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BC 1072 SIR RICHARD LUYT PAPERS

Manuscripts & Archives

University of Cape Town Libraries

 

donated to

The University of Cape Town Libraries

by

Lady Luyt

A List

compiled by

Jill Gribble

revised 1995

 

CONTENTS

 

 

Biographical Note

 

 

The Collection

 

 

 

 

A.

Personal

 

B.

University of Cape Town

 

C.

Universities

 

D.

Pre-War Years and War Years, Ethiopia

 

E.

Northern Rhodesia

 

F

Kenya

 

G

Rhodesia

 

H

Zambia

 

J

Guyana

 

K

Miscelllaneous  

 

L

Other interests

 

M

Newsclips, pamphlets etc

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Richard Edmonds Luyt was born in Cape Town in 1915.   He was educated at the Diocesan College and at UCT, and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford.   At both school and university he excelled at sport, particularly cricket and rugby, and achieved an Oxford Blue in Rugby.   He decided to enter the Colonial Service and, at the outbreak of World War 2, was sent to the then Northern Rhodesia. From there he was assigned to Ethiopia where he was a sergeant in an Ethiopian Guerilla unit during the stand against the Italians. He was awarded the DCM for his services in Ethiopia.

After the war he served in Kenya, and in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) during its transition to independence. From there he was sent to oversee the transition to independence in British Guiana, later Guyana.  He was appointed Principal of UCT in 1968 and saw the university through a turbulent period of its history.

A man of many parts, he was always involved in many aspects of the life of the community in general.  UCT awarded him an honorary DLitt in 1982.

In recognition of his contributions to the Colonial Service he was awarded the CMG in 1960, the KCMG in 1964 and the KCVO and GCMG in 1966.

He died in 1994 at the age of 78.

THE COLLECTION

These papers reflect the activities and interests of Sir Richard Luyt for the period 1967-1993.  Among the personal papers are correspondence, invitations received and notes for speeches, all providing evidence of the breadth of his interests.  His service during World War 2 and his involvement in the administration of British Colonies after the war are well documented.

The UCT section includes papers on several controversial incidents before, during and after his tenure as Principal.  A concerned involvement in community affairs, education, politics and sport is indicated in the papers of the various organisations in which he was actively involved.

BC 1072 SIR RICHARD LUYT PAPERS

A

PERSONAL

A1

Correspondence

A1.1.1

Letters to his parents during World War 2 1939-1944

A1.1.2

Letters from his parents during World War 2 1941-1944

A1.2

General letters

 

Letters of commendation, congratulation, testimonials, etc. 1939-1962

 

First letter home from boarding school ca 1929

A1.3

Letters to his wife and children 1960-1963

A1.4

Personal Miscellaneous 1967-1980, 1968-1980

A1.5

Letters of congratulation on being awarded the CMG

A1.6

"Letters to be retained" 1967-1980

A1.7

Israel letters 1973

A1.8

Letters of condolence on Sir Richard's death 1994

A2

Invitations 1981-1983

A3

Speech Notes 1967-1980

A4

Miscellaneous 1943-1982

A5

Medical File

A6

Pension

A7

Diaries, notebooks, photos

A8

Illuminated Addresses etc. (1 in oversize)

A9

Biographical Notes

A10

Obituaries

B

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

B1

Dr R Hoffenberg Banning 1967

B1.1

Correspondence etc.

B1.2

Hoffenberg

B2

Mafeje Affair 1968

B2.1

Documents

B2.2

Annexures A-Z

B2.3

Subsequent correspondence etc

B2.4

Newspaper cuttings (photocopies)

B3

Sport

B3.1

Cricket Club 1970-1983

B3.2

Sport 1972-1986

B3.3

SATISCO 1977

B4

Developments during leave 1977

B5

Noni Jabavu 1977

B6

Convocation and Alumni Affairs, Smuts Hall

B7

Scholarships 1985-1986

B8

UCT Foundation 1985-1993

B9

O'Brien Saga - Academic Freedom 1986

B10

"de Klerk Conditions" - Government attempts to control Universities 1987

B11

Centre for African Studies 1981-1987

B12

Staff, students and State repression 

B13

Discrimination at UCT - the Andrew Coleman affair 1966-1969

B14

Student Representative Council 1969

B15

Rag 1969

B16

Foreign Students 1968

B17

Anglo-American Trust Fund - Rules

B1

Correspondence re UCT Principalship 1966

B19

Miscellaneous,including correspondence 1956-1970, 1969-1978, 1988

B20

Personal memorabilia (1 item in oversize)

C

UNIVERSITIES

C1

NUSAS

C1.1

NUSAS contretemps 1966

C1.2

NUSAS contretemps 1969

C2

Namibia 1977-1983

C3

National University of Lesotho 1983-1988

C4

Universities - General, including Unrest 1966-1988

C5

University of Zambia 1969

C6

Wingate Institute 1973

C7

Rhodes University

D

PRE-WAR YEARS AND WAR YEARS, ETHIOPIA

D1

Pre-War Souvenir Programmes

D2

Oxford Essay (Significance of Native Administration in the Union of South Africa...)

D3

Military Affairs

D4

Old cuttings - War years

D5

British Military Mission to Ethiopia

D5.1

2nd Ethiopian Battalion

D5.1.1

Daily Reports of Orderly Officer

D5.1.2

Field Returns

D5.1.3

Personnel

D5.1.4

Medical File

D5.1.5

Supplies

D5.1.6

War Diary v2

D5.1.7

Miscellaneous

D5.2

Intelligence Reports

D5.2.1

Wajir

D5.2.2

Gotani

D5.2.3

General

D6

Michael Tutton and David Shireff 1980s

D7

Ethiopia Memoirs

E

NORTHERN RHODESIA

E1

Personal, Miscellaneous 1946-1951

E2

Personal, Miscellaneous 1952-1953

E3

Personal, Miscellaneous 1962-1963

E4

Personal, Miscellaneous 1963

E5

Invitations to HE the Acting Governor 1962-1963

E6

Private Correspondence 1962-1963

E7

Miscellaneous Set Speeches 1963

E8

Opening of Twelfth  Legislative Council 1963

F

KENYA

F1

Personal, Miscellaneous 1954-1955

F2

Personal, Miscellaneous 1958-1959

F3

Personal, Miscellaneous 1960-1961

F4

Personal, Miscellaneous 1961-1962

F5

Kenya Constitutionl Conference February 1962

G

RHODESIA

 

Correspondence 1962-1967

 

Miscellaneous pamphlets

H

ZAMBIA

 

 A Zambian Story

J

GUYANA

J1

British Policy in the Caribbean

J2

British Guiana, Miscellaneous Papers

J3

Guyana, three dispatches

J4

British Guiana, Luyt-Jaga and other correspondence

J5

Guyana, Letters and papers

J6

Guyana, Broadcast scripts

J7

British Guyana Constitutional Conferences and background papers; also Independence Conference papers, and papers on Proportional Representation and other electoral systems

J8

Letters from Guyanese 1966

J9

Personal, Miscellaneous - Guyana

J10

Independence Messages, May 1966

J11

Guyana "Thank you" letters, October 1966

J12

Caribbean - USA - London Travel Papers 1966

K

MISCELLANEOUS

K1

Miscellaneous Papers, London 1967

K2

Miscellaneous Papers and Cuttings, University and Higher Education

K3

Miscellaneous Papers, Africa

K4

Miscellaneous Papers, Constitutional Material

K5

Miscellaneous Publications

L

OTHER INTERESTS

L1

Africa Institute

L2

African Township School Problems 1992

L3

Bishops (Diocesan College) 1970s

L4

CAFDA Shelter Scheme 1981-1991

L5

Civil Rights League

L6

Conscription 1970-1987

L7

Distinguished Conduct Medal League 1985

L8

Ethiopia

L8.1

Anglo-Ethiopia Society 1977-1983

L8.2

Club Ethiopia 1964-1970

L9

"Freedom Papers" 1966-1970 Universal Declaration of Human Rights

 

Martin Luther King on Social Justice

 

Preventive Detention

 

Legislation and Correspondence

 

Address at Jameson Hall mass meeting re 22 detainees

L10

New Era Schools Trust (NEST)

L10.1

Consolidated Deed of Trust and School Brochures

L10.2

NEST Correspondence 1983-1990

L10.3

NEST Main File : Minutes, Correspondence etc. 1986-1993

L10.4

NEST Cape School 1986-1993

L10.5

NEST Cape School - Applications for Principalship

L11

NUSAS - Friends of NUSAS (FONS) 1981

L12

Olympic Games

L12.1.1

Olympic Discussions 1970s

L12.1.2

International Olympic Committee 1982-1985

L12.2

RS Alexander - IOC (Kenya)

L13

The Owl Club

L14

Royal Society of Arts

L15

Sports Clubs

L16

SPROCAS : Education Commission

L17

SAIRR 1981-1986

L17.1

Influx Control and Squatter Problems 1981-1984

L17.2

Buthelezi Commission 1982

L17.3

Bursary Fund 1982-1986

L17.4

Educational Trust 1984-1992

L18

Tortoises

L19

United Democratic Front (UDF) 1985-1987

L20

United Party Federal Proposals 1972

L21

Whitehead Trust 1942

L22

Yengeni Support Group 1989-1991

L23

Various Projects and Interests

M

NEWCLIPS, PAMPHLETS ETC

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