BC 345 THE V. M. L. BALLINGER PAPERS  

Manuscripts & Archives

University of Cape Town Libraries

presented to

The University of Cape Town Libraries

by

Dr V. M. L. Ballinger

A List

revised by

Leonie Twentyman Jones

assisted by

Lesley Hart

1980

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Biographical notes

The Collection

A.

PERSONAL PAPERS

B.

ARTICLES, ADDRESSES AND SPEECHES

C.

FROM UNION TO APARTHEID

D.

POLITICAL, EDUCATIONAL & WELFARE INTERESTS

E .

W .G . BALLINGER PAPERS

F.

PHOTOGRAPHS

G.

PAMPHLETS

H.

NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS

J.

OBITUARIES

BC 345

MARGARET BALLINGER PAPERS  

A.

PERSONAL PAPERS

No. of items

A1.1‑A1.21

Certificates, 1913‑1960, including one of her brother James Hodgson, 9.1.1919; also agreement with University of the Witwatersrand

24

A2

Diaries and notebooks, 1929‑1963

A2.1

Mainly notes re Eastern Cape, 1929‑1930s

1

A2.2

Starts as a diary 21 January 1930, then continues as notes on Swaziland, Bechuanaland and various other subjects

1

A2.3‑A2.4

Diary of a visit to Bechuanaland Protectorate 5 June 1931, and notes on Bechuanaland

2

A2.5

Notes on East London, 1933‑1935; Port Elizabeth, 1943; various topics

1

A2.6‑A2.14

Diaries, 1947, October 1959 ‑ 6 April 1963

14

A2.15

Diary containing entries for 10.9.1964, 28.9.1967, 4.4.1972

1

A2.16

Appointment diary for 1973

1

A2.17‑A2.18.4

Diary of a visit to India, 1946, incl. Notes for possible speeches

6

A2.19

Notes re 1948 election campaign, also January 1949; 22.10.1958

1

A2.20

Diary of a visit to Northern Rhodesia and the Congo, 1952; also a few lines of reminiscences

1

A2.21

Diary of a visit to India, 1957

1

A2.22

Diary of a visit to East Africa, 1957

1

A2.23

Diary of a visit to the U.S.A., 1963

1

A3

Correspondence ‑ letters to Margaret Ballinger from: ­

A3.1‑A3.2

Margery Abrahams, 6.12.1968, 27.10.1975. MSS

2

A3.3‑A3.16

African Horizon Insurance Co. Ltd., 1959‑1962

14

A3.17‑A3.21

African National Congress, 1937, 1946, 1948

5

A3.22‑A3.24

Bantu Men's Social Institute, 1945

3

A3.25‑A3.26

Mary A Carson, 1960‑1961

2

A3.27‑A3.29

Gwendolen M Carter, 1964

3

A3.30‑A3.31

J.P. Dalten, 1947, 1950

2

A3.32‑A3.35

R.H. Godlo, 1941

4

A3.36‑A3.39

A.P. Goller, editor of 'Challenge', 1964, 1967

4

A3.40‑A3.41

Rev. E.W. Grant, 1945

2

A3.42‑A3.47

Edward M. Groth, 1963, 1965‑1966

6

A3.48‑A3.56

Hodgson family inc1. Ronald, Babs, Jim, 1960s and 1970s

9

A3.57‑A3.58

D.D.T. Jabavu, 1943

2

A3.59‑A3.60

Alexander Kerr, 1959, 1962

2

A3.61‑A3.64

Marian Lacey, 1975

4

A3.65

Jack Lewsen, 1962

1

A3.66‑A3.67

Molly Livie Noble, 1968,1973

2

A3.68

A. Luthuli, circular letter [1960?]

1

A3.69‑A3.71

W.M. Macmillan, 1963‑1965

3

A3.72‑A3.76

Z.K. Matthews, 1945, 1947

5

A3.77‑A3.78

National War Memorial Health Foundation, 1960s

2

A3.79‑A3.81

Marjorie Pentland, 1963‑1965

3

A3.82‑A3.83

Marjery Perham, [1953?], 1973. [See also Section C6]

2

A3.84‑A3.85

Gladys Phillips, 1961, enclosing letter from principal of University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

2

A3.86‑A3.89

Rhodes University, 1964‑1965

4

A3.90‑A3.91

Sam? Ridley, 1976‑1977

2

A3.92‑A3.97

A.P. Ryan, 1960‑1962

6

A3.98‑A3.103

Jogandhar Singh, 1958

6

A3.104‑A3.106

D.L. Smit, 1941

3

A3.107

Ian Douglas Smith, 1964

1

A3.108‑A3.109

Bertha Solomon, 1964, 1974

2

A3.110‑A3.117

Sony Readers Club, 1967

8

A3.118‑A3.122

Soroptimist Club of the Cape of Good Hope, 1965‑1966

5

A3.123‑A3.130

South African Institute of Race Relations, 1965

8

A3.131‑A3.133

Walter Stanford, 1961‑1965

3

A3.134‑A3.140

A.R. Gordon Turner, 1960

7

A3.141‑A3.150

University of Cape Town, 1965‑1972

10

A3.151‑A3.153

Elsa Udeman, 1964‑1965

3

A3.154‑A3.156

Margaret H. Waley, 1976

5

A3.157‑A3.160

Lina Ware, 1966‑1975

4

A3.161‑A3.163

Joan Wheeler‑Bennett, 1961‑1965

3

A3.164‑A3.173

Witwatersrand University, 1934, 1961‑1967

10

A3.174‑A3.255

Single letters arranged in chronological sequence, 1937‑1977

85

A3.256‑A3.258

Miscellaneous letters to others, 1958‑1971

3

A3.259‑A3.285

Christmas cards

28

A4

Overseas visits, 1946‑1963

A4.1

Visit to India, 1946. Article in The Democrat, 11.1.1947 (see also A2.17‑A2.18.4)

1

A4.2‑A4.45

Visit to Australia to deliver the Dyason Memorial Lectures, incl. itineraries, correspondence, newspaper clippings etc., August 1960‑1961

44

A4.46‑A4.98

Visits to U.S.A., 1961‑1963, incl. correspondence, pamphlets etc.

53

A5

Biographical information

A5.1‑A5.48

Summaries, notes, newspaper clippings and a cartoon re Margaret Ballinger's career, ca 1937‑1961

50

A6

Personal miscellany

A6.1‑A6.75

Menus, invitations 1953‑1962, various mementos, notes on gardening, recipes, postcards, etc.

75

A6.76

Gown worn on receipt of Honorary doctorate from UCT

1

B.

ARTICLES, ADDRESSES AND SPEECHES

B1.1‑B1.4

Articles written for 'African World', 1949‑1955

5

B2.1‑B2.11

Articles written for 'Forum', 1940‑1961

16

B3.1‑B3.11

Articles written for the 'Sunday Express', Feb.‑May 1961

16

B4.1‑B4.15

Articles written for 'Trek', 1943‑1945

15

B5.1‑B5.33

Articles written for 'Umlindi we Nyanga', 1938‑1940 incl. a series entitled Parliamentary Review

35

B6.1‑B6.417

Articles written for 'Umteteli wa Bantu', 1939‑1955

550

B7.1‑B7.10

Articles written for 'Union Review', 1945‑1946

10

B8.1‑B8.25

Articles written for a variety of publications during the 1930s

30

B9.1‑B9.28

Articles written for a variety of publications during the 1940s

31

B10.1‑B10.20

Articles written for a variety of publications from 1950s‑1970

24

B11.1‑B11.8

Fragments of articles

8

B12.1‑B12.11

Addresses and speeches, 1933‑1958

12

B13.1‑B13.5

South Africa: a problem in race relations. Challenge and response. Dyason Memorial lecture, 1960. TSS and printed versions

15

B14.1‑B14.11

Addresses and speeches, 1961‑1964 and undated

26

B15

Swaziland. Britain in Southern Africa, no.3. Photocopy of TS

1

B16‑B16.1

The published works of Margaret Livingstone Ballinger, a bibliography compiled by Elsa Udeman. Johannesburg, 1968

2

C.

FROM UNION TO APARTHEID

C.1

Miscellaneous notes used in writing the book

C1.1‑C1.2

Scope and proposed plan

6

C1.3‑C1.73

Notes and rejects

75

C2.1

Part I. MS. incomplete

1

C2.2

Part III. MS. incomplete

1

C2.3

MS Index on cards

±500

C3.1‑C3.1.3

Part I. TSS. 3 copies

4

C3.2‑C3.2.2

Part II. TSS. 3 copies

3

C3.3‑C3.3.2

Part III. TSS.

3

C3.4‑C3.4.1

Index. TSS.

2

C3.5

Extra copies of retyped pages and discarded pages

C3.6‑C3.6.1

Rejects

2

C4.1‑C4.7

Galley proofs

7

C5.1‑C5.31

Photographs used in the book

37

C6.1‑C6.233

Correspondence, 1960‑1971, including correspondence with Margery Perham, Oxford University Press, Faber, Allen and Unwin, Sir K. Hancock, Warden of Nuffield College, Jutas; also people thanking for copies of the book, including Gwendolen Carter

240

C7.1‑C7.7.1

Publicity for book, including newspaper cuttings, review list, blurb on M.B.

20

C7.8‑C7.46

Reviews

64

C7.47

Copy of: Ballinger, Margaret: from union to apartheid ‑ a trek to isolation. (Juta, 1969)

1

D.

POLITICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND WELFARE INTERESTS

Files containing correspondence, articles, notes and newspaper clippings on

D1.1‑D1.27

Coloured affairs, 1960‑1961, 1967‑1968

27

D2.1‑D2.18

Crime and juvenile delinquency, 1930's‑1947

19

D3.1‑D3.3

Friends of Africa, 1942‑1947

3

D4.1‑D4.56

General parliamentary matters, 1938‑1973

58

D5.1‑D5.81

Liberal Party, 1959‑1968

84

D6.1‑D6.18

Margaret Ballinger Home and Welfare Fund, 1951‑1979

19

D7.1‑D7.71

'Native' education, 1942‑1944, 1962

72

D8.1‑D8.9

Native Representative Council, 1938‑1946

9

D9.1‑D9.26

Non‑European Progress Trust, 1962‑1968

35

D10.1‑D10.10

Protectorates, ca 1950s

10

D11.1‑D11.25

Rhodesia, 1960s‑1970s

27

D12.1‑D12.154

Separate universities, 1950s

155

D13.1‑D13.2

Swaziland Artists Association, 1967

2

D14.1‑D14.27

UCT Extra Mural Studies, 1969‑1978

29

D15.1‑D15.7

Valley Trust and Tom Osborn Memorial, 1975‑1976

7

D16.1‑D16.7

Verwoerd on apartheid ‑ speeches, 1950‑1961

9

D17.1‑D17.11

Welfare and other organizations, 1970s

11

E.

WILLIAM GEORGE BALLINGER PAPERS

E1.1‑E1.26

Personal documents, will etc.

31

E2

Letters to William Ballinger, from:­

E2.1‑E2.14

Margaret Ballinger. [10.5.1958?]‑[29.9.1960?] MSS

14

E2.15‑E2.34.1

Others, 2.8.1924 ‑ [September 1973?]

21

E3.1‑E3.4

Articles by William Ballinger

4

E4.1‑E4.150

Condolences re death of William Ballinger, 1974

150

E5.1‑E5.12

Miscellaneous, including oddments re I.C.U.

13

E6.1‑E6.47

Newspaper clippings and pamphlets

47

F.

PHOTOGRAPHS

F1.1‑F1.27

Margaret Ballinger alone (F1.24‑F1.27 oversize)

36

F2.1‑F2.14

Margaret and W.G. Ballinger

15

F3.1‑F3.46

Margaret Ballinger with others

49

F4.1‑F4.31.1

W.G. Ballinger alone and with others

37

F5.1‑F5.54

Photographs taken on trips ‑ to the Kalahari, Protectorates, etc.

60

F6.1‑F6.87

Family and friends

88

F7.1‑F7.37

Miscellaneous, including the houses in Firdale Rd., Johannesburg, etc.

42

G.

PAMPHLETS, ETC. ‑ BY OTHERS

G1

African Studies v.23 nos.3‑4, 1964

1

G2

African Studies v.27 no.l, 1968

1

G3

Bantu. v.17, no.5, May 1970

1

G4

British Information Services: 50 facts about Britain's economy. June 1968

1

G5.1‑G5.3

Epstein, David H.: The Ballinger cases. n.d.

3

G6.1‑G6.2

Epstein, David H.: Presentation of certain historical documents. November 1973

2

G7

The Forum, June 1953

1

G8

The Forum, August 1954

1

G9‑G9.1

Grahamstown Area Distress Relief Association (Gadra): Feeding the hungry ‑ an investment for the future. n.d.

2

G10

Harris, Edwin Montague: St. Stithians College, 1953‑1956 as recorded in the letters of E.M. Harris. n.d.

1

G11‑611.1

Irving, James: The social arithmetic of poverty. n.d.

2

G12

Jokl, E.: Native manpower resources with special reference to the Transkeian Territories. Feb 1945

1

G13

Krause, F.E.T.: The pass‑laws. June, 1944

1

G14

Levy, Leah (collater): The School of African Studies, U.C.T. 28.9.1971

1

G15

Maasdorp, Gavin: Economic development strategy in the African homelands: the role of agriculture and industry. January 1974

1

G16

Malan, D.F.: Foreign policy of the Union of South Africa. 1949?

1

G17

Mallalieu, J.P.W.: The real South African opposition (from The New Statesman and Nation, January 28, 1956)

1

G18

Mears, W.G.A.: Government contributions to the salaries of clergymen at the Cape. 1806‑1875. n.d.

1

G19.1‑G19.2

Mears, W.G.A.: Wesleyan Baralong Mission in Trans‑Orangia 1821‑1884. n.d.

2

G20

Mears, W.G.A.: Wesleyan missionaries in Great Namaqualand 1820‑1867. n.d.

1

G21

Moore, Noel: The gold problem. (from The South African Opinion, April 5, 1935)

1

G22

Nicholls, G. Heaton et al: Racial separation: a view taken in 1936. (In African Studies v.26 No.2, 1967)

1

G23

Onward/Voorwaarts. November 1968

1

G24

Patten, J.W.: Separate development: a look at the facts. (From Optima, March 1963)

1

G25

Perham, Margery: The problem of white settlement. (from The Listener, December 7, 1961)

1

G26

Race Relations. v.5, no.4, November 1938. (article by Z.K. Matthews underlined)

1

G27

Race Relations News. v.9, no.6, June 1947

1

G28

Race Relations News. v.21, no.5, May 1959

1

G29‑G32

Race Relations News. V.30, no.l, 3‑5, January, March‑May, 1968

4

G33

Rhoodie, N.J.: "Forget about apartheid" – who said that? (In Onward/Voorwaarts, December 1968)

1

G34

RSA World. File 3, no.8, Eighth issue 1967

 1

G35‑635.1

South Africa, Union of: Summary of the Report of the Commission for the Socio‑Economic Development of the Bantu Areas within the Union of South Africa. Also Government decisions on the recommendations of the Commission

G36

The South African Outlook (part) August 1, 1952

1

G37

The South African Outlook (part) September 1, 1952

1

G38

The South African Outlook (part) December 1, 1952

1

G39

South African Quiz. 1959

 1

G40‑640.2

Transvaal Chamber of Mines: Tribal natives and trade unionism. November 1946

3

G41

United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: The Charter of the United Nations

 1

G42

Van Selms, Adrianus: Nisibus: the oldest university. October 1966

G43

Waley, Margaret H.: Winifred Holtby ‑ a short life. 1975

1

G44

Western Deep Levels Limited. Annual report. 1977

1

G45

Wickins, P.L.: General labour unions in Cape Town, 1918‑1920. n.d.

1

G46

[Wickins, P.L.?]: The aims and methods of the I.C.U., the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa. n.d.

1

G47

[Wickins, P.L.?]: An Enquiry into the support commanded by the I.C.U. n.d.

1

H.

NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, on labour, politics, race relations etc.

H1.1‑H1.60

24.9.1929 ‑ 2.9.1940

62

H2.1‑H2.79.1

31.1.1941 ‑ 15.5.1960

80

H3.1‑H3.399

27.1.1961 ‑ 4.8.1970

400

H4.1‑H4.23

11.7.1971 ‑ 1978

24

H5.1‑H5.11

Undated

11

H6.1‑H6.16

Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, 1958‑1965

19

J.

OBITUARIES (Donated by Professor H Pollak)

J1.1‑J1.20

Obituaries of Margaret Ballinger which appeared in newspapers, and journals, 8.2.1980 ‑ 26.2.1980. Also letters re her death

20