Letters - Winifred Holtby to Vera Brittain

Reference No:
L WH/6/6.1/07/04b
Dates:
8 Mar 1926
Description:
Letter from Winifred Holtby to Vera Brittain - South African Trip - describing what she has done, where she has been and who she has seen in Africa so far; Jean MacWilliam; crisis on the Council; Editor of the Rand Daily Mail; League of Nations Union; American businessmen; Rotary Club; Sarah Gertrude Millin; Ethelreda Lewis; pianist, Elsie Hall, Mrs Stohr; Olive Schreiner; describes the seamy underworld of Johannesburg, as heard from an ex- New York Detective from the Bowery; disease, prostitution, violence, drink and slums alongside the white suburban inhabitants; the Indian Question; removal of Native South Africans' civil rights, freedom, legal rights; segretation; the Nationalist Party; the South African Party; politics; spoke abouth the early history of English Trades Unions with Champion, Zulu Trades Union Leader; Natal ICW (native trades union); Bantu Social Centre; met Rex Holtby, distant relative; Not Without Honour by Vera Brittain
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 item
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull Local Studies Library
Collection:
Winifred Holtby Collection