| Title |
Southern African collection of Wren Robinson |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/RCMS 220
(former reference: MSS 5) |
| Creator |
Robinson, Wren, fl 1928-1981 |
| Covering Dates |
1964–1981 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 box; paper/photograph; Mixed |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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Mrs Wren Robinson first went to South Africa in 1928, where she worked as a geographer teacher in Johannesburg. While living in England in the 1960s she and her husband, Patrick Robinson, became interested in Lesotho through their involvement in a project organised by the Esher Branch of 'Freedom from Hunger'. They visited Lesotho in 1964 and 1965, and decided to settle there in 1966. The Robinsons spent the next ten years in Southern Africa, at first in Lesotho, and from 1971 at Melmouth in Zululand. They returned to the United Kingdom in 1976, but paid a further visit to Lesotho in 1979. Mr Robinson died in May 1980. Mrs Robinson revisited Lesotho in 1981. She began work on an autobiographical narrative intended to link her collection of articles and papers together, but abandoned the project after drafting some introductory material.
Papers and photographs regarding Lesotho and South Africa.
Deposited on indefinite loan by Mrs Wren Robinson through Peter Leggett, August 1982.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Southern African collection of Wren Robinson, RCMS 220 |
| Further information |
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MSS Addenda, vol. III. Indexed
This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Lesotho |
| South Africa |
| Robinson, Wren (fl 1928-1981) |
| RCS/RCMS 220 contains: |
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1
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Photographs. A collection of photographs of Basutoland (now Lesotho) and Zululand taken or collected by Wren Robinson while engaged in educational and welfare work. Most have handwritten captions by Mrs Robinson either underneath or on the back.
5 envelopes + 1 album; photograph. |
1964–1976 |
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2
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Papers on Lesotho. Correspondence; articles with annotations by Mrs Robinson and others; material on the Freedom from Hunger Project; material on the founding and organisation of the Lesotho Family Planning Assocation, of which Mrs Robinson was the first Secretary; map of Lesotho.
2 folders; paper; Mixed. |
1964–1970 |
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3
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Papers on South Africa. Correspondence, articles and other papers, including material concerning Zululand and Mrs Robinson's 1981 visit to Lesotho.
1 envelope; paper; Mixed. |
1971–1981 |
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4
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Melmouth messenger, no. 34. The journal includes an article on the shanty town of Makhalafukwe in Melmouth.
1 pamphlet (16 pages); paper; Printed. |
Oct. 1980 |
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5
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Address by Bishop Festo Kivengere. A copy of manuscript notes by Mrs Robinson on the address by Bishop Kivengere of Uganda at All Souls Church, Langham Place, 3 October 1981.
1 folder (7 pages); paper; Photocopy. |
1981 |
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