Identity area
Reference code
ZA MR-RT-115
Title
Colin Purkey Papers
Date(s)
- 1980 - 1990 (Accumulation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
23 boxes. One item relates to Rivonia Trial ; Text-based documents
Context area
Name of creator
(1999 -)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, interviews, photographs and posters relating to the following organisations: Black Sash, Detainees' Parents Support Committee, End Conscription Campaign, Institute for a Democratic Alternative in South Africa, Jews for Social Justice, Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee, Mass Democratic Movement, National Education Union of South Africa, National Education Crisis Committee, NUSAS and the United Democratic Front.
Subjects are Namibia, education, trade unions, women, detentions, protest theatre and the Black liberation struggle. B. Political Organisations include Mandela's statement from the dock at the Rivonia Trial (B11.8.3).
Subjects are Namibia, education, trade unions, women, detentions, protest theatre and the Black liberation struggle. B. Political Organisations include Mandela's statement from the dock at the Rivonia Trial (B11.8.3).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Inventory available online - http://www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za/inventory.php?iid=6113