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Cuttings of Clyde Sanger's 1960s articles predominantly relating to Africa.

Includes cuttings by Clyde Sanger and others, notes, press releases, interview transcripts and reports concerning the 1980 Zimbabwe election and Robert Mugabe's first months in office.

Notebook, written mostly in shorthand, containing notes on: [the Summit Conference of Independent African States, held at Addis Ababa from 22-25 May 1963] including references to civil rights protests in Birmingham Alabama in the United States, African unity and cooperation between African countries, apartheid in South Africa and the creation of union of African states.

Names featured include: [Milton] Obote, Martin Luther King, Sékou Touré, Julius [Nyerere], [Habib] Bourguiba, [Ahmadou] Ahidjo, [Kwame] Nkrumah, [Fulbert] Youlou, [Jomo] Kenyatta, President Duvalier, [Léopold Sédar] Senghor, [Oginga] Odinga, [Abubakar Tafawa] Balewa and [Gamal Abdel] Nasser.

Transcribed in 2021 as part of the Clyde Sanger shorthand transcription project with funding from The National Archive's Collaborate and Innovate Testbed Fund. The pdf transcription document also contains a digitised copy of the notebook.

Notebook, written mostly in shorthand, containing notes on: [the Summit Conference of Independent African States, held at Addis Ababa from 22-25 May 1963] including references to conference attendees and absentees, discussions around a union of African states, the Northern Frontier District of Kenya and a draft charter.

Names featured include: U Thant, King Hassan, Omar Loufti, [Gamal Abdel] Nasser, [Ahmed] Ben Bella, [Kwame] Nkrumah, Sékou Touré, [Tsitahana], Léopold Senghor, [Félix] Houphouët-Boigny, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, [Milton] Margai, [Aden Abdulla] Osman, [Maurice] Yaméogo, [Modibo] Keïta, [Chief Jeremiah Obafemi] Awolowo, JK [Jomo Kenyatta], Galgallo, OO [Oginga Odinga], Yusuf Ismail Samatar, Mzwandile, [Jaja] Wachuku, [Oscar] Kambona, [Roy] Welensky and [Winston] Field.

Transcribed in 2021 as part of the Clyde Sanger shorthand transcription project with funding from The National Archive's Collaborate and Innovate Testbed Fund. The pdf transcription document also contains a digitised copy of the notebook.

Notebook, written mostly in shorthand, containing notes from [the Summit Conference of Independent African States, held at Addis Ababa from 22-25 May 1963] including discussions on: African unity; colonialism in Africa; independence; the creation of an organisation for African unity; trade; defence; education; apartheid in South Africa; the UN and common goals. Also contains notes on the Northern Province People's Progressive Party (NPPPP), the Northern Frontier District, Kenya and the Somali communities of Northern Kenya and economic and social developments in Ethiopia.

Names featured include: Ahmed Sékou Touré, [Julius Kambarage] Nyerere, [William V. S.] Tubman, [Ibrahim Abboud] and Haile Selassie.

Transcribed in 2021 as part of the Clyde Sanger shorthand transcription project with funding from The National Archive's Collaborate and Innovate Testbed Fund. The pdf transcription document also contains a digitised copy of the notebook.

Written mostly in Pitman shorthand with some longhand, containing Clyde Sanger's notes during his time as Africa correspondent for the Guardian (1960-1965). They largely relate to countries in Eastern and Southern Africa and contain Clyde's notes from interviews and conferences, as well as observations and research for his articles and books. Subjects covered include politics, the economy, land reforms, rebellions and meetings of nationalist leaders at a time when many former colonies gained independence. The series also includes notebooks containing lists of Clyde's expenses.

Notebook, written mostly in longhand with some shorthand, containing notes on: the civil rights movement in Alabama and Mississippi including the 1966 Alabama gubernatorial election campaign, Voting Rights Act (1965) and Meredith March Against Fear, June 1966; Guyana's independence from the United Kingdom; UN Security Council discussions on the Vietnam war, nuclear power, UK policy in Southern Rhodesia, peaceful use of outer space, Central American unity, UN forces in Cyprus and UN membership; and Canada including provinces, industry, environment, health services, tourism, religion and education.

Names mentioned include: GW [George Wallace], MLK [Martin Luther King], Carl Elliott, Lurleen Wallace, [John Malcolm] Patterson, [Richmond] Flowers, U Thant, [Lester] Pearson, Lord Russell Brain, C. Max Lane, Michael Harrington, [Simon] Kapwepwe, [Harold] Wilson, Eirene White, [Simeon] Adebo, [Hugh Foot] Baron Caradon, [Nikolai] Fedorenko, U Thant, Dr Ralph Abernathy, William Fitzpatrick, Kwame Ture (born Stokely Carmichael), [JTF] Iyalla, [Jesse] Jackson, [Dick] Gregory, [James] Meredith, SDJr [Sammy Davis Jr], Lyndon B. Johnson, Whitney Young, Andy Young and [Floyd] McKissick.

Transcribed by Lauraine Newcombe and another volunteer in 2021 as part of the Clyde Sanger shorthand transcription project with funding from The National Archive’s Collaborate and Innovate Testbed Fund. The PDF transcription document also contains a digitised copy of the notebook.

Notebook, written mostly in longhand with some shorthand, containing notes on Robert Kennedy's visit to BA [Buenos Aires], Argentina in November 1965; Argentinian politics; labour movement, industry, economy and politics in Chile in 1965; and agrarian reform in Chile, 1968.

Names mentioned include: Bobby Kennedy [Robert Kennedy], [Arturo] Frondizi, [Pascual] Pistarini, [Juan Carlos] Onganía, Pedro Gugliemetti, [Eduardo] Frei [Montalva], Jose Musalem [Saffie], Hugo Trivelli, Fernando Ochagavía Valdés, George Lowe, Patricio Aylwin and Edward Korry.

Transcribed in 2021 as part of the Clyde Sanger shorthand transcription project with funding from The National Archive’s Collaborate and Innovate Testbed Fund. The pdf transcription document also contains a digitised copy of the notebook.

Includes papers, articles and clippings by Clyde Sanger and others concerning Rhodesia [now part of Zimbabwe].

Also includes minutes of commonwealth meetings and correspondence concerning funds for the training of African journalists, photocopies of papers concerning a Canadian delegation to the UN and the Rhodesian economy.

Notebook, written mostly in shorthand, containing notes on: Oryx and zoos; diplomatic relations between Somalia and Great Britain; journalist training course at the Royal College and the freedom of the press in Kenya; political parties in Uganda (UPC and KY); education in Buganda; and politics in Ugandan kingdoms.

Names featured include: Maurice A Machris, Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, John Wasswa, [Milton] Obote, Sepiriya Masembe Kabal, Mayanja and Francis Walugembe.

Transcribed in 2021 as part of the Clyde Sanger shorthand transcription project with funding from The National Archive's Collaborate and Innovate Testbed Fund. The pdf transcription document also contains a digitised copy of the notebook.