A catalogue of the material deposited by the Ruth First Memorial ...
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27 Institute <strong>of</strong> Commonwealth Studies, University <strong>of</strong> London<br />
117/1/8 Proposed publications<br />
1969-1973<br />
Correspondence and drafts relating to books which appear not to<br />
have been published.<br />
(*PERMISSION FROM RUTH FIRST TRUST REQUIRED)<br />
0.5 boxes<br />
117/1/8/1 Vulnerability <strong>of</strong> African Independence<br />
1969-1970<br />
21 items<br />
117/1/8/1/1* Correspondence 1969-1970<br />
Principally letters between <strong>First</strong> and friends and acquaintances. 21 items<br />
117/1/8/2 Power Over Africa<br />
1970-1972<br />
59 items<br />
117/1/8/2/1 Synopsis and o<strong>the</strong>r notes [1970]<br />
Typescript scheme for <strong>the</strong> book and background <strong>material</strong> written <strong>by</strong><br />
<strong>First</strong> toge<strong>the</strong>r with handwritten notes.<br />
15 items<br />
117/1/8/2/2 Correspondence 1970-1972<br />
Attempts <strong>by</strong> <strong>First</strong> to seek advice and approval for <strong>the</strong> proposed work<br />
from o<strong>the</strong>r academics such as Ronald Segal and Eric Hobsbawm,<br />
and also from publishers.<br />
44 items<br />
117/1/8/3 The African Predicament: a Reader<br />
1970-1973<br />
0.25 boxes<br />
117/1/8/3/1 Correspondence 1970-1973<br />
Letters between <strong>First</strong> and o<strong>the</strong>r academics, toge<strong>the</strong>r with some draft<br />
sections and o<strong>the</strong>r notes.<br />
40 items<br />
117/1/8/3/2 Draft sections [1972]<br />
Also includes academic paper: 'African Social Studies: A Radical<br />
Reader' <strong>by</strong> Gutkind and Waterman, and o<strong>the</strong>r notes.<br />
200 pages<br />
approx.<br />
117/1/8/4 Seven Seas publishing 1965-1967<br />
Correspondence and notes relating to proposed books on African<br />
topics <strong>by</strong> <strong>First</strong>.<br />
23 items<br />
Archives and Special Collections – <strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>First</strong> Papers