DL/A-Z//MAA - [Correspondence regarding Gladys Maasdorp]

Reference code

DL/A-Z//MAA

Level of description

File

Title

[Correspondence regarding Gladys Maasdorp]

Date/s

Undated.

Quantity & Format

3 Manuscripts

Personal name

Allen, Jack
Fremlin, Reinet

Creator

Maasdorp, Gladys

Scope and content

001 is a partial biography of Gladys Grace Maasdorp written by her daughter Reinet Fremlin. She covers the years 1886-1935. Discusses the Southern Rhodesia Labour Party [SRLP], communism, socialism.

002 is a biography of Maasdorp written by Nathan Zelter. Mentions M.C. Steel's Rhodesian History Volume 1 1970, White Working Class Disunity. Quotes Fremlin's account [001] at length. Describes Maasdorp's activities at SRLP congresses and as mayor of Salisbury and a parliamentary candidate. Includes an anonymous poem attributed to Maasdorp, and the poem Truth is the Daughter of Time by Arther Shearley Cripps, dedicated to Maasdorp. Reproduces Maasdorp's letter to the local government of Salisbury, announcing her candidacy for the general election and listing her political achievements.

003 is a biography of Jack Allen by Zelter. He quotes from the Labour Front extensively, including Allen's obituary and a poem commemorating his achievements.

DL - Doris Lessing Archive
- DL/2008 - Doris Lessing Archive 2008 deposit
  - DL/A-Z - [A-Z Correspondence of Doris Lessing]
    - DL/A-Z//MAA - [Correspondence regarding Gladys Maasdorp]

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