Inventory of the private collection of JGN Strauss PV448 Contact Us Write to: Archive for Contemporary Affairs University of the Free State P.O. Box 2320 Bloemfontein 9300 South Africa Visit us: Archive for Contemporary Affairs Stef Coetzee Building Room 109 Academic Avenue South University of the Free State 205 Nelson Mandela Drive Park West Bloemfontein Telephone: +27(0)51 401 2418 Email: [email protected] PV 448 JGN Strauss FILE NO SERIES SUB-SERIES DESCRIPTION DATES 1/1/1/1 1. SUBJECT 1/1 Agriculture 1/1/1 Employment of ex-volunteers to 1945 - 1956 Vol 1 FILES General investigate raising tobacco for nicotine extraction 29 October 1945; Irrigation development in the Free State South African Interests Group (Inc.) Bulletin No 58 July 1948; Correspondence on the revised procedure for marketing sheep in 9 controlled areas as result of statement by Minister of Agriculture 3 November 1951; Quotes from a speech on Settlers at Andalusia Kimberley 17 March 1953; Notes of the Land Settlement Act 1912 23 March 1953; Strauss links huge irrigation plan with Settlers Cape Times 27 March 1953; Correspondence regarding maize improvement 30 March 1953; Report on Smallholdings as a new form of land settlement in South Africa 31 July 1953; Correspondence regarding the National Service Movement 4 December 1953; Report on Natives in agriculture 27 January 1954; Correspondence regarding the National Service Movement 26 January 1954; A A Bailey versus department of Agriculture National Service Movement of South Africa and J D de Wet 23 February 1954; Correspondence regarding shortage of trained laboratory staff at Onderstepoort 2 March 1954; Part of a report on the number of cattle in South Africa 3 May 1955; Notes for debates on agriculture 3 May 1955 (Includes a newspaper clipping "The policy of the egg control board" The Star 11 August 1954); Extracts from address given by Mr J T Gilmour President of Durban & District Meat Traders' Association regarding the need for modification of the meat scheme following beef producers lose 50 000 000 pounds Durban 10 Page 1 of 150 PV 448 JGN Strauss FILE NO SERIES SUB-SERIES DESCRIPTION DATES May 1955; Telegrams regarding destruction of seals May 1955; Correspondence regarding the control and sale Kaffircorn 11 June 1954; Appraisal of the meat scheme Appendix I 5 August 1955; Summary of main speech regarding Agriculture motion 13 April 1956; Proposed legislation to govern the export of canned fruit and vegetables 23 April 1956; Local problems Rustenburg 21 July 1956; Include correspondence. 1/1/1/1 1. SUBJECT 1/1 Agriculture 1/1/1 Memorandum regarding the United Vol 2 FILES General Party's agriculture policy; United Party's agriculture and food policy; Recommendations from the Marketing Act; Draft regarding local problems; Notes on increases in prices and costs of production for Transvaal congress speech; Information on GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade); Notes for debates on agriculture; Part of report on agriculture and rural areas; Speech by Senator Butler on the worst draught in human history; Amendments to marketing Act Amendment Bill; Marketing (Bemarking). 1/1/1/1 1. SUBJECT 1/1 Agriculture 1/1/1 Newspaper clippings regarding 1952 - 1955 Vol 3 FILES General agriculture: Basis for Land Service Movement in Union Pretoria News 10 November 1952; Harassing South Africa's great river (Proposal to dam the Orange River in its Basutoland gorges for hydro-electricity) Star 1 February 1955; No clippings for 1954. 1/1/1/2 1. SUBJECT 1/1 Agriculture 1/1/1 Opening speech Worcester Fair 4 1948 FILES General February 1948; Correspondence and telegrams regarding appreciation for the valuable services support and interest during his tenure as Agriculture Minister June 1948; Notes Witwatersrand Agriculture Show 1948; Information regarding Page 2 of 150 PV 448 JGN Strauss FILE NO SERIES SUB-SERIES DESCRIPTION DATES Cape Town's quota cattle 15 February 1948. 1/2/1/1 1. SUBJECT 1/2 Churches 1/2/1 Conference of church leaders 1953 FILES General including speeches and papers 17 - 19 November 1953. 1/3/1/1 1. SUBJECT 1/3 Commissions and Correspondence regarding the Jan 1950 - 1957; FILES committees 1/3/1 Jan Smuts Memorial Committee 1969 - 1970; Smuts Memorial including a copy on instructions to 1973 - 1975 Committee council on opinion 31 January 1969; Correspondence regarding Jan Smuts Airport: Art work No 41 30 December 1970; Minutes of meeting Johannesburg 16 April 1973; Correspondence relating to the availability of a site in the Union Building Grounds for the erection of a statue of General JC Smuts (including a plan of the site) 8 June 1973; Minutes of a meeting Johannesburg 27 August 1973; Minutes of a meeting of the sub- committee on memorial including a memorandum regarding selection of sculptor for the Jan Smuts Memorial 6 September 1973; Press release regarding appointment of Mr Fabio Barraclough to chair of fine arts at the University of the Witwatersrand 8 October 1973; Meeting of the sub- committee including a draft prepared by Prof Sutton Johannesburg 13 October 1973; Copy of letter from Mr Dave MacGregor regarding Jan Smuts memorial 19 February 1974; Minutes of meeting of the sub-committee Johannesburg 5 April 1974; Letter from South African Association of Arts - Southern Transvaal with suitable names of sculptors for the statue of General Smuts 23 April 1974; Copy of letter from Mr Leif Egeland 6 May 1974; Minutes of meeting of sub-committee Johannesburg 25 April 1974; Memorandum for chairman of sub- committee on statue on meeting Page 3 of 150 PV 448 JGN Strauss FILE NO SERIES SUB-SERIES DESCRIPTION DATES with Mr G Pool (Under Secretary of Public Works) 21 May 1974; Notes on meeting of sub-committee 27 May 1974; Resolution to commission Mr Danie de Jager as sculptor for the Jan Smuts Memorial 27 May 1974; Unveiling of the Jan Smuts Monument including guests list and welcoming speech by the Honourable J G N Strauss Pretoria 27 September 1975; Also include correspondence regarding the Smuts Memorial project 1957; Include correspondence from 1950 - 1953 and a newspaper clipping from The Star 19 July 1956. 1/3/2/1 1. SUBJECT 1/3 Commissions and Dr Malan on Coloured franchise 1923 - 1939; Vol 1 FILES committees 1/3/2 1923 - 1931; Extracts from speeches 1952 - 1953 Coloured Commission by General Hertzog regarding Coloured franchise 1924 - 1936; General Hertzog on the National Party's Coloured policy 1930 - 1939; The Hertzog pledges 1925 - 1936; The 1930 - 1935 joint committee common voters roll; Correspondence regarding Article 152 of the Constitution for Coloured legislation 5 June 1952; Correspondence and a circular regarding the United Party Colour Policy 5 August 1953; Suggested arrangement of report on franchise 1953; SABRA submission regarding Coloureds n.d.; Correspondence include extracts from speeches by Hertzog and by Malan on the Coloured franchise 6 November 1953; Correspondence includes memorandum on the Cape Coloured vote 13 November 1953; Voters in 2000 AD n.d.; Income qualifications of Coloureds n.d.; Pleas on behalf of the Coloured people regarding different Bills n.d.; The 1887 and 1892 franchise amendments in the Cape n.d.; The Stockenstrom Memorandum n.d.; Correspondence Page 4 of 150 PV 448 JGN Strauss FILE NO SERIES SUB-SERIES DESCRIPTION DATES regarding miscegenation between Coloured and Native 9 November 1953; United Party amendment regarding the Coloured franchise n.d. 1/3/2/1 1. SUBJECT 1/3 Commissions and Correspondence including the origin 1954 - 1955 Vol 2 FILES committees 1/3/2 and task of the commission 7 Coloured Commission January 1954; Draft information for pamphlet on history of national attempts to secure separate representation 30 April 1954; Probable national arguments on separate representation 12 May 1954; Separate representation of voters act validation and amendment Bill 19 May 1954; Statement by Dr Friedman on Coloured voters on the common roll 16 June 1955; United Party declaration affecting the Coloured franchise 25 June 1955; Questions and answers regarding the Coloured vote and Dr B Friedman 1955; Extract from "Politics Today" No 5 October 1955. 1/3/2/1 1. SUBJECT 1/3 Commissions and Various documents regarding the 1955 Vol 3 FILES committees 1/3/2 Coloured franchise 1955. Coloured Commission 1/3/2/1 1. SUBJECT 1/3 Commissions and Introduction report; Whether the N.d. Vol 4 FILES committees 1/3/2 common roll Coloured franchise Coloured Commission aggravates racial strife; Indonesia; The history of the franchise in the Cape Natal and the Republic before the National Convention; Testimony by Prof Wiid before 1852; Annexure C: The South Africa Bill; Separate representation of voters; Notes regarding Population registration; Population registration Act. 1/3/3/1 1. SUBJECT 1/3 Commissions and Correspondence regarding proposed 1955 - 1956 Vol 1 FILES committees 1/3/3 industrial Township: Umtata 3 March Tomlinson 1955; Correspondence on the White Commission Paper on the Tomlinson Commission 25 April 1956; Correspondence regarding Tomlinson Commission 1956. Page 5 of 150 PV 448 JGN Strauss FILE NO SERIES SUB-SERIES DESCRIPTION DATES 1/3/3/1 1. SUBJECT 1/3 Commissions and SABRA notes 26 March 1956; Notes 1956 Vol 2 FILES committees 1/3/3 on the report of the Tomlinson Tomlinson Commission 9 April 1956; Commission Appreciation and the Opposition's attitude 10 April 1956; Notes on Mr Waterson's memo 11 April 1956; Basic statistics of the Tomlinson Report 17 April 1956. 1/3/3/2 1. SUBJECT 1/3 Commissions and Travel arrangements to 1956 Vol 1 FILES committees 1/3/3 Moorreesburg; The Tomlinson Tomlinson Report Moorreesburg 19 April 1956; Commission Part of a speech to be delivered at Moorreesburg 19 April 1956; Notes regarding leading article in Die Burger 20 April 1956; Statement on White Paper by Mr Strauss 24 April 1956; Notes for debate on Tomlinson report and White Paper Theron 14 May 1956; Summary of the contribution of the United Party to the debate on the development of the Bantu Areas (Tomlinson report) 14 - 16 May 1956; Notes for part of speech on Appropriation Bill 1956 12 June 1956.