers; petition for railway line from Kuruman to Western
Bechuanaland; criticism of fusion government; JBM Hertzog; Morris Alexander
1915-1938
5 D. SUBJECT FILES National Party's Delimitation Commission in the Western Cape (Stellenbosch/Franschhoek)
1932 6 D. SUBJECT FILES Documents regarding "Nasionale Pers Bpk.",
including correspondence on the financial management of the newspaper group and the political policy of its newspapers
1934
7 E. MEMORANDA
AND REPORTS
Memoranda and reports of a general nature; memorandum concerning the Indian question in Natal (Oct. 1945)
1935-1946
8 F. INFORMATION
DOCUMENTS
Documents on autonomy of SA; agriculture; curriculum vitae of Gysbert Reitz Hofmeyr, Johannes Henoch Neethling, and Petrus Johannes Cillie; buying land for settlements; labour; gold standard; pronouncements by JBM Hertzog; The British connection; The coloured
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franchise; Export market; Neutrality;Republicanism; Afrikaners; Rendering assistance to returning South African soldiers; War expenses
9 G. NEWSPAPER
CUTTINGS
Scrapbook of the Rebellion; cuttings regarding political matters, i.e. 1938 election, fusion,
Afrikaner unity, pronouncements by JBM Hertzog, JBM Hertzog's attitude at Imperial Conference in London 1926, the British connection, neutrality, National Party
1914-1938
10 H. PUBLICATIONS Liquor Amendment Bill; Estimates of Revenue; Provincial Subsidies and Taxation Powers Further Amendment Bill; Representation of Natives Bill; Marketing Bill; Settlers Relief Commission; War's Aftermath in Finland; Alluvial Diamond Industry constitution
1933-1940
11 I. PERSONAL
DOCUMENTS
