Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA AD843B-15-15.2
Title
African Townships Committees Orlando
Date(s)
- October 1940 - 1941 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
Extent30 items
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence and press clippings relating to the social and economic position of Black townships, particular the housing situation in Orlando; minutes of the Joint Native Advisory Boards; minutes of meetings and subsequent formation of the African Townships Committee Johannesburg and district, to improve conditions and welfare of the Blacks in Sophiatown, Newclare and Alexandra.
Correspondents include: G. Hailenden (Manager, Non-European and Native Affairs Department, Johannesburg) t M. Ballinger, Jan H. Hofmeyr, Rheinallt Jones, Dorothy Maud, .