Women’s Union of the Dutch Labour Party [Vrouwenbond Partij van de Arbeid] : [Part 1]
- NL IISG MR-AAO-355
- Collection
- 1946-1969
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Women’s Union of the Dutch Labour Party [Vrouwenbond Partij van de Arbeid] : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Records of the ANC French Mission
Part of Rivonia Trial
African National Congress (ANC) French Mission
Episcopal Church People for Southern Africa
Part of Mandela Materials
Episcopal Church People for Southern Africa
Part of Mandela Materials
Robben Island political prisoners
Part of Mandela Materials
Bunting, Sonia
Records of the Publications Control Board
Part of Rivonia Trial
Publications Control Board
Part of Mandela Materials
Callinicos, Luli
Files of United Nations Secretary-General, U Thant
Part of Mandela Materials
U Thant
Archives Committee South Africa ( Comite Zuid-Afrika- CZA)
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Committee on South Africa [Comité Zuid-Afrika] : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Committee on South Africa [Comité Zuid-Afrika] : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Merseyside Communist Party : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
Merseyside Communist Party : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Rivonia Trial
The documents related to the Rivonia Trial described below are from Record Group 59 which reflects the diplomatic work of the Department of State and embassies in southern Africa, particularly in South Africa. References to these records were identified, inventoried and made searchable as part of the South African Research and Archival Project (SARAP) at Howard University in Washington, D.C. designed to identify, locate, inventory and disseminate information pertaining to the involvement of Americans in the liberation struggle of South Africans, especially during the anti-apartheid movement. The records themselves can only be accessed at the National Archives repository listed below. These may not be a comprehensive listing of all State Department records related to the Rivonia Trial.
Box 2637: Political 30-2 S AFR: Documents pertaining to various individuals and organizations, including ANC, UNIAS, OAU, African Liberation Committee [ALC], PAFMECA, ANC, SWAPO, SWANU, and PAC. A report on ANC's statement on the Rivonia Trial and a PAC representative in Ghana, Matthew Nkoana. Airgram memoranda with the following subjects, "First Issue of Pan Africanist Congress Information Bulletin," "ANC Statement on Rivonia Trial Verdict," "Report on Political Exiles from South and South-West Africa," and "Representative of Pan Africanist Congress Begins Writing for Ghanaian Newspaper" (1964-1966). Discussed or referenced: James Hadebe, Jacob, Nyoase, E.L. Ntloedibe, Raymond Kunene, Robert Resha, Tennyson Makewane, Jacob Nyoase, Colin Legum, Jariretundu Kozunguizi, Sam Nujoma, and John Eldridge of the African-American Institute.
Box 2636: POL 29 S AFR 8/1/64: Documents pertaining to the Rivonia Trial, including a memorandum of conversation with Abraham Fischer, Attorney General for convicted saboteurs; kidnapping of Rosemary Wentzel from Swaziland to South Africa; Eastern Cape communism trial of 74 Africans; and sentencing of Pascal Ngcane, Chief Albert Luthuli's Son-in-Law.
Box 2636:POL 29 S AFR 6/1/64: Documents pertaining mostly to the Rivonia Trial; reactions from around the world on the trial, including protests from the US National Council of Churches and ANC statement from Tanzania on the trial; criticism from Jomo Kenyatta of Britain and US support for South Africa.
Box 2636: POL 29 Arrests, Detention S AFR 5/1/64: Documents pertaining to trials and detentions in South Africa including the Rivonia trial and detention of Chief Albert Luthuli; mentioned in the reports include Raymond Mhlaba, Ahmed Kathrada, Walter Sisulu and Lionel Bernstein; a report on a Nigerian government official regarding problems that would erupt if Mandela and others were given death sentences; a letter to the President of the UN Special Committee on Apartheid regarding trials in South Africa and memorandum on the reply from the President. A confidential memorandum and report on "The Apartheid Trials in South Africa," including a discussion of the Rivonia Trial. Several telegrams concerning the Rivonia trial. Discussed or referenced: Govan Mbeki, Albert Luthuli, Nelson Mandela, Lionel Bernstein, Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada, Walter Sisulu, African National Congress, the Pan Africanist Congress, and the Communist Party of South Africa. A telegram with abridged statistics on black and white land use, salaries, malnutrition, and morbidity in South Africa. (1963).
US State Department
European Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Institute of Race Relations
Twenty Five Years of Apartheid
Part of Rivonia Trial
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Part of Rivonia Trial
Benson, Mary
African National Congress records in Tanzania
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
Consultation Committee for Southern Africa [Samrådskommittén för Södra Afrika]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
African National Congress (ANC) Collection 1928-1975
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
Part of Mandela Materials
Fagan, J.J.
African National Congress Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
SASO
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Records of the Garment Workers Union
Part of Rivonia Trial
Garment Workers Union (GWU)
Maharaj, Mac
Part of Rivonia Trial
Mendelson, John
Portuguese National Committee Against Apartheid, Racism and Colonialism in Southern Africa ?
Part of Mandela Materials
Portuguese National Committee Against Apartheid, Racism and Colonialism in Southern Africa
Part of Mandela Materials
Mendelson, John
League for Socialist Action : Canada
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Rivonia Trial
Untitled
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
African National Congress French Mission
Part of Mandela Materials
Bunting, Brian Percy
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Mandela Materials
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Rivonia Trial
Institute of Race Relations (IRR)
Support Group for the People of South Africa [Stödgruppen för Sydafrikas Folk]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
PC16/5/
Correspondence with the Mandela family includes correspondence with Winnie Mandela, Rennie Mandela, Zindziswa Mandela and invitation from Nelson Mandela to the veterans of the struggle 1979.
PC 16/14/2
Correspondence from Adrian Kubler, International Committee of the Red Cross Dependents to Peter Brown of the regarding Winnie Mandela's visit Pollsmoor prison.
Press cuttings - conditions in jails, Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, Release Mandela
PC 16/20
Press cuttings on the conditions of jails in South Africa, the release of Nelson Mandela, liberalism, Winnie Mandela and Stompie Seipei and 1994 elections.
Paton, Alan
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Mandela Materials
Naidoo, Indres Elatchininathan
Hampshire College Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Carter-Karis Collection of South African Materials
Part of Rivonia Trial
Karis, Thomas
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
SABC Sound Archives
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Mandela Materials
Katz, Freda
Part of Mandela Materials
Shiela, Lapinsky
Part of Mandela Materials
Halt All Racist Tours : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Halt All Racist Tours : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Halt All Racist Tours : [Part 3]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Killie Campbell African Library Microfilm Holdings
Part of Rivonia Trial
Untitled
Oberlin Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Rivonia Trial
Simons, Jack
South African Documents and Press Clippings Collection
Part of Rivonia Trial
Untitled
Part of Mandela Materials
Bunting, Brian Percy
Part of Mandela Materials
Vasson, Mukesh
Part of Rivonia Trial
SACP and ANC history. Includes correspondence, newspaper cuttings, papers, bound volumes of the Guardian (1937-1948), New Age (1957). Subject file on: "Rivonia and other political trials". 2.39.1 on Rivonia contains biographies of nine accused, press clippings from The Economist and Statist (June 1964), The AA Movement: Nelson Mandela, Focus on Resistance, Southern Africa Feature Service: The Rivonia trial, UN Unit on Apartheid notes and documents: The Rivonia Trial - ten years after, World Campaign for the release of South African political prisoners: The Men of Rivonia (press statement 12 June 1964).
Also newspaper clippings (1.38 box 88) on Rivonia and Fischer Trials; Government publications 5.2.2 has a copy of Nelson Mandela's speech at the Trial with notes and marking; Correspondence 11.4.2 includes letters by Govan Mbeki from 1970s to his family (not directly related to Rivonia) and 11.5 includes letters re Robben Island and former prisoners ((not directly related to Rivonia).
Bunting, Brian Percy
South African Institute of Race Relations Photograph Collection
Part of Rivonia Trial
South African Institute of Race Relations
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College
Part of Mandela Materials
Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO)
Part of Mandela Materials
Tucker, Raymond Jack
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Eddie Daniels 1981 Escape Plan
Part of Mandela Materials
Daniels, Eddie
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Southern Africa Defence and Aid Fund in Australia
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) CREST
Part of Mandela Materials
Central Intelligence Agency
Files of United Nations Secretary-General, Kurt Waldheim
Part of Mandela Materials
Waldheim, Kurt
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Mandela Materials
Department of Correctional Services
Part of Rivonia Trial
The collection includes personal material of First and her immediate family such as correspondence and financial records, papers relating to First's work as a journalist in South Africa, as a university lecturer, an anti-apartheid activist, and as an author and editor of numerous books and articles on Africa and other political topics. Also included are research papers and printed material relating to First and her family, collected both during her lifetime and after her death.
Material related to the Rivonia Trial:
-Background material, correspondence and reviews concerning "No Easy Walk to Freedom," edited by Ruth First. Includes printed copies of Nelson Mandela’s speech at the Rivonia Trial, drafts of sections of the book, and a typescript of Mary Benson’s statement before the UN Special Committee on Apartheid in 1964, with handwritten alterations. Also includes correspondence, mainly between Ruth First and Heinemann Publishers, as well as clippings of newspaper reviews (RF/1/6/2)
-ANC publications includes introductory pamphlets on the ANC and the Rivonia trial, copies of magazines: Sechaba and Mayibuye.(RF/1/17/2/3)
-Materials on political detentions between 1963 and 1970, including a copy of the 1963 Detention Act, a radio script by Mary Benson entitled "Nelson Mandela and the Rivonia Trial," and notes produced by First (RF/1/18/2)
- Transcripts of interviews with Robben Island political prisoners (RF/1/18/1).
-Newspaper cuttings from both British and South African newspapers, mainly covering issues relating to politics in South Africa including the Rivonia Trial (RF/1/19)
-Correspondence (Feb 1964-Aug 1965) covering subjects such as the Rivonia Trial and First's exile to Britain. Correspondents include Govan Mbeki, Molly Bernstein and Julius Lewin (RF/2/1/2).
The collection is on indefinite loan to the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and remains the property of the Ruth First Memorial Trust.
First, Ruth
Part of Mandela Materials
United Democratic Front (UDF)
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Institute of Race Relations
Episcopal Church People for Southern Africa
Part of Rivonia Trial
Rivonia Trial materials include:
Unit 66 Ref 0398
-News clippings in English from newspapers in the US and UK concerning the situation in South Africa during the 1960's
-Text of Nelson Mandela's Rivonia Trial speech published by Christian Action and printed by A G Bishop & Sons Ltd (Kent, UK)
Unit 85 Ref 0494
-Correspondence on "Free Mandela" appeals from the Committee of Southern Africa and responses from the US Department of State
-Correspondence on "Free Mandela" appeals from Centre against Apartheid
-Correspondence "Free Mandela" appeals from Africa Resource Center (CA, USA)
-Correspondence "Free Mandela" appeals from General Theological Seminary (NY, USA)
-Correspondence from The Episcopal Churchmen for Southern Africa (NY, USA) to among others, the US President, advocating for freeing of South African and Namibia political prisoners
-Several leaflet copies of the "Free Mandela" campaign
-Text of Nelson Mandela's Rivonia Trial speech published by Christian Action and printed by A G Bishop & Sons Ltd (Kent, UK)
-News clippings on Mrs. Helen Suzman's visit of Robben Island and meeting Mr. Nelson Mandela and Mr. Toivo Ja Toivo, restricted family visits by Winnie Mandela, free Mandela campaigns conducted both in South Africa and around the world.
Episcopal Churchmen For South Africa
Episcopal Church People for Southern Africa
Part of Mandela Materials
Episcopal Church People for Southern Africa
Part of Mandela Materials
University of the Witwatersrand
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Records of the Archibishops of Cape Town Part II
Part of Rivonia Trial
Anglican Church
Part of Mandela Materials
First, Ruth
Part of Mandela Materials
Ridge, Stan
African National Congress records in Tanzania
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
Part of Mandela Materials
PC1/1
Biographies published on the newspapers, notes and typescripts on Nelson and Winnie Mandela
PC1/1/17/12
Annotations of the Rivonia trial statement by Alan Paton and Rivonia trial statement by Nelson Mandela 1964
PC 1/5/10/1
Correspondence with Winnie Mandela on Chancellorship of UN
PC 1/5/18/1
Letter to PW Both published on the Sunday Tribune 30/3/1980
PC1/9/7/2/5
Letter from Alan Paton to Mrs. Winnie Mandela at Brandford,6 August 1983 on the Chancellorship of the University of Natal
PC 1/9/12
Letter on black leaders in constitutional talks where Mandela was excluded 15/5/1980.
PC 1/9/13
Newspaper articles on Nelson Mandela.
Alan Paton enclosed a cutting from the Sunday Tribune, 7 August 1983 confirming that. He apologises to her bad treatment she had received from the rulers of South Africa.
Paton, Alan
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Mandela Materials
Tanzania Daily News