Fonds AL3120 - Fiona Ross Collection

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ZA SAHA AL3120

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Fiona Ross Collection

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  • 1996 (Accumulation)

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0.1 linear metre (1 archival box) containing 1 file

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"Existing in Secret Places: women's testimony in the first five weeks of Public Hearings of the Truth and reconciliation Commission (TRC)" is the title of a paper delivered by Fiona Ross at the conference "Fault Lines. re: membering, re: collecting, re:constructing: A Rejoinder", which was held on 4-5 July 1996 in Cape Town. Ross's paper deals with the broader issue of "Gender and the TRC."

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Materials collected from TRC Archival Audit.

The TRC Archival Audit

Between 2003 and 2006, SAHA and Historical Papers, University of Witwatersrand embarked on a project to locate, retrieve and make available records relating to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC). The project entailed conducting an archival audit of all existing TRC records in order to identify and locate documentation in danger of being lost.

In the process of conducting the archival audit, SAHA and HP located many collections from individuals and organizations that participated in the TRC process, including this collection. Selections from these materials as well as TRC related material found in the freedom of Information Collection and other pre-existing SAHA and HP collections, were digitized and can be accessed online at http://truth.wwl.wits.ac.za/

A guide to archival resources relating to South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission can also be found at http://www.saha.org.za/pdf/trc_directory.pdf

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This collection is open for research

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20090730

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