The collection contains records relating to the Anglican Church Congress in Toronto, Canada in 1963. It includes: programme of the Congress, addresses of Bishops, presentations of the international speakers, newspaper issues and cuttings, colour slides. The purpose of the Anglican Congress of 1963 in Toronto was for Anglicans to confer together and to take a look at the world in which they work. The Anglican Congress was examining religio-political movements in the world, life of the church under cultural and scientific advances in life of people. The subjects discussed at the Congress covered topics like: different world's religions, racism, international relations, problems of social justice, responsibilities of Christians towards those are underprivileged, the refuges and homeless, the role of the priest in this kind of world. During the Congress the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 Anglican Congress was celebrated. At the end of the Conference participating primates and bishops of the Anglican Communion issued a Statement issued a statement to all Christians.
The collection contains material relating to activities of associations in South Africa, which promoted solidarity with Cuba. Records include: minutes of the meetings, reports, financial statements, information and reports on conferences, work brigades to Cuba, newspaper clippings, speeches, publications and photographs.
The papers document the political, trade union, and intellectual life of South Africa. There are large quantities of material relating to the South African Trade Union Congress, the South African Trades and Labour Council, and the South African Congress of Trade Unions. The collection is also very strong in material relating to the African National Congress, the Communist Party of South Africa, and its successor, the South African Communist Party. There is also research material relating to Jack and Ray's sociological work on the administration of criminal justice in South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, and Kenya; the health of rural Africans; health and safety in the mines; legal status of African women; class and race in South Africa; and the industrial colour bar.
The collection consists of documents, conference papers, newspaper clippings, publications, minutes of meetings, press statements, reports, correspondence, photographs, media items, etc. relating to the South African Campaign to Ban Landmines (SACBL) and includes material relating to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL).
Book of cartoons entitled "Political Cartoons", by Frank Holland, which appeared in the Johannesburg "Star" from January to June 1907, reprinted by The Star thereafter. The book also contains a complete Portrait Gallery of the Transvaal Parliament in 1907.
