Scope and content Detailed reports on conditions in South Africa in the form of a series of long typewritten letters from Severinghaus to Rogers. They are preceded by a typewritten note from Severinghaus to a Professor Andrae, conveying copies of the letters to him and asking for his comments. The letters discuss topics such as South Africa's potential for development, its mining and other industries, its agriculture, natural resources, and labor force, apartheid and race relations, national politics...