Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA A3392
Title
Historical publications
Date(s)
- 1914-1952 (Accumulation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
5 items
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Wits alumnus
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The Wits Alumni office received this collection from Wits alumnus Michael Sutherland in 2013, and deposited it at the Historical Papers Research Archive.
Michael Sutherland also submitted a framed original photographs of the first graduation at Wits University in 1922, which is now housed at the Wits Alumni office. The photograph depicts Jan Hofmeyr, Sir William Dalrymple, HJ Hofmeyr, Jan Smuts, Prince Arthur of Connaught, Sir Robert Kotze and Dr Theodore Reunert.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection contains various published items, as well as a news clip with the obituary for William ('Bill') Sutherland, a stalwart in the Labour co-operative movement in South Africa, who resided in Matatiele, East Griqualand (n.d.).