Central Province Materials [1954-1963]

Digital images of records created and received by the ANC administration in the Central Province.

The file primarily consists of correspondence between the Central, Provincial and Branch level organisation, and correspondence with third parties, including the UNIP, the District Commissioner, and the Native Authorities. The correspondence concerns.

  • ANC organisation, administrative procedures, campaigning
  • Party finances
  • Inter-party violence
  • Harry Nkumbula's trial and imprisonment

The file also contains.

  • Reports (tour reports, branch reports)
  • Minutes of local and national meetings
  • Conference Programme for 1962
  • Papers relating to employment (job applications, letters of appointment and dismissal)
  • Instructions for Provincial / Branch Treasurers
  • Lists of branches (registered and unregistered), office holders and donations

It appears as though some of the material in this file may once have been part of a different file system; reference ANC2/17 appears on some of the correspondence.

A small number of documents in this file are written in the indigenous language(s) of the Central Province.