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Papers collected by Tim Matthews concerning activities at University College of Rhodesia (UCR) and conditions in Rhodesia, 1968-1975; comprising correspondence and papers on University College of Rhodesia, 1968-1971, including material on links between UCR and British universities, papers on Matthews' expulson in 1970, and press cuttings; correspondence and papers on Matthews' activities in London, 1970-1972, including correspondence with George Thomson MP and Jack Straw, President, National Union of Students, on events at UCR and the problem of educaton for Rhodesians, correspondence with Harold Wilson on Labour Party policy on Rhodesia; correspondence and papers on the campaign to exclude UCR from the 1973 Association of Commonwealth Universities Conference; and correspondence and papers on the African National Congress, 1973.

Papers relating to Rhodesian politics collected by Anthony L McAdam, 1964-1972, including correspondence and papers relating to the multiracial University College Rhodesia, 1964-1971; correspondence and papers relating to African National Congress (ANC) meetings, particularly relating to the ANC Committee in London, 1971-1972; miscellaneous material on Rhodesia, 1970-1972, including correspondence on the right of entry to the United Kingdom for Rhodesian africans.

Speeches, pamphlets, leaflets, letters, newsletters, press releases and journals at national, local and youth levels issued by Action White Natal, the African Education Movement (South Africa), the African People's Democratic Union of Southern Africa, the African Peoples Organization, the African Resistance Movement (South Africa), the Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging, the All African Convention, the All-In-African National Action Council, the Alliance for Radical Change (South Africa), the Alliance of Radical Methodists, the Anti-Asiatic League (South Africa), Association for Rural Advancement (South Africa), the Athlone Students Action Committee, the Azanian People's Organization, the Azanian Students' Organisation, the Bantu Benevolent and Welfare Society (Port Elizabeth and District), the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, the Black Parents' Association (South Africa), the Black Peoples' Convention, the Black Sash, the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination (South Africa), the Cape Action League, the Christian Institute of Southern Africa, the Citizen's Action Committee (South Africa), the Civil Rights League (South Africa), the Coloured Arts Association (South Africa), the Coloured People's Council of Action, the Coloured Welfare Association (Cape Peninsula Division), the Committee on South African War Resistance, COSAS (South Africa), the Council for Asiatic Rights (Johannesburg), Education for an Aware South Africa., the End Conscription Campaign (South Africa), the Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa, the Federation of South African Women, the Fourth International Organisation of South Africa, Grassroots (South Africa), the Information Centre on South Africa, Inkatha (Organization : South Africa), the Inter-Denominational African Ministers' Federation, Kwazulu Natal Indaba, the Methodist Church of South Africa, the Moderate Student Movement (Cape Town), the Mowbray Inter Racial Group, the Muslim Students Association (Cape Region), the Natal University Students' Union (Non-European Section), the Natal Workers Club, the National Anti-Coloured Affairs Department Committee, the National Committee Against Removals, the National Committee of Liberation (South Africa), the National Council of Coloured Welfare Organisations (South Africa), the National Forum Committee (South Africa), the National Union of Students Education Department (South Africa), the National Union of Students Welfare and Social Action Department (South Africa), the Native Recruiting Corporation (South Africa), the New Unity Movement (South Africa), the Non-European United Front, the Non-European Unity Movement, the Pondoland Anti-apartheid Movement, the Pretoria Indian Commercial Association, the Progressive Students Association (University of Cape Town), Project Vote (South Africa), the Socialist Forum for Southern African Solidarity, the Socialist League of Africa, the Society of Young Africa, the South Africa First Campaign, the South Africa United Front, the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference, the South African Coloured Peoples' Organisation, the South African Labour Education Project, the South African Non-Racial Open Committee for Olympic Sports, the South African Peace Council, the South African Students' Organisation, the Southern African Committee on Industrial Relations, the Southern African Freedom Foundation, the Springbok Legion (South Africa), the Student Representative Council (University of Cape Town), the Student Representative Council (University of Natal), the Students Democratic League (Cape Town), the Students Representative Council (Witwatersrand University), the Students for Social Democracy (South Africa), the Teachers' Educational and Professional Association (South Africa), the Teachers' League of South Africa, the Transvaal Indian Congress, the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, the Transvaal Rural Action Committee, the United Anti-Peri-Urban Areas Action Committee, the United Women's Organisation, the Wages and Economic Commission (University of the Witwatersrand), Western Areas Protest Committee, the Western Cape Youth League, the Western Province Council of Churches, the Workers Democratic League (South Africa), the Workers' International League (South Africa), the Workers' Organisation for Socialist Action, the World Campaign for the Release of South African Political Prisoners, the Young South Africans for a Christian Civilization, and the Zulu Society (South Africa).

Papers relating to student unrest at the University of Transkei (UNITRA), South Africa, 1984, triggered by the questioning of four students, and the detention of two others by security police; this led to the boycotting of classes and closures of the campus. Many students were arrested and detained, several members of the Students' Representative Council were suspended by the University and four members of staff were deported from Tramnskei. The papers include documents produced by the Principal and other members of the University administration and the Students' Representative Council, during the period of unrest; legal papers concerning court action brought by suspended students; submissions to the ensuing Commission of Enquiry; and news cuttings relating to student unrest, 1980-1984.

Zimbabwe: Trades Unions Material, 1959 onwards, including journals, memoranda, conference reports and minutes, pamphlets, addresses, agendas, constitutions, letters, interviews, membership cards and miscellaneous materials issued by the African Farmers' Union of Rhodesia, the African Trades Union Congress of Southern Rhodesia, the Agricultural and Plantation Workers' Union, the Central African Power Corporation Staff Association, the Confederation of African Labour, the Fort Victoria Municipal Employees Association, the Industrial Commercial Union (Zimbabwe), the International Federation of Free Trade Unions, the National African Federation of Unions (Zimbabwe), the National Association of Local Government Officers and Employees (Zimbabwe), the Pilots' Association of Rhodesia, the Rhodesia Posts and Telecommunications Association, the Rhodesia Railway Workers' Union, the Salisbury Municipal Employees' Association, the Salisbury Municipal Professional Officers' Association, the Salisbury Municipal Workers' Union, the Southern Rhodesian Trades Union Co-ordinating Committee in the United Kingdom, the Trades Union Congress of Rhodesia, the Typographical Union of Rhodesia, the United Textile Workers' Union of Rhodesia, the University College of Rhodesia Students' Union, the Zimbabwe African Congress of Unions and the Zimbabwe Students Union.