DL/A-Z//NAT A - [Correspondence with I.J. Johnstone of the National Archives of Zimbabwe]
Reference code
DL/A-Z//NAT A
Level of description
File
Title
[Correspondence with I.J. Johnstone of the National Archives of Zimbabwe]
Date/s
1982-1988
Quantity & Format
11 Letters (typescript)
1 Notes (MS)
1 Notes (MS)
Creator
National Archives of ZimbabweCreator
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013
Scope and content
12 items, some highlighted. Correspondence between I. J. Johnstone of the National Archives of Zimbabwe and Doris Lessing, discussing, planning, and editing an interview for the Archives' Oral History programme. Includes two pages of handwritten notes by Lessing (item 012).
DL/A-Z//NAT A/001 [from I. J. Johnstone to Doris Lessing, 26/10/1982]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes to ask Lessing if she will consent to being interviewed on her next visit to Zimbabwe for the Archives' Oral History programme. Writes that the interview will not be on her literary work, "about which you have already been extensively interviewed", but about her life in Zimbabwe from the 1920s to the 1940s. Mentions the Southern Rhodesia Labour Party and the Rhodesian Friends of the Soviet Union.
DL/A-Z//NAT A/002 [from Doris Lessing to I. J. Johnstone, 26/11/1982]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Agrees to be interviewed. Gives the name and address of a man who Lessing says "really knows it all", and kept documents and information from around that time.
DL/A-Z//NAT A/005 [from Doris Lessing to I. J. Johnstone, 28/07/1987]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes to give some corrections to the manuscript (not enclosed). Particularly focuses on the name "Godfrey", which was used in place of "Gottfried". Discusses Gottfried's German, Russian, and Jewish descent, and writes "you must really be sure to change this to Gottfried".
DL/A-Z//NAT A/009 [from Doris Lessing to I. J. Johnstone, 28/12/1987]
Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Writes to answer some of Johnstone's queries, such as her brother's full name. Discusses copyright and libel issues. Writes that she is amused that Johnstone asked for photographs of the "left" in Southern Rhodesia. Explains how no photographs were taken because it put themselves "on the line", "evidence for the police". Discusses the idea of "revolutionaries" and the Communist Party.
DL/A-Z//NAT A/001 [from I. J. Johnstone to Doris Lessing, 26/10/1982]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes to ask Lessing if she will consent to being interviewed on her next visit to Zimbabwe for the Archives' Oral History programme. Writes that the interview will not be on her literary work, "about which you have already been extensively interviewed", but about her life in Zimbabwe from the 1920s to the 1940s. Mentions the Southern Rhodesia Labour Party and the Rhodesian Friends of the Soviet Union.
DL/A-Z//NAT A/002 [from Doris Lessing to I. J. Johnstone, 26/11/1982]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Agrees to be interviewed. Gives the name and address of a man who Lessing says "really knows it all", and kept documents and information from around that time.
DL/A-Z//NAT A/005 [from Doris Lessing to I. J. Johnstone, 28/07/1987]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes to give some corrections to the manuscript (not enclosed). Particularly focuses on the name "Godfrey", which was used in place of "Gottfried". Discusses Gottfried's German, Russian, and Jewish descent, and writes "you must really be sure to change this to Gottfried".
DL/A-Z//NAT A/009 [from Doris Lessing to I. J. Johnstone, 28/12/1987]
Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Writes to answer some of Johnstone's queries, such as her brother's full name. Discusses copyright and libel issues. Writes that she is amused that Johnstone asked for photographs of the "left" in Southern Rhodesia. Explains how no photographs were taken because it put themselves "on the line", "evidence for the police". Discusses the idea of "revolutionaries" and the Communist Party.
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