Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1987 - 1991 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
280 tapes with index cards
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa, previously known as the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, is the province of the Anglican Communion in Southern Africa. Its primate is the Archbishop of Cape Town. The church includes dioceses in present day South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Angola, Lesotho, Swaziland and St. Helena.
An agreement was signed in 1937 between the Church of the Province of South Africa (CPSA) - now known as the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) - and the University of the Witwatersrand, whereby the church's central record library was places on loan with the University. The library consisted of books, pamphlets, periodicals and manuscripts. The richness of the Anglican Church's manuscript collection is due to the efforts of the provincial archivists appointed by the church to collect material and transfer it to the university. The first, 1937-1957, was Father Osmund Victor, followed by Canon Cecil Thomas Wood from 1958-1979. Mrs AR Kotze then took over from 1979-2000, until Carol Archibald was appointed as Provincial Archivist in 2001.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Including tape recordings and a collection of transcripts of speeches, sermons, interviews and remarks entitled "The Rainbow People of God". Audio tapes of "The Rainbow People of God" and "An African Prayer Book". Miscellaneous information on Archbishop Tutu (curriculum vitae, biographical notes, press cuttings).
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Allied materials area
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Notes area
Note
NOTE: The tapes in this collection have been digitised. Please refer to the list of digitised audio material on our website.
The cassette recordings may be accessed at Historical Papers for research purposes. Please refer to "Contacts" on the Historical Papers website.
Note
The digitisation of the audio items in this collection was made possible by a grant from the Carnegie Foundation in 2012.