Identity area
Identifier
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
- University
Contact area
Type
Address
Street address
Locality
Region
Country name
Postal code
Telephone
Fax
URL
Note
Description area
History
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Records management and collecting policies
Buildings
Holdings
Included in the sound and oral history collections:
Interviews with many South African ex-political prisoners and political exiles.
Major meetings, rallies, briefings, press conferences of the Southern African liberation movements and allied support groups.
Lectures such as the annual Canon Collins Memorial Lecture Series delivered by, among others, Oliver Tambo and Govan Mbeki.
Tapes of historic importance, such as Chief Albert Luthuli’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, an interview with Nelson Mandela recorded in 1961, and interviews with those who took part in the 1955 Congress of the People and were later charged in the 1956 Treason Trial.
Finding aids, guides and publications
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