Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1970 - 1993 (Production)
Niveau de description
collection
Étendue matérielle et support
27 boxes
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Dr Gluckman was an independent forensic pathologist in South Africa. He gave evidence in numerous inquests and trials relating to political killings during the Apartheid era. Some of the cases for which he submitted postmortem reports are Steve Biko, Simon Mthimkhulu, Ahmed Timol, Neil Aggett, amongst many others.
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
The collection came to the Historical Papers Research Archive in 1995 from "Medical Rescue International".
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
The collection contains case files of some of the autopsies performed by Dr. Jonathan Gluckman between 1970-1993. The cases are mainly those concerning violent death as a result of police brutality or township unrest.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
This is a CLOSED collection and only accessible for relatives of the deceased.
Conditions de reproduction
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Instruments de recherche
Instrument de recherche téléversé
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Unités de description associées
Zone des notes
Note
The Steven Bantu Biko file autopsy file was stolen from the offices of "Medical Rescue International" before the collection came to the University of the Witwatersrand.