Correspondence with R.F. Currey

  • Reference
    • GB 133 GDN/A/C113
  • Dates of Creation
    • 23 Sep 1920-24 Sep 1930
  • Physical Description
    • 15 pieces

Scope and Content

Correspondence with Ronald F. Currey, teacher, relating to Currey's employment as a reviewer and as a correspondent on South Africa for the Manchester Guardian, with discussion of the political situation in South Africa, of [Jan Christian] Smuts, prime minister of South Africa and army officer, of the reunion conference in Bloemfontein and of the South African general election in 1929. There is a letter discussing Currey's performance at Trinity College, Oxford from H.A. Pritchard, philosopher.

Also included are discussion of arrangements for a meeting between Scott and Currey, and of Currey's resignation as a correspondent owing to the demands of a new job as rector of a Michaelhouse. There is also a Letter from Victor Murray, lecturer at Selly Oaks Colleges, Birmingham, relating to the provision of a reference in a letter from Johannes Haarhoff, lecturer at the University of Johannesburg which casts aspersions on Currey's suitability as a correspondent on South Africa.

GDN/A/C113/7 is an internal employment history index card for Currey.

GDN/A/C113/5 is an article by Currey entitled General Smuts's Task; Racial Feeling in South Africa, in the Manchester Guardian, 1920.