The Anti-apartheid movement. Names and addresses of families of men executed or who died in prisons in South Africa. Christmas list 1970.
Clippings re refusal by South African Government to allow Sobukwe to leave the country on an exit visa. 1971.(3)
Correspondence between RV and Benjamin Pogrund about financial support for Sobukwe. 20 Apr 1971-18 Nov 1971. Includes letters to Canon Collins.
Letters from Benjamin Pogrund to RV reporting problems with payments for Sobukwe and briefly discussing Sobukwe’s Supreme Court appeal. 26 Apr 1971, 7 May 1971 & 19 Jun 1971. Also, 2 telegrams from Phyllis [Altmann] to RV at Stillit Books in London, reporting on parcels of books that had been sent. Also, certificate of posting to Mrs Phyllis Altmann and notes of names and addresses.
Copy of letter from RV to Canon Collins, thanking him for telephone call [re Sobukwe?]. 16 Feb 1971.
Letter from Benjamin Pogrund to RV reporting that money for Sobukwe had not been received and on the refusal by the South African government to allow him to leave the country on an exit permit. 20 Mar 1971.
Letter from RV to Benjamin Pogrund, saying that the postal strike had held up postal deliveries. 7 Apr 1971.
Letter from Benjamin Pogrund to RV reporting on visit to Sobukwe. 14 Apr 1971.
Copy letter [from RV] to Canon Collins, telling him that “supplies” to Sobukwe had not arrived. 15 Apr 1971.
Copy letter from RV to Benjamin Pogrund re delays in payment. 20 Apr 1971.
Letter from Robert Sobukwe to RV discussing, inter alia, his studies in Law. 15 Feb 1972.
Letter from Lars-Gunnar Eriksson, International University Exchange Fund, asking for details re what assistance Robert Sobukwe was seeking. 8 Jun 1972.
Reply from RV to Eriksson, giving details of assistance needed by Sobukwe and others. 19 Jun 1972. Also draft of note from RV to Eriksson correcting information given in the letter.
Letter from Lars-Gunnar Eriksson to RV agreeing to support for Robert Sobukwe’s family pending further details and expressing interest in assisting another young man. 21 Jul 1972.
Letter from Robert Sobukwe to RV giving details of financial expenditure incurred. 31 Aug 1972.
Letter from Robert Sobukwe to RV including text of previous letter and with hand-written postscript. 9 Nov 1972.
Copy letter from RV to Lars-Gunnar Eriksson explaining Sobukwe’s letter (which had been appended) and recommending the financial support he thought was necessary. 11 Oct 1972.
Letter from Alison Eriksson, International University Exchange Fund, in reponse to requests for financial assistance to Robert Sobukwe. 24 Nov 1972.
Sobukwe: the man who walks tall, by Stanley Motjuwadin in Drum.
Letter from Robert Sobukwe to RV telling, inter alia, of his financial difficulties. 13 Dec 1972.
Letter from Alison Eriksson, International University Exchange Fund saying that the Sobukwe children were already receiving support from them through the Overseas Lesotho Trust Fund, and attaching copy of a letter from their representative in Lesotho (4 Dec 1972). 18 Jan 1973.
Copy letter from RV to Robert [Sobukwe] reporting on requests to the International University Exchange Fund.
Cuttings from Africa digest, April 1971.
Letter from Robert Sobukwe to RV, 4 Jun 1971.
Airletter from Benjamin Pogrund to RV thanking him for financial assistance for Robert Sobukwe, but telling of delays in payments. 22 Nov 1973.
Airletter from Benjamin Pogrund to RV, reporting that Robert Sobukwe had not received an instalment for December and that he had passed all his final examinations except for Roman Law. 10 Jan 1974.
Letter from Benjamin Pogrund to RV apologising for not having phoned him before leaving London. 21 Apr 1974.
Letter from Phyllis Altman, Secretary, International Defence and Aid Fund, reporting that the money [for Robert Sobukwe] had been paid over before Christmas. 15 Feb 1974.
Letter from Phyllis Altman, Secretary, International Defence and Aid Fund, reporting that instructions had been given for an earlier payment, but it appeared that banks were deliberately holding up payments. 7 Feb 1974.
Letter from Robert Sobukwe to RV thanking him for assistance and reporting that he had completed his Law Exams. He asks for advice on his children’s tertiary education. 18 Nov 1974.
Letter from Robert Sobukwe to RV discussing financial problems and his children’s education. 31 May 1974.
Notes on the two Sobukwe children.
Airletter from Father Aelred Stubbs, thanking him for “presents” and telling that he had seen “our mutual friend” [Sobukwe]. 30 Nov 1974.
Copy of section of letter to Canon Collins [from RV?] requesting continued financial assistance for Robert Sobukwe. Undated.
Letter from Robert Sobukwe to RV reporting that Congressman Andrew Young had offered to send his children to the United States and that the Ford Foundation would see to the fares and fees. 3 Jun 1975.
Copy letter to “My dear Prof” [Robert Sobukwe] from RV? 19 Jul 1975.
Copy letter to “Dear Prof”, discussing the education of his children and recommending that he send them to study in the United Kingdom. 30 Dec 1974.
Correspondence and other records re successful libel action of Robert Sobukwe against Tandem Books, for publishing in South Africa – a skunk among nations by L de Villiers the statement that “Other races should be exterminated or sent packing, said Witwatersrand university lecturer Robert Sobukwe”. Includes written apology from the publishers.15 Oct 1975 -29 Dec 1976.
Copy note from RV to the US Ambassador to the United Nations [Andrew Young?], asking him to take ‘a copy of the enclosed’ back to Dini and Miliswa [Sobukwe]. 2 Feb 1977.
Part letter to RV from [?], London, reporting on a recent visit to Robert Sobukwe in Kimberley. 24 Jun 1974.
Handwritten note by RV on Philip Kgosana.
Letter from Robert Richter to RV conveying a message from Robert Sobukwe about his wife’s planned visit to the US and UK. 30 Sep 1975.
Letter from Robert Sobukwe to RV, re his wife’s visit. 31 Oct 1975.
Handwritten text of congratulatory telegram from RV to Miliswa Sobukwe on occasion of her 21st birthday. Undated.
Letter from RV to Robert Sobukwe discussing payment of return fares [from the US] for his children. 10 Dec 1976.
Airletter from Robert Sobukwe to RV, giving family news. 10 Jan 1977.
The opening address delivered by Mangaliso R Sobukwe at the Africanist Inaugural Convention. Undated.
The P.A.C. Case. From an article by Mangaliso Sobukwe in May 1959. Photocopy.
Handwritten note by RV.
Letter from Benjamin Pogrund to RV, telling him of operation on Robert Sobukwe. 19 Sep 1977.
Letter from Benjamin Pogrund to RV, thanking him for the assistance he had given Robert Sobukwe. 15 Mar 1978.
Letter from Sir Robert Birley to RV, thanking him for assistance he had given him. 12 Mar 1978.
Copy of letter from RV to Sir Robert Birley thanking him for his letter and telling about the service at Graaff-Reinet. 28 Mar 1978.
Letter from Sir Robert Birley to RV, asking for a copy of his talk at the Sobukwe Memorial Service. 28 Mar 1978.
Notice of wake and memorial service for the late Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. Mar 1978.
Photocopy of notes (by Sir Robert Birley?) for address at memorial service.
United Nations Centre against apartheid. Notes and documents, April 1978. Contains tribute to Robert Sobukwe.
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe: memorial service and unveiling of tombstone, Graaff Reinet, 15 Aug 1982. Text of address by Benjamin Pogrund.
Sobukwe: the man who still walks tall. By Stanley Motjuwadi. Photocopy of article from Drum, 22 Nov 1972.
Programme of Memorial service for Mangaliso R Sobukwe 1925-1978, St Paul’s Cathedral, 9 Mar 1978.
Looking back with pride, by Godfrey Pitje. Photocopy of cutting from Voice Weekly, 25 Feb – 3 Mar 1981.
Sobukwe, by S E M Pheko. 20 May 1984. 1p. Ts.
Letter from RV to Father Trevor Huddleston, asking for assistance for financial plight of Mrs Veronica Sobukwe, 13 Sep 1984.
Reality, May 1985.
Letter from Veronica Sobukwe to RV, 10 Feb 1986, telling of family matters.