Margaret and William Ballinger papers, 1894-1964 (inclusive), 1930-1960 (bulk), [microform].

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Margaret and William Ballinger papers, 1894-1964 (inclusive), 1930-1960 (bulk), [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145079387

The papers consist primarily of correspondence but also include press clippings and memoranda, photographs, and printed items. Topics covered include race relations, politics, the Protectorates, justice, crime, labor, cost of living, housing, health, education, food and agriculture, land and discriminatory legislation affecting Blacks, Coloureds, and Indians, and the black trade union movement.

666 microfiches.

Yale University Library

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Ballinger, William, 1894-1974

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William George Ballinger went to South Africa in 1928 as an advisor to the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Africa (I.C.U.), a black trade-union. After the collapse of the I.C.U. in the 1930s, Ballinger worked with its successor, the Society of Friends. From 1948 to 1960 he represented Transvaal and Orange Free State Africans in the Senate. Ballinger married Margaret Hodgson in 1934. He died in 1974. From the description of W. G. Ballinger papers, 1920-1960 (inclusive), [mi...

Ballinger, Margaret, 1894-1980

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Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger was born in Glasgow, Scotland on January 11, 1894, and moved to South Africa in 1904. Following an academic career, she concentrated her energy on politics and in 1937 was elected native representative for the Cape Eastern Circle, a seat she held until 1960. Ballinger was a founding member of the Liberal Party of South Africa and leader of the Party from 1953-1955. She died in Cape Town on February 7, 1980. William George Ballinger w...