Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA AB846
Title
Alan Paton, Book publication
Date(s)
- 1971-1973 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
5 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
(1903-1988)
Biographical history
Alan Paton was a South African author and anti-Apartheid activist. He is probably most famous as the author of the novel "Cry, the beloved country" which he wrote in 1946.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
This collection forms part of the archive of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. Canon Cecil Wood received the papers from Alan Paton.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection contains the Manuscript and Typescript drafts as well as page proofs, notebooks, correspondence and photographs used in the biography of Geoffrey Clayton, written by Alan Paton.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
No inventory available.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Apartheid and the archbishop: the life and times of Geoffrey Clayton, published by Philip, Cape Town, 1973