Subject Files, 1932-1987

The subject files contain extensive materials relating to the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), including meeting minutes, paper drafts, research notes and memoranda. A noteworthy feature includes Carter's narrative of her 1982 trip through southern Africa as part of her research concerning the SADCC. This includes transcripts of interviews she conducted at the time and notes about her meetings with various African politicians.

Other well-represented subjects include: Gatsha Buthelezi; the Black Sash (including numerous memoranda and newsletters written by Sheena Duncan); the 1984 South African Constitution (covering apartheid state officials' writings and reports); the South African Institute of Race Relations (encompassing numerous meeting minutes); and the Transkei (particularly materials relating to economic investment in the Transkei and the independence of the Transkei).